Project Detail
Nothing to be Written
Synopsis
Part artwork, part documentary, NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN tells the stories behind ‘field postcards’ one of the few communication options WWI soldiers had with their families. Nothing was to be written on them, communication was only allowed through the prescribed phrases. Moving, haunting and emotive, an award-winning exploration of the human stories beyond the edges of the postcards set to an original score by composer Anna Meredith, commissioned by the BBC VR Hub and created by 59 Productions.
Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Virtual Cinema Competition
Official Selection SXSW 2019 - Virtual Cinema Competition
Details
- Year
- 2018
- Type of film
- Shorts
- Running time
- 6 mins 32 secs
- Format
- Virtual Reality (VR)
- Director
-
Lysander Ashton
- Producer
- Rebecca Collis
- Executive Producer
- Zillah Watson
- Screenwriter
- Mark Grimmer
- Production Designer
- Molly Einchcomb
- Sound
- Audio Edit: Mike Hatch, Floating Earth; VR Sound Recording, Design and Mix: Tom Parnell, Jack Reynolds BBC R&D
- Composer
- Anna Meredith; Music: Recorded live at the BBC Proms, July 2018; Sakari Oramo; BBC Symphony Orchestra, leader Stephen Bryant; BBC Proms Youth Ensemble; National Youth Choir of Great Britain
- Lead Animators
- David Curtis, Marco Sandeman
- Animators
- Laurent de Vleeschouwer, Chris Stoneman
- VR Development
- All Seeing Eye
Production Status
Production Company
BBC Proms, Edinburgh International Festival and 14-18 NOW:WW1 Centenary Art Commissions present a Virtual Reality experience from BBC VR Hub, 59 Productions and Anna Meredith
Zillah Watson
BBC VR Hub6th Floor
BBC New Broadcasting House
Portland Place
London
W1A 1AA
Rebecca Collis
59 ProductionsPage updates
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