WEEK 1:

LIMITLESS FRAME – BLOG 1 HAIKU

WEEK 2:

LIMITLESS FRAME – BLOG 2 DOCO.

WEEK 3:

LIMITLESS FRAME – WEEK 3 MUSICAL TEST

WEEK 4:

LIMITLESS FRAME – WEEK 4 PITCH

WEEK 5:

LIMITLESS FRAME – WEEK 5 MUSIC VIDEO

This week our sketch was to film a music video in virtual reality. This was meant to get us thinking about how virtual reality can be used with and accompany music especially for music videos considering they aren’t many music videos in virtual reality. Our group decided on the song ‘bad guy’ by Billie Eilish. Because the song has a very rhythmic bass we decided to use a pixilation stop motion method for all the shots. We filmed the sequences in one shot so each individual member could then cut them up how they wanted later in post production. In hindsight I think we should should’ve tried to think of other uses/methods in addition to the pixilation stop motion and try and use the virtual reality to it’s fullest potential for the music video.

This week’s Wednesday class I couldn’t attend because I was sick. However, I was told that Sam Tate from Phoria was a guest and gave an informative lecture on the realities of the virtual reality industry and its possibilities. The class then were divided into groups and discussed XR ideas that expanded beyond film and into real world application.

The ideas that our group pitched to the class was an interactive augmented reality Aladdin roller coaster ride for Disneyland. The idea was to combine the exhilarating nature of riding a roller coaster with the immersive experience of augmented reality. The ride places the users in the roller coaster but when looking through the augmented reality goggles looks like you are on the magic carpet with the Genie flying around you whilst traveling through the sights of Agrabah and being right in the middle of the extravagant musical numbers. Overall, It was a useful experience generating ideas and practicing pitching ideas to other people.

Aladdin Pitch

In last Friday’s class we talked about different movie genres that could work well in 360 video/virtual reality form. We discussed a wide variety of genres then narrowed it down between thriller/horror movies and musical movies. After much deliberation, we eventually decided to combine both ideas.

Our proof-of-concept/test film is a virtual reality video where the user plays the role of a new student at a performing arts school. Initially everything seems like a typical experience at one of these cliche ‘cheesy’ types of  schools, but then it takes a frightening turn at the end as everything isn’t at it initially seems.

I think as a stand alone concept it works well in seeing what aspects this genre-hybrid horror musical does well and what needs improving on. I think acknowledging the camera as if it’s another actor is probably what works the best and keeps it engaging for the viewer. However, the static nature of the camera is something we need to address more in terms of choreography and staging. Overall though I think this idea has potential.

This week we worked on making a virtual reality documentary that helps bring awareness to an issue that we discussed as group earlier in class. Our group decided to make a virtual reality documentary on single use products focusing specifically on single use coffee cups.

We decided to shoot from the perspective of the coffee cup which I think worked as the audience member gets to see the short life of a single use coffee cup. We did make sure though to try and reduce movement whilst walking and drinking from the ‘coffee cup’ so the footage wouldn’t be too sickening to watch.