About the VR Documentary
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The Red Room Project is an artist portrait and 360 VR music documentary following the evolution of Oakland-based rap artist Shane Lassiter, aka Shino Smoke who has matured in his craft after migrating from his home in Sacramento to the artist enclave of Oakland. Shino finds inspiration, connectedness, and healing in his Red Room from the trauma of violence and tragedies in his artist community like the Ghost Ship Fire in Oakland. The 360 immersive experience of the film can be viewed at the "The Red Room Project" multimedia event, created by Shino Smoke in collaboration with Ina Adele Ray. In the 360 stereoscopic video you will visit Shane and be a part of his hip-hop and artist community in Oakland, CA.
The idea sparked for the project when Adele complimented Shane on his red dreadlocks at the office/gallery space they both work at. He explained to her that he was going through a “red” phase in his art and described to her his “Red Room” where he creates his music and collaborates with other artists. Adele decided to use 360 video for this project because the “space” was just as much a “character” in telling Shane’s story. |
Shino Smoke watching a rough cut of "The Red Room Project"
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Some of the crew (left to right) : I. Adele Ray (director/editor), Ashanti Johnson aka “Cast’ti”(singer), Shane Lassiter aka “Shino Smoke”(rap artist), Jennifer Hennesy (visual artist), (back) Noam Eshel (producer/DP/editor), (front) Ethan Holtzclaw (music producer), and Muata Howard (assistant director).
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In partnership with media producer and DP, Noam Eshel, Adele decided to venture into the world of 360 video. She approached the project in the typical 2D documentary filmmaking fashion, by conducting a pre-interview with Shane. She asked him questions about his “Red Room”, his art, how he got into music and his motivations, etc. This VR story takes us beyond his “Red Room,” from Sacramento to a saloon in downtown Oakland (at one of his shows) to the Fruitvale neighborhood of Oakland. Format: Color Stereoscopic VR
Running time: 5 min. |
