Saturday night saw the 44th Annual Annie Awards for excellence in animation. Google Spotlight Stories took home four awards for their work in 360 Story-telling and specifically for their short film, 'Pearl' (which is also nominated for best animated short at this year's Academy Awards!). • Outstanding Achievement, Directing in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production • Outstanding Achievement, Music in an Animated TV/Broadcast Production • Outstanding Achievement, Production Desig

Congratulations to Director, Patrick Osborne and the entire Google Spotlight Stories team on being nominated for Best Animated Short Film this morning at the 2017 Academy Awards! It's an immersive, 360 film that tugs at all of the traditional heart strings, and I am honored to have played a small role in the technical editorial department. Here is 'Pearl' as it was originally intended (in 360): #Pearl #PatrickOsborne #Google #SpotlightStories #ATAP #AcademyAward #360film #vir

Google's Spotlight Stories have released a new 360 video called 'Rain or Shine', accompanied by another promo created by Mission Rock Pictur

Earlier this month, Mission Rock Pictures was hired by Google's ATAP division to shoot and edit an updated version of their promo for Spotlight Stories. To update the promo, we needed to capture an assortment of people enjoying the 360 degree short films using Cardboard and the new VR headset, Vive. We also created an end tag featuring the different devices and some show footage from the Spotlight Stories themselves. We had a blast running around looking for subjects, and th