John Young
Hello! My name is Jack Young, I am part of the JMU class of 2019, and I’m pursuing a Bachelor of Arts degree in Writing, Rhetoric and Technical Communication with a minor in Film Studies. This semester in my Film and Media Theory class, I’ve had the amazing opportunity to fully produce and edit a 360° Virtual Reality short film essay, which I’ve titled, “Pilot.” Inspired by the Red Bull extreme snowboarding film, The Art of Flight, I created Pilot to explore Andre Bazin’s notion of “the total cinema” in the context of understanding what it means for VR technology to be entering mainstream entertainment while uncovering the subversive advertising power of hyperreal films. Please enjoy the immersive VR experience!
