AZIMUTH
The term azimuth is derived from Arabic and denotes a measurement in a spherical space. Azimuth is an experimental, short immersive fashion film (for viewing in the Oculus Go headset) that explores South African Brutalist-scapes as elemental triptychs in a 360° space
water | solid | ether
birth | life | legacy
zygotic | mitotic | mutation
Fashion performances are imaged for each of these states to an immersive ambisonics original score. It is an experimentation of live action filming with the underwater and aerial rigging of 360° cameras. The model was 3D captured in a photogrammetry rig in Cape Town and imaged in a model referencing the Ponte Tower (Johannesburg) atrium.
Azimuth captures the sublime of South African Brutalist-scapes through immersive, kinetic mirror-worlds, and is testimony to regional collaborative practice and fashion digital media. The short film has screened widely within VR categories of international short film festivals.
Azimuth was the recipient for the PPC Imaginarium Short Film Grant [2018] and the NIHSS Digital Humanities Award [ZA] in 2020.
Watch it on mobile Vimeo app or desktop below.
Credits | Dir. Nirma Madhoo | Co-producers Jimmy Reynolds + Simon Ratcliffe | VR Co-Producers Caitlin Robinson + Ingrid Kopp + Steven Markovitz for Electric South | Featuring Lorin Sookool | Digital Artistry Photogrammetry + Animation Jason Stapleton | Fashion by Jessica Shuttleworth + Shari Akal + Jenevieve Lyons | Styling Jeandre Venter | HMUA Tiffany Adams + Maxine Brooks | Digital Assets generated with BlackGinger + Timeslice Cinematography | Stunt Rigging by Rigology | Camera + Aerial Rigging by JRFilm + JP Eichler | VR Post support Black Rhino VR | Roto The Edit Room | Editing Nirma Madhoo | Musical Composition Simon Ratcliffe | Ambisonics Carl Roberts @ Sound & Motion Studios | Supported by PPC Imaginarium
.