Project Detail

The House [VR]

Name: The House [VR]
Director: Zoe Seaton
Genre: Experimental, Northern Irish, Woman Director
Released: 2022
Duration: 24 min 5 sec

Synopsis

THE HOUSE is a 25 minute experience on a VR headset which uses a house as a metaphor for Northern Ireland and puts the player in role as a potential resident. The piece was created following a successful run in both West and East Belfast of a live experience through a domestic house.
THE HOUSE was created with the Commission for Victims and Survivors, using their research into post conflict inter-generational trauma, 25 years on from the GFA.

Details

Year: 2022
Type of project: XR / Immersive
Running time: 24 min 5 sec
Format: VR Interactive Equirectangular Film
Director: Zoe Seaton
Producer: Crissy O’Donovan
Co-Producer: Katy Radford
Editor: Gavin Peden
Screenwriter: Caitlin Magnall-Kearns, Katy Radford, Chris Robinson, Zoe Seaton
Director of Photography: Gavin Peden
Production Designer: Denzil Browne, Chris Hunter
Sound: Oisín Jayat
Composer: Garth McConaghie
Principal cast: Chris Robinson, Jonny Cameron, Niall Cusack, Debra Hill, Gavin Peden, Marianne Grove, Jenny Webster
Creative Director: Gavin Peden
Costume Design: Rosie McClelland
360 Camera Operator: Oisin Hughes
Graphic Design: Robert Topping
Stage Manager: Sinead Owens

Genre

Experimental Northern Irish Woman Director

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

Big Telly Theatre Company

c/o Flowerfield Arts Centre
185 Coleraine Road
Portstewart
BT55 7HU
https://big-telly.com/

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