Experimental Immersive 360 film produced with the script writing skills of Sam Stone as part of the Immersive Innovation Programme run by Screen Cornwall. Now with the VoiceOver and Narration by the very talented Hattie Watson, the updated version brings some exciting new visuals as well.

We call Little Lights ‘experimental’ as it was produced to explore the possibility of using low cost hardware along with low cost and open source software to produce affordable (very affordable!) 360 drama, with flexible (very flexible!) postproduction direction and layering of scenic visual assets with high quality (very high quality!) 8k immersive output.

The story was inspired by Clare Howdle – ‘Little Lights’, ‘Twelve Stories for Twelve Sections’ published by Hermitage Press Cornwall

The film was produced as a technical proof of concept for developing 360 immersive video based on low cost Insta360 cameras capturing environments, iPhone footage filmed green-screen outdoors, and volumetric assets captured as gaussian splats. These assets were then layered together to develop a high quality and highly flexible solution for generating 360 video content for headsets and immersive domes.

This latest version has been output at 360×90 format for viewing at the CULTVR Dome in Cardiff. The original film was produced in 360×120 format for the Market Hall Dome in Plymouth.

Little Lights – Created by Chris Marshall

More information about the original version of Little Lights can be found here:-

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