The world of immersive storytelling is constantly moving forward, bit by bit. The technology and the medium are evolving hand-in-hand and with each new release, the quality of not only the image but the storytelling and medium as a whole, continue to improve.
The latest installment from the Google Spotlight Story series, Age of Sail, is a beautiful short directed by John Kahrs with creative direction for none other than Kevin Dart. With how things have been going with this series, including Pearl and others, I’m very excited to see where it goes next!
You can view the 360°mobile version via Google Play and iTunes and the VR versions on Steam and Viveport.
Credits
Directed by
John Kahrs
Producers
David Eisenmann
Gennie Rim
Executive Producers
Karen Dufilho
Jan Pinkava
Music by
Scot Stafford
Cast
Ian McShane William Avery
Cathy Ang Lara Conrad
Story by John Kahrs
Writers
John Kahrs
Jonathan Igla
Blaise Hemingway
Creative Director
Kevin Dart
Production Designer
Céline Desrumaux
Editor
Jeremy Ambers
Animation Lead
Neth Nom
Computer Graphics Lead
Cassidy Curtis
Technical Art Lead
Theresa Latzko
Google Spotlight Stories
Technical Project Lead
Daniel Jeppsson
Associate Producer
Sara Diamond
Program Manager
Swapneel Kshetramade
Lead Tools Engineer
Morgwn McCarty
Engine Lead
James Beattie
Senior Tools Engineer
Josiah Larson
Tech Art Lead
Matthew Oursbourn
VR & Rendering Engineer
“Pouchon” Jean Venerin
Interaction Designer
Kye Wan Sung
Software Engineers
Darren Austin
Monika Erande
Andrea Hemphill
Guruji Panda
John Schuchard
Tools Engineer
Chris Fontas
Audio Software Engineer
Wayne Jackson
QA Test Engineer
Ravikumar Aluru
QA Engineer
Madina Siebenthal
Production Coordinator
Zaria Gunn
Broad Reach Pictures
Casting Director
Jen Rudin, CSA
Production Supervisor
Sara K. Sampson
Production Coordinator
Carol Choi
Production Assistant
Wancy Cho
Special Thanks
Ken Kleinberg
Alex Plitt
Chromosphere LA
Director of Production
Myles Shioda
Art Director
Jasmin Lai
Character Designer
Bruno Mangyoku
Rigging
Koki Nozawa
Animators
Lauren Adassovsky
Kevin Nguyen
Lucas Fraga Pacheco
Sikand Srinivas
Mette Tange
John Turello
CG Artist
Michelle Kwon
Lucy Xue
FX Animator
Fernando Penafiel
Lead Compositor
Stéphane Coëdel
Compositors
Jess Iglehart
John Taylor
Rob Ward
Production Coordinator
Bryan Wolfson
Additional Help
Thibault Leclercq
Jonathan Djob Nkondo
Theotime Vaillant
Music and Sound Production
Pollen Music Group
Sound Supervision
Scot Stafford
Sound Design
Jamey Scott
Re-recording Mixer
David Parker
Jamey Scott
Music Contracting
Evan Price
Music Editor & Mixer
Mark Willsher
Musicians
Eric Achen
Robert Ashley
Liana Berube
Ivo Bokulic
Meredith Brown
Alex Camphouse
Bruce Chrisp
Marcel Gemperli
Michael Graham
Dawn Harms
Emily Onderdonk
Deborah Price
Evan Price
Vanessa Ruotolo
Karen Sor
Iris Stone
Glen Swarts
Alicia Telford
Samsun Van Loon
Additional Voices
Ryan DeMarco Arthur
Scot Stafford Porter
Jan Pinkava Ship’s Crewman
“Good Morning Ladies All” (Traditional sea shanty) performed by Ian McShane, Ryan DeMarco, and Scot Stafford
“Pretty Saro” (Traditional folk song) performed by Ian McShane and Cathy Ang
Music Recording
Dann Thompson
Skywalker Sound, Marin CA
Dialogue Recording by
Cherry Beach, Toronto
Formosa Group, Santa Monica
Soundtrack, New York
Google Advanced Technology And Projects
Senior Director, Engineering
Dan Kaufman
Program Administration
Brittney Valenzano
Corporate Council
Jeff Nisbet
Finance
Jennifer Hsuing
Public Relations, The PR Kitchen
Fumi Kitahara Otto
Evil Eye Pictures
Executive Producers
Matt McDonald
Dan Rosen
Producer
Yovel Schwartz
Associate Producer
HyoJin Kim
Cinematographer
Euisung Lee
Technical Director
Derrick Lau
Digital Intermediate Support
Steve DeLuca
Dialogue Recording by
Cherry Beach, Toronto
Formosa Group, Santa Monica
Soundtrack, NY
Coloring Services by
Evil Eye Pictures, San Francisco
Colourist, Max Horton
Special Thanks
Rachid El Guerrab
Michael K. O’Brien