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Virtual Reality has emerged as a new artistic medium and a creative platform. From storytelling to world building—how can creators leverage the true power of VR and 360 film? Join us at the Raindance VRX Summit presented by Facebook 360 in partnership with Blend Media to learn all about the latest developments in VR and 360 filmmaking from the world’s leading creators in the field.
Taking place at the iconic May Fair Hotel, the Summit will bring together special guests from Facebook 360 team and Raindance VRX Awards nominees from Los Angeles, San Francisco, New York, Paris, Madrid, Amsterdam and London. The day will be packed with talks and panel discussions featuring the world’s most daring creators such as:
* Caitlin Ramrakha and Chetan Gupta – special guests from Facebook 360 team who will give a keynote about the Facebook 360 platform and its benefits for 360 filmmakers and creators.
* Wesley Allsbrook – lead artist, art director and screenwriter of hand-illustrated VR experience Dear Angelica, Oculus Studio’s hit experience. Nominated for Raindance VRX Awards Best Animation Experience, it’s the world’s first hand-illustrated 360 short created entirely inside VR with Oculus Quill.
* Antoine Cayrol – executive producer and creator of Alteration, a mysterious cinematic VR narrative, nominated for Raindance VRX Awards Best Cinematic Experience. It uses Facebook’s AI algorithms to allow the viewers to experience what it’s like to be hacked by an AI.
* Pete Speller (Greenpeace), Grace Boyle (Multisensory Director) and James Manisty (VR Director) – creators of Greenpeace’s multisensory virtual reality experience Munduruku: The Fight to Defend the Heart of the Amazon,nominated for Raindance VRX Awards Best Social Impact Experience.
* Nicole Jackson – co-director of the Guardian’s First Impressions, nominated for Raindance VRX Awards Best Documentary Experience.
* Rafael Pavón – director of Ray, a new interactive VR narrative that allows the experiencer to use their voice to interact with a ray of light. Nominated for Raindance VRX Awards Best Interactive Narrative Experience, Ray will receive its world premiere at the Raindance VR Arcade. Rafael also directed Snatch VR Heist Experience, starring Harry Potter’s Rupert Grint, nominated for Raindance VRX Awards Best Branded Experience.
* Jane Gauntlett – director of In My Shoes: Intimacy, a first-person sensual documentary designed for two people to experience three encounters from six very different perspectives, nominated for Raindance VRX Awards Best Sensual Experience.
* Jennifer Lyon Bell – director of artistic, unusual erotic films that portray sexuality in an emotionally realistic way. Her 360 film, Second Date, has been nominated for Raindance VRX Awards Best Sensual Experience.
* Duncan Walker – indie game developer and filmmaker, director of the world’s first AR experimental short film with its World Premiere at Raindance Film Festival.
Schedule
* 10am: Welcome by Raindance Founder, Elliot Grove and Raindance VR Curator, Mária Rakušanová
* 10:15am: Bringing 360 Videos and Photos to 1B+ People, keynote by Facebook 360 team’s Chetan Gupta and Caitlin Ramrakha
* 11am: Pushing the Boundaries of 360 Filmmaking, panel chaired by Damian Collier, Founder and CEO of Blend Media
* 11:45am: Crafting VR Experiences for Social Impact, talk by Pete Speller, Grace Boyle and James Manisty, the creators of Greenpeace’s multisensory VR experience Munduruku
* 12:10pm: Lunch break
* 1pm: Hand-illustrating Narratives in VR, talk by Wesley Allsbrook, Art Director and Quill Artist behind Oculus Story Studio’s Dear Angelica
* 1:30pm: Connecting the Physical with the Virtual, Marshmallow Laser Feast (TBA)
* 1:55pm: Voice, a New Dimension in Interactive Narratives, talk by Rafael Pavon, Director of Ray and Snatch VR
* 2:20pm: Changing the Landscape of Cinematic Narratives Through AI in Alteration, talk by OKIO’s Antoine Cayrol
* 2:45pm: Break
* 3pm: Making VR Sensual, Catherine Allen in conversation with Jane Gauntlett, Director of In My Shoes: Intimacy, and Jennifer Lyon Bell, Director of Second Date
* 4pm: Non-fictional Storytelling in Virtual Reality and 360 Film, talk by Nicole Jackson from the Guardian VR team
* 4.30pm: World Premiere of the world’s first AR experimental short film, shot on iPhone, created with ARKit and Unity. The short film screening will be followed by a talk by the director.
* 4.35pm: Blending Cinematic Storytelling with Augmented Reality, talk by indie game developer and filmmaker Duncan Walker
* 4.45pm: Closing words by Raindance Founder, Elliot Grove and Raindance VR Curator, Mária Rakušanová
* 5pm: End
Join us and learn how you can push the boundaries of creativity in VR and 360 filmmaking, or blend cinematic storytelling with AR. Our goal is to inspire creators across all mediums—filmmakers, artists, writers, illustrators, creatives, musicians, game designers and more—and help them to connect and bring amazing projects to life.
Source: Evenbrite