A nominated for an innovation accolade at the South Australian Music Awards.
The clip for local band Chelsea Manor’s new single “Breathe” was created in conjunction with the Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre team.
The team experimented with artistic applications of virtual reality to film and animate the music video which has been nominated in the best innovation category.
Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre staff members Melissa Horton and Daniel Pearson and UniSA media graduate Mostyn Jacob used Google Tilt Brush in the Media and VR Studio to combine live-action video footage and virtual reality animation to create a video clip for the band’s latest single.
The video was filmed at the old Molony’s building on Mount Gambier’s Commercial Street West.
“We hadn’t done anything like this before. We’d used Tilt Brush, we’d used the cameras, but we hadn’t combined them together to make something like this,” Riddoch technical officer Daniel Pearson said.
Riddoch marketing officer Melissa Horton said most of the work happened at the studio.
“The team developed story boards and used Tilt Brush to hand paint each set in virtual reality, defining camera paths and finishing the final edit of the project using Adobe Premiere.”
Chelsea Manor was pleased to be part of the collaborative project and impressed with the final result.
“We are so proud to be part of such an incredible project, it was a whole new experience for us as a band. From seeing some of Mount Gambier’s heritage and performing in the building, working with the team and experiencing virtual reality first-hand, we got to experience so many things we may not have had the opportunity to experience otherwise,” Chelsea Manor singer Bianca Hendy said.
The project was completed in early September.
Riddoch coordinator Talie Teakle said the team was proud to push boundaries when it comes to creativity.
“When we were asked by Music SA if anyone else had ever tried this as they’d never heard of a combination of live action and VR, we knew we were onto something special,” she said.
“We can’t thank Bianca, Ivan and Michael from Chelsea Manor enough for letting us experiment with them. The best part was seeing the journey our team took to improve their skills and knowing that this is now a new form of art we can apply to other projects in the future.”
Visit the City of Mount Gambier’s YouTube channel to see the full music video or check for links on the Riddoch Arts and Cultural Centre’s social media channels.
Chelsea Manor is also nominated in the South Australian Music Awards People’s Choice – Punk Artist category.
Winners will be announced at the award presentation ceremony on Tuesday, November 3, 2020.
