Here and Then. Sand and glass sourced from the construction of a domestic space. Created for the 60 foot wide screen at Dolby Gallery in San Francisco.
Directed by Carlo Van de Roer. Music by Joshua Eustis.

This is a one minute edit from seven minute film.

The action in this film takes place in a fraction of a second. Multiple light sources, moving at several times the speed of sound, are recorded simultaneously — each providing separate footage of the same moment.

THE PROJECT

The 60 foot screen and audio capacity of the Dolby Gallery provided an opportunity to create a powerful experience for viewers, both inside the venue and outside through the glass walls.
All the content in the seven minute film was captured in camera using optical devices like dichroic glass which will change the color of light under different angles of incidence.
By recording these past moments arrested in time and viewing them under changing lighting conditions, this project considers the past as changeable. Our set references the windows and walls of a house, a stage for changing history and identity.

<— Installation on the 60 ft wide screen at Dolby Gallery in San Francisco

TECHNOLOGY

DynamicLight allowed us to move light sources on multiple paths around slow motion moments, activating a world arrested in time through changing, moving light.
Each travelling light source moves at supersonic speed via a lighting array, enabling moving light while the rest of the world is arrested in time.
Filmed on Phantom and Red cameras.

THE RESULT

The final film was exhibited on Dolby HQs 62ft display, with a track composed by Joshua Eustis (Telefon Tel Aviv / Nine Inch Nails) through a 52 channel surround sound Dolby Atmos system — an incredible experience. Rather than attempting to replicate that online here, we rebuilt part of this film as a one minute 16x9 experience, focusing on the moments in the film we came to love the most.