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Perspective; Chapter I: The Party

About

YEAR 2014

SECTION New Frontier Exhibitions

COUNTRY U.S.A.

A young woman attends her first college party, her mind set on cutting loose and shedding the “shy girl” identity she’s struggled with since high school. At the same party, an awkward, but slightly charming young man is hoping for a similar reinvention. Add booze and misinterpreted signals, and two different stories emerge out of what happens during the night's events. Perspective allows viewers to experience the same encounter from two completely different points of view. —S.F.

Credits

Actor	Tabitha Morella Caleb Thomas Zachary Zagoria Anna Grace Barlow
Casting Director	Richard Hicks Chris Redondo
Cinematographer	Alison Kelly
Director	Rose Troche Morris May
Production Designer	Jamie Thalman
Technical Director	Lisa Deaner

Artist Bios

Rose Troche is an award-winning writer, director, and producer of film, television, and New Media. Her works include Go Fish, The Safety of Objects, The L Word, Concussion, and much more. Her career began in experimental film, and she is pleased it is finding its way back with Sugar, a multipart narrative experiment that will begin production in early 2015, and with her collaboration with Morris May on Perspective. Morris May is CEO and founder of Specular Theory, a virtual reality production studio and creative technology lab. May has been a digital effects expert for more than 25 years, working on 30+ Hollywood films, including two Academy Award winners: Spiderman II and Happy Feet. As the CEO of Specular Theory, he researches, selects, and develops cutting-edge technology to make storytelling possible in the new, unexplored world of virtual reality.