Royal Caribbean - Falling
WORDWIDE
This project was part of my work as a Multimedia Director at Moment Factory.
Royal Caribbean’s Dance in a Box is a signature series developed for the cruiseliner’s innovative Roboscreen system, six colossal LED screens mounted on moveable robotic arms.
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This third installment catapults the series to its ultimate cinematic height, dropping a silk aerialist into a celestial freefall through the magic of zero gravity.
​A tribute to circus performers who risk their lives for art, Falling reimagines the box as a tesseract, a multi-dimensional space where a plummeting aerialist meets herself suspended in time. To capture the out-of-body encounter, a crew filmed the complex sequence with twin sisters on a Zero G Boeing 727 aircraft flight.
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Months of pre production led up to the in-flight shoot. With the box bolted to the aircraft’s fuselage, scenes were filmed like live performances during parabolic maneuvers that create a state of weightlessness. ​
A feat of artistry and engineering, Falling is a testament to Royal Caribbean International’s commitment to cutting-edge entertainment and respect for craft. Shot and produced for Roboscreen and standard screen formats, Falling will be preceded with a making-of documentary, taking audiences behind the high-altitude scenes.
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Falling was produced in collaboration with Sailor Productions.
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ROYAL CARIBBEAN
Original Idea by: Nick Weir
Producer: Melissa David
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MOMENT FACTORY
Executive Creative Director: Sakchin Bessette
Producer: Maryse De Lottinville
Line Producer: Magalie Desrochers
Writer: Joshua Sellinger
Art Director: Émilie Lagacé
Content Producer: Marie-Ève Meilleur
Content Coordinator: Laura Llorens
Content Technical Director: Francis Clément
VFX Supervisor: Zane Kozak
Robot-Screen Animator: Benoit Roy
Offline Editor: Sophiane Verri
Online Editor: Patrick Perreault
Motion Designer: Cyril Gasté
SAILOR PRODUCTIONS
Line Producer: Mathieu Dumont
Production Supervisor: Mike Suzuki
Production Coordinator: Joelle Raymond, Alyssa Carper
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FILM CREW
Assistant Director: Marc Kelly
Director of Photography: Joseph Victorine
Production Designer: David Hedge
Costume Designer: Yso
Makeup Artist: Gia Barsocchini
Choreographer: Sarah Poole
Casting Director: Kristen Paladino
Camera Assistants: Seth Gallagher: Sean Kisch
Data Wrangler: Travis Thompson
Gaffer: Scott Khufu
Best Boy Electric: Eli Just
Electric: Amber Jones
Dimmer Board Operator: Walter Kinnard
Key Grip: Richard Michael Prim
Best Boy Grip: Darrin Stuckwisch
Grip: Michael Melechin, Richard Pulsing, Carlos Chavez, Damian Vega
Prop Master: Deron Wright
Sound Mixer: Jeffrey Brian Haddad
Wardrobe: David Kaufman
Makeup Artist Assistant: Shyama Gero
Production Assistants: Patrick Gilman, Nelson Xysavanh, Christopher Silver, Randy Gonzalez Jr, Andres Montano, Fergus Flynn
Craft Service: Patrick Guzman
COVID Monitor: Jane Kim
CAST
Autumn & Rachel Read
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POST PRODUCTION
Post Production: Terminal FX
Color Grading: Mel’s
MUSIC
Music Composer, Producer and Mixer: Vincent Letellier
Musicians: Anne-Louise Gilbert, François Landry, François Beauvais, Anti Ghosh, Alexiane
Additional Mixer: Joris Bourgault Paquet
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MAKING OF
Videographer: Mathieu Couture
Editor: Philippe Dugong
270 VENUE
Robotic Programmer Andy Robot
Robotic: Operations: Kush Gathoo
Video Programmer: Theo Tsevas
Venue Lighting Designer: Maro Benjamin
ZERO-G
Pilot: Erich Domitrovits
Pilot: Derek Fallon
Flight Engineer: Brandt Smith
Supervisor of Inflight: Tim Bailey
Flight Attendant: Jason Hill
Flight Coach: Deb Houts
Vice President, Program Operations: Andrew Humphreys
Research Operatiosn Manager: Shafali Bhardwaj
Director of Productions Operations: Paul Gramaglia
Vice President, Sales & Marketing: Jack O’Neil
ADDITIONAL THANK YOU
Andrés Auld, Catherine Grenier, Corentin Kieffer, David Richard, Esteban Chacin, François Depret, Gregory Vadnais, Ismael Cosio, Jamie Reilly, Jonathan Chammas, Katty Maurey, Lucy Rybicka, Marie-Hélène Pouliot, Marika Lapointe, Mathieu Grainger, Maxime Doyle, Miquel Tura, Myriam Dechamplain, Ryan Marshall, Sophie Charbonneau, Stéphane Raymond