Grenfell: Our Home
- Animation
- Artwork
In collaboration with Parable and Channel 4, 59 Productions provided the design and animations for the VR documentary Grenfell: Our Home, Channel 4’s first VR film commission.
The film tells the story of life in the tower prior to the fire, and features 360 stereoscopic interviews with residents alongside animated sequences evoking life in Grenfell.
The 15-minute piece premiered at the Sheffield Doc Fest 2018 where it won the Audience Award in the Alternate Realities category.
Date
May 2018
Venue
Sheffield DocFest, Channel 4 VR Hub
Raindance Film Festival
My Involvement
Working for 59 Productions, I created several animated textures for the 3d environments that feature in the stereoscopic interviews. In particular, I animated a hand-drawn mural that adorned the wall of a resident before it was destroyed in the fire.
Software
Photoshop
After Effects
Awards
Raindance Film Festival
2018 Winner
Best Documentary VR Experience, Immersive Stories
Sheffield Doc Fest
2018 Winner
Audience Award, Alternate Realities
Selected Reviews
“VR documentary storytelling at its absolute best [..] Grenfell: Our Home has set a new benchmark for 360 films”
VR Focus
“Rather than dwell on the well-trodden news lines, the piece is about their homes in the tower, with their plants, artefacts and hand-drawn murals sensitively reimagined through animation.”
The Guardian
“The virtual reality documentary that takes you inside Grenfell before the fire”
Evening Standard
Credits
Commissioned by
Channel 4
Commissioning Editor
Siobhan Sinnerton
Production Company
Parable
Design & Animation
59 Productions
Director
Jonathan Rudd
Executive Producer
David Wise
Producers
Alessandra Bonomolo
Nicki Chandris
Composer
Biggi Hilmars
Director of Photography
Christopher Corless
Production Manager
Sophia Edmonds
59 Productions Team
Project Director
Mark Grimmer
Lead Designer
Akhila Krishnan
Assistant Designers
Felix Green
Dale Croft
Producer
Tommy Lexen
Artwork & Animation
Jarek Radecki
Edd Stockton
Georgia Clegg
Richard Selby-Chambers
Chris Stoneman
Marco Sandeman
Design Intern
Hanna Schrage
Rotoscoping & Grading
Marco Grandinetti
Bassem Tabet
Technical Assistance
Nick Corrigan
Nicol Scott
Press & Poster Image
Rebecca Pitt
Diego Sanguino