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Learn about the production and creative storytelling considerations behind shooting immersive photos and video for VR platforms as you follow a dogsled championship in Alaska.
In this course, learn how to leverage one of the most cutting-edge technologies out there, virtual reality (VR), to practice one of the oldest art forms, storytelling. With the snowy plains of Alaska as a backdrop, learn about the production and creative considerations behind shooting immersive photos and video for VR platforms such as Google Cardboard. Using both a multicamera unit with six GoPros attached to it and a Theta, photojournalist Paul Taggart shows you how to scout, shoot, and finish a photo and video story, telling the tale of a dogsled championship.You can watch the 360-degree VR movie that Paul created for this course on YouTube.
Overview
Syllabus
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Introduction
- Welcome
- Understanding the basics of the gear and process
- Scouting the location for the VR story
- Understanding how the VR rig works
- Shooting the beginning of the VR story
- Adding details and characters to the VR story
- Building a story arc in the VR story
- Additional equipment needed for VR workflow
- Reviewing one of the first rendered VR files
- Ingesting the VR footage into the computer
- Stitching a VR movie in software
- Shooting VR of a big event to fill out the story
- Shooting VR on the second day of a big event
- Documenting the conclusion of the story in VR
- Summary
