Oculus initiated VR For Good to help the most promising film makers and the world’s best untold stories find each other and use the immersive medium of VR to engage the world “for good”. VR For Good selected ten rising filmmakers and ten wonderful nonprofits to work together to tell impactful stories through VR. These teams, selected among hundreds of applicants, have the opportunity to create incredible 360 films and bring a variety of social causes to life. To help jumpstart their projects, Oculus is providing educational opportunities, funding, equipment, post production support, and one-on-one mentorship with industry veterans. More on the VR For Good program can be found at vrforgood.oculus.com.
Film Crew
Jayisha Patel, Director & Producer
Jayisha Patel, is a multi award winning filmmaker whose short films have been shown at festivals such as Berlinale, New York Film Festival and LA Film Festival amongst others. Her
first documentary, A Paradise, was nominated for over 36 international prizes, including at the Oscar qualifying Palm Springs Film Festival and Chicago and promoted by the British Council as exemplary British filmmaking. She is the 2015 recipient of the Hot Docs International Film Festival’s Cross Currents Fund and Fellowship for her interactive documentary, Circle. She works as an independent filmmaker for Al Jazeera and the BBC and her works focus on daring, bold and under reported subjects in a delicate and respectful manner. Find out more about her work at www.jayishapatel.com. Visit the director's website for Notes to My Father at www.notestomyfathervrfilm.com.
Gabo Arora, Executive Producer
Gabo Arora is the first-ever Creative Director at the United Nations; Founder & President of LightShed, a virtual reality and social impact start-up; and an award-winning filmmaker represented by Here Be Dragons. His work focuses on new technologies that promote social causes and make decision-making processes more inclusive. Among these projects is a viral video campaign for the recent climate change summit in Paris, and various collaborations with internet influencers to promote accountability on global humanitarian aid assistance. He is also founder of UNVR.org, the United Nations’ virtual reality lab, and has directed and produced a series of pioneering, and widely acclaimed, virtual reality documentaries focusing on vulnerable populations in crisis.
Reel FX, Post Production
Reel FX teamed up with Oculus for their ‘VR for Good’ initiative, dedicating our internal talent and resources to inspire social change through immersive Virtual Reality content that promotes empathy. Editor Quan Tran teamed up with Jayisha Patel for Notes to My Father.
Dalton Gaudin, Director of Photography
Dalton is a Writer, Director, Producer, Cinematographer, Photographer, Ethnographer, and Cameraman. He is a trained ethnographer and documentary/corporate ethnographic interviewer with a Master's Degree in Visual Anthropology (MVA) from the University of Southern California. His life is dedicated to telling interesting stories, capturing unique images and meeting new people.
Other Credits
Directed and produced by Jayisha Patel
Writer: Jayisha Patel
Editor: Quan Tran
Music composer: Jo Paterson
Director of Photography: Dalton Gaudin
360 Sound Recordist: Vineet Vashishtha
Sound Designer: Adam Woodhams
Executive Producer: Lauren Burmaster, Gabo Arora, Jayisha Patel
Producer: Amy Seidenwurm
Producer: Paula Cuneo
Producer: Joanne Sprague
Producer: Tiffany Kieran
Music mix: Richard Aitken
Cellist: Rebecca Knight
Digital Imaging Technician: Rohit Singh
VR Technical Advisor: Ryan Hartsell
Location Technical Director: Saurabh Ranjan
VR Producer: Jayisha Patel
Location Line Managers: Hannah Norling, Anirudh Surabhi
Post Production Producer: Leigh Mergehenn
Production Manager: Julia Gibson
Impact Producer: Tiffany Kieran
Associate Producer: Shelly McGee
Casting: Jayisha Patel, My Choices Foundation, R.E.D.S
Lead Contributors: Ramadevi Ketlamari, Kullayappa Ketlemari
Post Production: ReelFX
Some scenes shot on the Nokia OZO
Special Thanks
Nokia Ozo
Nimrod Productions
Liminal VR Studio, Mumbai
Rural and Environetmn Development Society (REDS)
Elca Grobler, Ryan Hartsell, Tom Besley, R.E.D.S