5 Lessons Learned While Making Lost — from oculus.com by Saschka Unseld; this post regards making a VR-based movie
Excerpts:
- Don’t rush the pacing
Structuring Lost through thinking of it as “moments” and not “actions” helped find the right pace without losing our story structure. - Respect the ritual of “Settling in & Setting the scene”
- Let go of forcing the viewer to look somewhere
- Be aware of Spatial Story Density
- Simplify scope
We eventually redefined the relationship between storyteller, listener, and the story itself. Even though time for the viewer unfolds in a linear fashion, the discovery of the story might not. This realization, of course, had big implications on staging and timing. It also sparked discussion around something we call “Spatial Story Density”.