Synopsis
A mushroom is a door in the floor. Open it and discover nature’s greatest revelation: an endless underground network secretly feeding life to the world above. And yet, we know more about the surface of the moon than we do about mushrooms. What if we knew more?
Using sight, sound, touch and scent, you will experience the complete life-cycle of mushrooms: spores, mycelium, fruiting body, and the inevitable decay. Working closely with the Smallhold Mushroom Farm, we have spent the last 2 years developing a unique volumetric time-lapse technology that brings the mushroom kingdom to life in a new way, never before experienced.
Director
Credits
Directed By: Winslow Porter, Elie Zananiri
Producers: Winslow Porter, Casta Jiahui Zhu
Executive Producers: Karen Short, Justin Durazzo, Adam DeMartino, Andrew Carter, Alessia
Bulgari, Turner Porter
Associate Producers: David Porter, Dana Cowley, Alica Ross
Art Director: Mother Nature
Technology Director: Elie Zananiri
Unreal Engineers: Erik Anderson, June Bee, Schuyler Devos, Filip Kostic, Csősz Gergő
Levente, Xuelong Mu, Siyuan Qiu, Bryner Toma, Mingxi Xu, Olivia Yin, Will Young
Unreal Consultants: Todd Bryant, Kevin Peter He
Technical Artist: Georgios Cherouvim
Environmental Artists: Baiquni Abdillah, Jack Caron
Screenwriters: Winslow Porter, Elie Zananiri, Adam Lerman
Narrator: Sarah Natochenny
Music and Sound Design: Q Department
Title Designer: Elise Porter
Graphic Design: Ryan De La Cruz
Scenic Design: David Benjamin, Ray Wang, Daniel Perlin, David Komet
Mycobrick Fabrication: Ecovative
Creative Mushroom Consulting: Travis Breihan
Capture Rig Design: Array Kinetics
Marker Rig Design: Adam Lassy
Cultivation Consultant: Stephen Jomaoas, Louis Vassar Semanchik
Rig Technical Producer: Addison Worthington IV
Photogrammetry Consultant: Tomáš Mišura and Nikola Jancovicova of Reality Capture,
Guillaume Monsergent
Experiential Design: Emily Edelman
Photography: Paul McGeiver
Public Relations: Jessie Cohen PR
Smallhold Communications and PR: Abigail Knoff, Hayley Katz
Partner Outreach: Stefani Bardin
Mycological Partner/Consultant: Fungi Foundation
Conservation Partner: On The Edge
Hardware Partner: Dell Computers
Strategy Partner: Accenture Song Sustainability Studio
Scent Partner: OW Smell Digital
3D Printing Partner: Pink Sparrow
Looking Glass Partner: Looking Glass
Volumetric Post Production and Streaming Partner: Arcturu