Age of Sail

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

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About the author

Joe Donaldson

/ www.joedonaldson.tv
Joe Donaldson is a director, designer, and animator who worked on Motionograpgher from 2014-2020. Previously, he was an art director at Buck. Over the past decade, he's lived and worked in Chicago, New York City, and Los Angeles and has directed work for clients such as Apple, Google, Instagram, The New York Times, Unicef, Etsy, and The New Yorker. In addition to his creative work, in 2018 he started Holdframe. He's now working as a professor at Ringling College of Art and Design and when not teaching he can be found spending time with his family or out running.