Shadow

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The Shadow is an interactive, hyper-realistic virtual reality experience based on Operation Carthage; a British air raid on the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen in 1945. During the raid, a fatal accident led to the accidental bombing of the nearby school Institut Jeanne d'Arc, causing the death of more than 120 individuals, 86 of whom were school children. Created as an original companion piece to the feature film ‘The shadow in my eye’, depicting the life at the school before, during and after the bombing, ‘Shadow’ simulates the tragic event seen through the eyes of a young RAF-navigator.

International title

Shadow

Release date

11/18/2021

Synopsis

It's March 21, 1945. You’re a young navigator in the Royal Air Force sitting next to your pilot in the cockpit of a mosquito bomber. You’re flying in formation—a swarm of combat aircrafts all headed for the same target: the Gestapo headquarters in Copenhagen. But in the critical minutes leading up to the planned attack, a sudden explosion wreaks havoc and disorients you…Can you confirm the target now? Should you drop the bombs? And where should you drop them? Even the slightest mistake or delay can mean life or death for you, for your pilot, and for the civilians on land. ‘Shadow’ is a realistic VR-experience based on the British air raid against the Shellhouse in Copenhagen, during which a calamity led to the accidental bombing of Institut Jeanne d’Arc.

Minimum Duration (mn)

URL

https://www.shadowvr.dk/

Thematics

DramaFictionHistorySociety / PoliticalWar

Technology(ies) used

3D animation6DoFAmbisonics soundInstallationInteractivityMotion captureStereoscopic 3D

Production company(ies)

Makropol & Miso Film (co-produced by All Seeing Eye and Midtjysk 3D Service)

Country(ies)

Denmark

Distribution Strategy

Device(s) compatibility

HTC Vive ProOculus QuestOculus Quest 2Oculus Rift S

Number of user(s)

Single-user experience

Play area

Seated (simulator)

Distribution strategy

Art museums & galleriesAt homeCulture & ethnographic museumsFestival, Art fairsHistory museums

Main Achievements (Prize, Selection, where the project has been already distributed)

Selected for CPH:DOX22

Team

First and last name(s) of the Lead artist(s)

DIRECTED BY David Adler & Ole Bornedal WRITTEN BY David Adler, Ole Bornedal & Mads Damsbo

First and last name(s) of producer(s)

Mads Damsbo (Makropol) and Niklas Kiær (Miso Film)

Main cast

Reggie (Skipper): Caspar Phillipson Navigator: Jefferson Bond

MAKROPOLMAKROPOL is an award-winning studio based in Copenhagen, Denmark, working in the intersection of cinema, technology, live performance and installation. They are the leading production-house for immersive storytelling with a long track-record in VR and XR. The studio is lead by producers Mads Damsbo and Mikkel Skov with a team of talented co-producers, developers and creatives. The works of MAKROPOL have been exhibited, screened, and featured at festivals, galleries, and venues all over the world. Among these are Venice Film Festival, Cannes Film Festival, CPH:DOX, IDFA Doclab, Luxembourg City Film Festival, New York Film Festival, London Film Festival, Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing, Copenhagen Contemporary, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Gl. Strand and Google Lab in Paris to mention a few.

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