Friday, March 4

Video: How one team created a virtual reality documentary

Video shot/edited by Nathan Fitch. (video link)

Managing civil war, excruciating heat, and a ton of GoPro cameras—these were just a few of the challenges of shooting a virtual reality documentary in South Sudan.

When we first spoke to Marcelle Hopkins about her film, On the Brink of Famine, in July 2015, she and her team were in a furious pre-production scramble of choosing gear, finalizing plans, and tweaking budgets. Ultimately, the team decided to shoot on GoPro 3+ cameras, using two special rigs (Hero 360 & Freedom 360) to hold multiple GoPros in the correct orientations needed for immersive coverage.

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