Forager

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.

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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

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