1713 Bancilhon

1713 Bancilhon, provisional designation 1951 SC, is an asteroid from the inner regions of the asteroid belt. It was discovered on 27 September 1951 by French astronomer Louis Boyer at Algiers Observatory in Algeria, North Africa.

The asteroid orbits the Sun at a distance of 1.8–2.6 AU once every 3 years and 4 months (1,214 days). Its orbit shows an eccentricity of 0.19 and is tilted by 4 degrees to the plane of the ecliptic. Little is known about the asteroids size, composition, albedo and rotation, despite having a well-observed orbit with the lowest possible uncertainty (i.e. a condition code of 0) and an observation arc that spans over a period of nearly 90 years.

The asteroid was named after French female astronomer Odette Bancilhon, Boyer's colleague and wife of astronomer Alfred Schmitt. Odette Bancilhon herself discovered the minor planet 1333 Cevenola at Algiers Observatory in 1934.

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Heavy Rain

Heavy Rain is an interactive drama action-adventure video game developed by Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment exclusively for the PlayStation 3 in February 2010.

The game is a film noir thriller, featuring four diverse protagonists involved with the mystery of the Origami Killer, a serial killer who uses extended periods of rainfall to drown his victims. The player interacts with the game by performing actions highlighted on screen related to motions on the controller, and in some cases, performing a series of quick time events during fast-paced action sequences. The player's decisions and actions during the game will affect the narrative. The main characters can be killed, and certain actions may lead to different scenes and endings.

Heavy Rain was a critical and commercial success, winning multiple Game of the Year awards and selling over three million copies. A film adaptation of the game is currently in development. A PlayStation 4 version was announced in June 2015 and is set to be released on March 1, 2016.

Quantic Dream

Quantic Dream is a French video game developer based in Paris, France, founded in 1997. The company also supplies motion capture services to the film and video game industries. They are well known for their interactive drama story based games such as Heavy Rain, Indigo Prophecy and Beyond: Two Souls.

History

Quantic Dream launched their first title Omikron: The Nomad Soul, in 1999 for PC and Dreamcast, which featured original music and acts by musician David Bowie. In 2002, they began development of Fahrenheit (known as Indigo Prophecy in North America), the first game to use their interactive cinema technology which allows gamers to play through multiple worldlines based on the decisions made rather than a one-dimensional story.

Fahrenheit was generally well received, receiving multiple awards and nominations prior to its release, with high ratings from all major gaming publications. In 2005, Quantic Dream's next announced titles were Heavy Rain and Omikron 2. Released in February 2010, Heavy Rain was well received and has sold over two million copies worldwide.

Sam Douglas

Sam Douglas (born 17 June 1957) is an British-American actor best known for his role as private detective Scott Shelby in the PlayStation 3 video game Heavy Rain, as King Herod in The Bible miniseries for the History Channel, and as Rosebud in the movie Snatch. He has had several other roles in films and on stage. His film appearances include Batman, Fight and Revenge, The Fifth Element, Eyes Wide Shut, Derailed, Perfume: The Story of a Murderer and Columbiana. (SAM DOUGLAS)

Sam Douglas was a member of the Actors Space in New York city under Alan Langdon (Circle in the Square, NY).He has a BFA in Acting / Directing from Simpson College, Iowa and the University of Oklahoma Drama School, USA . Sam has completed around 100 Films and Television. Many Theatre Productions for the UK and the USA and around the Globe.

THEATRE credits include Desire Under the Elms with Colin Firth at the Greenwich Theatre (London), 5 productions at The Royal National Theatre including A Streetcar Named Desire Directed By Trevor Nunn, Johnny on a Spot and Sweet Bird of Youth Directed by Richard Eyre, The Darker Face of The Earth, and Raisin in The Sun. Productions in the West End include Richard Eyre’s production of Edmund by David Mamet at the Royal Court Theatre, Trevor Nunn’s production of Porgy and Bess at the Savoy Theatre (London) and Stephen Berkhoff’s production of On The Water Front.

Beyond: Two Souls

Beyond: Two Souls is an interactive drama action-adventure video game for the PlayStation 3 home video game console, created by French game developer Quantic Dream and published by Sony Computer Entertainment. It was released in October of 2013. The game features Jodie Holmes, one of two player characters. The other is an incorporeal entity named Aiden: a separate soul linked to Jodie since birth. Jodie, who is portrayed by actress Ellen Page, possesses supernatural powers through her psychic link to Aiden, growing from adolescence to adulthood while learning to control Aiden and the powers they share. Willem Dafoe co-stars as Nathan Dawkins, a researcher in the Department of Paranormal Activity and Jodie's surrogate-father-figure. The actors in the game worked during the year-long project in Quantic Dream's Paris studio to perform on-set voice acting and motion capture acting.

Despite being a video game, Beyond: Two Souls premiered at the 2013 Tribeca Film Festival, marking only the second time the film festival recognised a video game. David Cage, writer and director of the game, explained that game development studios should provide "interactive storytelling" that can be played by everyone, including non-gamers. The game received polarized critical reception upon its release. Sales reached over one million copies worldwide by the end of 2013. A PlayStation 4 version was released in November 2015.