In The Pines is a two part virtual reality piece, which is half live performance and half VR film. Produced by Gener8 Theater and built by Novus-Res, the performance and VR Short Film follow a family who’s lives are turned upside down by an addiction to Ice.
Once location audio was captured in ambisonic, we had a lot of fun building the sound design from the ground up and mixing it in 360. As with traditional film, sound was an important part of the story but with extra care given to create audio cues to help direct the viewers attention.