Solstice (2018)
Solstice is a 360 degree stop-motion film, about imagination, reality and the role imagination plays.
Credits
Director: Megan Scott
Writer and VO Artist: Hannah Dietze
Tilt Brush Artist: Marie Kolenski
Production Design, Storyboards and Concept Art: Mackenzie Long
Original Score: Wyatt Barclay
Sound Engineer & Mixer: Kaitlyn Rogers
Additional 3D models:
“Grass Patch” and “Mushrooms” by Danny Bittman is licensed under CC by 2.0
“Daisy” by Jarlan Perez is licensed under CC by 2.0
Made in VR for VR
Solstice was made using an HTC Vive, Google Tilt Brush and Premiere Pro. Everything was hand painted in VR
The Process
First we started with storyboards to get the lighting, colors and world right.
Then we started painting.
Lastly, we captured our work and edited it together.
We made the world, erased parts of it and recorded it each time. We quickly realized when recording our shots were unstable. We 3D printed a controller holder for the Vive and attached it to a tripod to get stable shots. Then we had to export each of these files to render, which took upwards of 15 hours in total. Once the files were in an editable format, we imported into premiere, lined everything up with the audio and had a final piece.
