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"GEIMU" is an immersive Japanese live-action 3D virtual reality (VR) film made for viewing in a
VR headset. Produced and directed by independent filmmaker Dorian Goto Stone, GEIMU is a
narrative short film that combines gaming, VR and cinema and is set in a medieval Japanese game
world. It will be viewable globally for free from Sept. 24 (12pm PDT) to Oct. 7 during VIFF.
Vancouver, Canada, September 24, 2020 --(PR.com)-- At the intersection of gaming, virtual reality,
cinema and medieval Japan is the new VR film "GEIMU" (pronounced "e-moo" which is "game" in
Japanese) which was produced by independent filmmaker Dorian Goto Stone and is having its festival
world premiere at Vancouver International Film Festival as a finalist in the cinematic VR category.
Combining real action with game-like visual effects in live-action virtual reality, GEIMU takes the
vicarious fun of watching an expert gamer play a role-playing game (RPG) and spins it into a cinematic
story that you get to experience from the literal point of view of the main character.
There is plenty of action in the first person perspective including sword fighting with ninjas, riding a
galloping horse, fending off zombies and encountering Japanese mythical creatures called kappa who
love cucumbers. This is all accomplished without causing motion sickness, which is often a problem that
plagues VR films.
Synopsis:
Emi, played by Aimi Sekiguchi a Japanese VR performance artist and YouTuber, is an expert gamer who
with the help of her reluctant pal Hiroshi hacks together her AI device (like a Google Home or Amazon
Alexa) with her VR gaming console so that she can play in a VR game world created by AI. The world
she and Hiroshi enter is set in medieval Japan and they are samurai tasked with saving a princess.
Although it starts out like a typical RPG game with plenty of sword fighting action, the game starts to
glitch and gets progressively stranger. It appears that the AI may have plans of its own, which leads to a
shocking final climax.
Production:
GEIMU is an independent VR film produced, written, directed and edited by independent filmmaker
Dorian Goto Stone at a fraction of the cost of most VR films currently in the market and unlike most VR
films which are computer animated, GEIMU is live-action. The project was made possible by Google and
VRScout's VR180 Lab, a program that provided training and resources to filmmakers to make VR180
videos for YouTube. Additional funding was provided out-of-pocket by Dorian Goto Stone.
Filmed on location in Japan, over 50 local cast and crew were part of the production. It was important to
the director to faithfully serve Japanese period piece conventions such as mannerisms, speech and
wardrobe specific to Japanese period pieces. The veteran sword fight choreographer, the wardrobe
advisor, the creature specialist and over a dozen actors trained in sword fighting, collectively brought
decades of period piece experience to the production. The final result is a work that achieves a production
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value several times its budget (US$50K).
The film is in 5.7K resolution and stereoscopic 3D VR180 (the images in the left and right eye are unique
so you get true three dimensionality). The film’s audio is a vital part of the experience containing both
ambisonic audio aka spatial audio - the orientation of the sound changes as you move your head - and
head-locked stereo (the game’s soundtrack and Emi’s voice). The film is in Japanese with English
subtitles.
Links:
VIFF
http://goviff.org/immersed-exhibition
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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1LBIi6KhvGdylF1HK_uA4TTDu7e5zUPa9T71pEW21m78/edit?us
p=sharing
GEIMU Social:
https://www.facebook.com/geimuvr/
https://www.instagram.com/geimu_vr/
https://twitter.com/GeimuVR
GEIMU website:
www.geimuvr.com.
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budget Hollywood films or tv shows. With GEIMU I wanted to capture the excitement and fascination
you feel as you enter a game world for the first time. How cool would it be if you could experience first
hand a live-action version of your video game? If that game is a mystical medieval Japanese game world,
now you can."
Dorian Goto Stone is an American Japanese-American filmmaker, born and raised in NYC, with over a
dozen years of experience working ad living in Japan. He is fluent in Japanese and the culture is an
inseparable part of his identity and life. He began his career in New York as a freelance filmmaker
shooting, directing and producing a variety of content across television, web, independent film and
theatre.
From 2012 to 2018 he worked for Google where he launched and ran the YouTube Space in Tokyo, the
third YouTube Space to open in the world. He developed a broad range of educational programs, events
and programs serving thousands of creators from all over Japan and the world.
In 2018, he returned to his passion, filmmaking. He is currently working as a freelance director and
producer in Japan in both traditional video/film and live-action VR.
Dorian's website:
https://www.doriannotdurian.com/
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headset, so everyone can enjoy!
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Contact Information:
Dorian Stone
Dorian Goto Stone
+81-8035706676
Contact via Email
doriannotdurian.com
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