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APPLE IMMERSIVE VIDEO\/SPATIAL VIDEO<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Proximity Tests<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Apple Immersive Video studio tests into proximity, camera height and positioning<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Synopsis<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

A series of Apple Immersive Video tests designed to explore how distance, height, and Apple Spatial Audio format shape the audience’s sense of presence. Conducted in a controlled studio environment, these tests provide a behind-the-scenes look at the grammar of Immersive cinema in its formative stage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Goals<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  1. Map how viewer comfort changes with proximity.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Understand how height and eye-line alter emotional tone.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Test Apple Spatial Audio format with ambisonic atmos, music and dialogue.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Innovation & Craft<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Filmed with the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera, using Apple Vision Pro previews to validate results in real time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Generated 1.2TB of raw data in just 16 minutes – showing both the resolution demands and potential of the format.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Captured behind-the-scenes stereoscopic Apple Spatial Video to illustrate how the tests were run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Demonstrated how camera height subtly shifts emotional tone – a low-mounted hi-hat placement changed not just perspective, but the audience’s felt presence in the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Why It Matters<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    Proximity Tests is more than R&D:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 It gives filmmakers a reference framework for staging actors and blocking in Immersive drama.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 It shows how audience psychology is linked to lens placement – presence is felt, not framed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 It provides one of the first publicly shared AIV datasets ready for playback on the Apple Vision Pro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Impact & Recognition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Featured in fxguide <\/em>as the first publicly available URSA Cine Immersive test footage.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Used as a teaching and benchmarking tool for filmmakers learning AIV grammar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    \u2022 Forms the technical backbone for narrative projects like Th<\/em>\u00e9 Fine Dining Bakery <\/em>and The Dobos Connection<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Credits<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

    A Main Course Films, University of Sydney Motus Lab and fxguide collaboration<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Director\/Editor: Clara Chong \u2022 Writers: Clara Chong & Ben Allan \u2022 Producers: Ben Allan, Mike Seymour, James Shen \u2022 Cinematographer\/Colorist: Ben Allan ACS CSI \u2022 Talent: Thomas Ah Kouoi & Elena De Brujne \u2022 Camera Assistants: John Katz, Gwilym \u2022 BTS Spatial Video: James Esson \u2022 BTS Photographer: Graham Davidson<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

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    Read fxguide article and watch video<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n