{"id":7883,"date":"2016-04-28T01:09:40","date_gmt":"2016-04-28T05:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/?p=7883"},"modified":"2019-06-18T23:15:10","modified_gmt":"2019-06-19T03:15:10","slug":"recipe-good-vr-storytelling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.samsung.com\/us\/recipe-good-vr-storytelling\/","title":{"rendered":"The Recipe for Good VR Storytelling"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Just as there\u2019s a recipe for your tasty dish, there\u2019s a recipe for using virtual reality effectively in filmmaking. Director and animator Eric Darnell, with Baobab Studios, spoke on a VR storytelling panel during the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) where he shared the key ingredients to help filmmakers find success in their VR endeavors.<\/p>\n<p>Reflecting on his experience creating the virtual reality film, <em>Invasion!,<\/em> Darnell took the audience on a whimsical journey through his team\u2019s production process, highlighting their successes and failures throughout the duration of the project. One particular instance involved an attempt at taking a comedic approach to VR content and the important lesson learned from the experience.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf no one laughs, please don\u2019t think comedy doesn\u2019t work in VR. Just think: \u2018I did a bad job\u2019.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A few other gems shared by Darnell included:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Storytelling is a VR buzzword.<\/li>\n<li>Don\u2019t make your audience nauseous!<\/li>\n<li>Animation is all about exaggeration.<\/li>\n<li>Beware of the \u2018gee whiz\u2019 factor.<\/li>\n<li>Think like a magician.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Darnell also spent a few minutes dispelling rumors of virtual reality merely being \u201can extension of cinema,\u201d and warned the future VR developers in the room that as with all new innovations, there will be growing pains in terms of learning how to best deploy it effectively.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere are almost as many manifestos on what you can and can\u2019t do as there are actual use cases,\u201d he explained. \u201cWe have very little experience with this medium and we\u2019re going to make a lot of mistakes.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If there was one message Darnell wanted those in attendance to walk away with it was the importance of experimentation. We haven\u2019t yet scratched the surface of what virtual reality is capable of, and the only way to discover those possibilities is to throw different things against the virtual wall to see what sticks.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Just as there\u2019s a recipe for your tasty dish, there\u2019s a recipe for using virtual reality effectively in filmmaking. Director and animator Eric Darnell, with Baobab Studios, spoke on a VR storytelling panel during the Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) where he shared the key ingredients to help filmmakers find success in their VR endeavors. 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