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When given the theme of ‘Space, Place and History’ we thought of the themes of nostalgia and childhood, which transformed into the whole idea of creating an experience of sleep paralysis by children. To showcase this experience we have allowed viewers to watch this 180-degree video in a dark room with noise-cancelling headphones to detach… Read more

https://veer.tv/videos/dont-fall-asleep-346199

We ended up editing a lot later than we intended to. This was because we only borrow the 360 camera quite close to the deadline. This caused issues as I was left to edit all the footage in a day. However, wasn’t too much of an issue as the whole video ended up not being… Read more

When we film we have decided to use the insta360 EVO camera as it is small, easy to use and can provide a 180-degree view. We will lay the camera down on a bed, putting pillows underneath the blanket to mimic a body, like what I did in my experiments. Planning to film as it… Read more

From the start of this project, my group and I knew we wanted to be experimental with our mediums and use VR to showcase our final project, thus using a 360 video to do so. I borrowed the Insta360 EVO camera and did some experiments. The Insta360 EVO camera is good as it is quite… Read more

I have done research on the scientific and cultural examples and explanations of sleep paralysis but haven’t done research into the real-life stories. It is important for me to research into real-life stories as combining examples of real peoples experiences and the scientific facts of this disorder will help us create a more realistic and… Read more

As a group, we all agreed on having a sleep paralysis ‘demon’ in our experience as it is very common to hallucinate and see figures. I wanted to base its appearance off of cultures ideas of demons, this is because from my research I found that the ‘shadow man’ appearance has been done a lot… Read more

Before we create our video I want to do research into the world of 360 videos, knowing the history of them as well as finding examples that can inspire us when we create our video. What is a 360/180 degree video? It is a video that you typically watch with a VR headset but can… Read more

As mentioned before we want to go with the idea of using a 360 camera, with this we want to create a first person experience of sleep paralysis/night terrors. To create this experience were going to position the camera in a bed and make it almost as if the camera is the viewer, so they… Read more

“The original definition of sleep paralysis was codified by Samuel Johnson in his A Dictionary of the English Language as nightmare, a term that evolved into our modern definition. Such sleep paralysis was widely considered the work of demons, and more specifically incubi, which were thought to sit on the chests of sleepers. In Old English the name for these beings was mare or mære (from a proto-Germanic *marōn, cf. Old… Read more

When a person experiences sleep paralysis they are unable to move or speak but still conscious. As mentioned before sleep paralysis can be characterised by hallucinations and sensations that aren’t there. Which typically fall into these three categories: 1. A sensed presence, or intruder hallucinations, in which the person feels the presence of an evil,… Read more

Our group wanted to dive into the ideas of the dark side of childhood. With this we thought of the themes around sleep disorders. Studies found “up to 50% of children will experience a sleep problem.” There is a sleep disorder called Parasomnia, they “are common in childhood; sleepwalking, sleep talking, confusional arousals, and sleep… Read more