“Afterite”, The New York MET - Cataclysmic intro with music by Ben Frost. Short sequence shot in Chile & Bolivia.
Created by ©Ravi Deepres & Luke Unsworth with kind permission and collaboration from ALMA and ESO (European Southern Observatory), CHILE.
Film Design - Ravi Deepres for the ballet AFTERITE
Music by Ben Frost
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“Afterite”, The New York MET - ALMA - European Southern Observatory (Chile)
Created by ©Ravi Deepres & Luke Unsworth with kind permission and collaboration from ALMA and ESO (European Southern Observatory), CHILE.
Film Design - Ravi Deepres for the ballet AFTERITE
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“Woolf Works” - The Royal Opera House
"exhilarating and ravishingly expressive" 5 Stars, The Guardian
"Gillian Anderson reads Woolf’s suicide letter. Behind her, a huge photograph of waves slowly begins to move, Ravi Deepres’ video imagery gradually speeding up to become a tidal surge"
One of several film sequences created for Woolf Works based on the life and work of Virginia Woolf as inspiration, and in collaboration with Wayne McGregor and The Royal Ballet.
Shot at Godrevy lighthouse by Ravi Deepres and Luke Unsworth, one of the locations Woolf visited frequently, and created with the intention of capturing her use and absorption of the power of nature and shifting time. The sequence was shot using a Phantom Gold camera which begins as a virtually static photographic image then gradually builds up into a raging torrent, lasting over 25mins, a duration rarely used with this kind of technology. The music for the ballet was created by Max Richter, lighting design by Lucy Carter, and the dramaturg Uzma Hameed with set design by we not I and Cigue.
The Brit Awards 2016 opening sequence - The o2 Arena
Ravi Deepres in collaboration with choreographer Wayne McGregor, have directed and created the film and photographic animation sequences for the opening of The Brit Awards 2016 which lit up London with a stunning visual display which opened the showpiece event. He collaborated with his talented core team of Steven Spencer and Luke Unsworth to create the multi-screen sequences featuring specially shot footage of presenters and Ant and Dec, dancers from Studio WayneMcGregor and The Brits School. The dancers were choreographed wearing incredible costumes designed by Philip Pugh and together with Stuart Price’s intensifying music and designer Es Devlin’s wonderfully fragmented zoetrope section screens became the canvas for a stunning interactive cross art form spectacle. Screens became dancers, dancers became screens.
Presenters Ant and Dec and a series of dancers were transformed using live action, photographic stop motion and 3D laser scanning techniques which were projected onto dozens of screens to create an immersive multi screen animation across the 20,000 seater venue.
The displays which showed zoetrope style sequences were intercut with a 1920's film sequence featuring Ant and Dec also wowed millions of viewers tuned in on TV screens across the country. The ideas for the piece were inspired by Muybridge, Jules etienne Maray and Vertov's "Man with a movie camera'. We used a direct replica of Vertov's camera which became a centrepiece interactive prop for the filming with Ant and Dec.
FULL CREDITS:
Choreography and Direction - Wayne McGregor
Screen Content direction and Creation - Ravi Deepres in collaboration with Steven Spencer and Luke Unsworth
Music - Stuart Price
Costumes - Gareth Pugh
Design - Es Devlin
3D Scanning - Apr Services, Tom Avery
Ant and Dec Filming - DOP Martin Testar, Lighting - Paul Burns
Screen Content Assistants - Alicia Clarke, William Marler, Mark Wright, Ed Tritton, Kelvin Wong, Alice Pace
Initial sequence tests and editing was created at Birmingham City University
“Afterite”, The New York MET - Laguna Lejía (Chile)
Created by ©Ravi Deepres and Luke Unsworth
Film Design - Ravi Deepres for the ballet AFTERITE choreographed by Wayne McGregor
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“Afterite”, The New York MET - Valle de la Luna (Chile)
Created by ©Ravi Deepres and Luke Unsworth
Film Design - Ravi Deepres for the ballet AFTERITE choreographed by Wayne McGregor
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“Raven Girl” - The Royal Opera House
Created by ©Ravi Deepres and Luke Unsworth
Film Design - Ravi Deepres for the ballet Raven Girl choreographed by Wayne McGregor
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“Genus”, Bardenas Reales - L'Opéra De Paris
Created by ©Ravi Deepres and Luke Unsworth
Film Design - Ravi Deepres for the ballet Genus choreographed by Wayne McGregor
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Commissioned by The Opera Garnier, Paris, as part of the performance GENUS, choreographed by Wayne McGregor. Shot in the Bardenas Reales desert, Navarra, in collaboration with Ravi Deepres using After Effects and Twiktor. Music by Joby Talbot.