Sunday, 7 June 2015

Fast & Furious director Justin Lin on making 360-degree movies with Google

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The director of the best Fast & Furious movies recently made another action blockbuster — but you won’t find it in theaters or on VOD. It’s called Help! and it’s only available on Android for now, but the bigger deal is that it’s a live-action Spotlight Story. That’s Google’s format for 360-degree video, which lets you point your phone in any direction as a story unfolds in real time around you. The first Spotlight Story, Windy Day, won accolades for being innovative and the next one, Duet, was created with famed animator Glen Keane. But Lin’s take on the format is much more ambitious and much more fun to watch than what came before.


Help! is ambitious because it’s a live-action video, which means that the characters and special effects…


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