My Strange Head
My Strange Head, Chronosphere | Virtual Acting | Cassandra de Klerck
Becoming part of someone’s emotional world so that you can read their thoughts. For some, this sounds like a very useful luxury, but for others it is a desperate necessity. The production My Strange Head questions whether the latest technological developments can help with this, and conducted further research into this within Chronosphere.
“This research was very valuable. It gave a good insight into how far it is realisable to make a 20-minute short film using the techniques of volumetric video and photogrammetry. Chronosphere gave the opportunity for experimentation, and that made it very accessible to work with this technique”
– Cassandra de Klerck
My Strange Head is about the real-life story of Nick, a 29-year-old surfer/biker who suffers from being highly gifted and highly sensitive. His only hope is that one day he can make other people part of his thoughts and feelings. This is because he can no longer cope with never being understood. Nick hopes that the latest technological developments can change this. To fulfil this wish, volumetric video, photogrammetry and artificial intelligence are used to make the viewer part of the complex, and at the same time beautiful, process that takes place in the inner world of the gifted Nick.
This project aimed to answer both technical and conceptual questions. For instance, Cassandra wanted to gain knowledge on how volumetric video can best be combined with photogrammetry, but she also researched what the distance and proximity of a volumetric character do to the sense of presence and identification.
Want to know more about My Strange Head and what (technical) choices were made to make this research a success? In our article, we take you through this process, so be sure to read on!
Made possible by Rijksdienst voor Ondernemend Nederland, Metropool Regio Eindhoven, 4DR Studios and Effenaar.
