| Director: | Jonathan Griffith |
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| Production: | Jonathan Griffith Productions (Jonathan Griffith) |
| Running Time: | 60’ |
| Language: | English |
| Country: | UK, France, USA |
| Main Cast: | Alex Honnold Nicolas Hojac |
| Screenplay: | Jonathan Griffith |
| Cinematographer: | Jonathan Griffith |
| Editor: | Matthew De John Refractive Entertainment Stokefarm Productions Occlusion VFX Animation |
| Music: | Impossible Acoustic |
| Animation: | Hands Down Studios |
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| Artist: | Michael Smollin |
Imagine yourself clinging to a cliff’s face, thousands of feet in the air with nothing to catch you if you fall. Free soloing—a type of technical rock climbing performed without protective equipment like ropes and harnesses—is an incredibly niche sport, undertaken at death-defying heights. For American rock climber Alex Honnold, the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary Free Solo, it’s a way of life. It’s also the domain of elite athletes, something most of us would never come close to experiencing. But thanks to the immersive nature of VR, now you can feel like you’re there from the comfort and safety of home with the launch of The Soloist VR.
This film was a about taking VR to the next level in terms of immersion for documentary story telling. I wanted to remove voice over and music from the structure in order to create a live action feel to the immersive experience. The end result is a deeply personal journey with Alex where the viewer is in charge of their own experience and their own feelings – immersion should be about stripping a film back to the bare bones, afterall reality is ‘normal’. Recreating normality is easier said than done but it means the viewer has a far deeper and more meaningful experience and journey.
PRODUCTION 1: Jonathan Griffith – Jonathan Griffith Productions
130 Chemin des Larzettes
74400 – Chamonix, France
Tel. +33 632373896
jon@alpineexposures.com
