What is Dark Ride

This chapter presents a case study of the groundbreaking PBS digital studies cinematic VR film My Brother's Keeper. It covers all aspects of cinematic VR from conception and writing for the medium to ensuring the technology serves the story, filming, and postproduction. The piece set a bar for innovation in cinematic VR as the first production to combine 360- and 180-degree stereoscopic image capture to forward story and character interaction, the first to use true slow-motion 120 frames-per-second in VR and the first to establish intimacy with camera movement and close-ups, among other innovations. Six key videos are discussed, illustrating and demonstrating the principles of filmmaking innovation articulated in the chapter, as well as insights from behind the scenes interviews with the directors, producers, cast, and technologists talk about the making of the piece.