Excited to share the work from my “VR Film Sets” seminar at SCI-Arc! The students created VR environments inspired by movie scenes.
 
Films have always used architecture to tell stories. The worlds, cities, and spaces of cinema are responsible for creating the social, cultural, and political contexts of its screenplays. This year, all the movies we explored share a common design idea: the space and the setting represent a conflict/hierarchy/tension – from “Parasite” (2019) and its socially and physically stratified urban environment – to “Hollywood Hong Kong” (2001) and its literally and figuratively overshadowing tower complexes.
 
Work by:
Xianing Chen, I Hsiang Wang, Sinew Zhang, Vivian Charlesworth, Emma Huh-Koh, Anqi Wang, Jinyu Rao, Aastha Aggarwal, Lily Wang, Khanh Nguyen, Tshegofatso Dintsi, Ghanim Alghanim, Nandar Thu, Timothy Choi, Alexander Zhang, Kyle Balster, Borja Lopez, Armida Isabelle Saspa, Peter Rosa
 
Films:
– Do The Right Thing (1989) dir. Spike Lee
– Parasite (2019) dir. Bong Joon-ho
– Leviathan (2014) dir. Andrey Zvyagintsev
– Hollywood Hong Kong (2001) dir. Fruit Chan
– Bacurau (2019) dir. Kleber Mendonca Filho & Juliano Dornelles
 
Instructor: Alexey Marfin
Special Thanks: Lu Te-Hsing, Greg Feingold, Jo Jo Lam, Ainslee Alem Robson, Ina Chen
 
Watch:
Youtube VR – VR / Mobile (app) / Desktop (or just search for “VR Film Sets” in VR)
Vimeo 360 – Mobile (browser) / Desktop