{"id":25314,"date":"2023-07-07T09:29:59","date_gmt":"2023-07-07T08:29:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ettsolutions.com\/inferno-purgatorio-rai-cinema-videocitta\/"},"modified":"2024-03-15T15:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-03-15T14:30:32","slug":"inferno-purgatory-rai-cinema-videocitta","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ettsolutions.com\/en\/inferno-purgatory-rai-cinema-videocitta\/","title":{"rendered":"Inferno and Purgatory VR at the Rai Cinema corner in Videocitt\u00e0"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Inferno and Purgatory VR feature in the Rai Cinema corner in the new section of the \u201cAgora Expo\u201d festival<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Gazometro (Rome), 06 July 2023 \u2013 From 13 to 16 July,<\/strong>\u00a0during the\u00a06th<\/sup>\u00a0edition of Videocitt\u00e0, the short-film\u00a0Inferno (Hell)<\/em>\u00a0and the new second chapter\u00a0Purgatorio (Purgatory)<\/em>\u00a0of The Divine Comedy VR\u00a0<\/strong>will be presented in the Rai Cinema corner on all event days. The ETT (Gruppo SCAI) production is distributed by Rai Cinema (also available on RaiPlay and Rai Cinema Channel in a version for the deaf and blind, in collaboration with Rai Pubblica Utilit\u00e0) and will be featured in the new section of the Videocitt\u00e0 festival:\u00a0\u201cAgor\u00e0 Expo\u201d, the new exhibition area set up on the ground floor of the Gazometro G3.<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Videocitt\u00e0<\/strong>\u00a0was conceived by Francesco Rutelli, with the creative leadership of Francesco Dobrovich. It explores the most advanced forms of audio-visual and digital languages in a domestic and international cultural context. Following last year\u2019s success, which recorded over 15,000 visitors, the festival\u2019s heart will beat again in Europe\u2019s largest industrial archaeology area: the Rome Gazometro. In a perspective of continuity with the previous edition, this year\u2019s theme will again be Transition, i.e. a participatory, shared process based on pragmatic and concrete choices; thus making the festival a vehicle of ethical and civic values. With Eni, the Main Partner, and the contribution of MiC, the Lazio Region, the Municipality of Rome and in collaboration with ANICA, there will be four days of artistic contamination, taking in immersive creations, video art, talks, live music and AV Performances. These will shape the entire complex and place the public at the centre of a collective experience going beyond the real world and flowing into a digital one. \u00a0 <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the new\u00a0\u201cAgora Expo\u201d<\/strong>\u00a0area, among the works on display are short Virtual Reality films produced and distributed by Rai Cinema, and the creations of leading companies at the national level. Among these are\u00a0Hell<\/em>\u00a0and\u00a0the new chapter of\u00a0The Divine Comedy VR: Purgatory,<\/em>\u00a0which recently won the Best Industry Paper Award at the eighth edition of the International XR-Metaverse Conference (Las Vegas).<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0 Based on an idea by Adele Magnelli, the short film was written and directed by Federico Basso. The story outline is by Alessandro Cavallaro, who oversaw the scientific supervision and selection of the verses. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Purgatory<\/em>:<\/strong>\u00a0the short film lasts for about eight-and-a-half minutes, accompanied by the voice of the actor Francesco Pannofino, and lets the viewer take on the role of the Great Poet, crossing the threshold of Purgatory to embark on the journey. Purgatory manifests itself in all its grandeur as a rocky mountain standing in the ocean at the centre of the southern hemisphere. After leaving Hell, the passage of time is allowed in this realm, so there is dawn and dusk, day and night, with light shown in all its shades. After entering this primordial scenario, the spectator will cross the threshold of Purgatory and see, through Dante\u2019s eyes: a door in the rock, guarded by an angel wielding a sword. The first frame shows the proud: souls weighed down by huge boulders looking resignedly at the ground. Scenes of humility and pride are represented: stories sculpted in prodigiously animated high reliefs that \u201cvisibly speak\u201d. Then follows the pain of envious souls slumped on the ground, with their eyes sewn shut, and the lustful who advance dramatically into the fire of the final frame. \u00a0 When he finally arrives in the Terrestrial Paradise, the woman who caused Dante to travel through the first two kingdoms appears. It is Beatrice, rekindling the ancient fire of love, followed by the promise of the final stage in Heavenly Paradise. After a distressing repentance, Dante is finally ready to extinguish the memory of every sin and is now \u201cpure and willing to ascend to the stars\u201d. The scenes were entirely modelled, sculpted and coloured in 3D. Animation of plants, fire and water used physical parameters, making the simulations interact with up to 100 million particles. For close-ups of human figures, which in\u00a0Purgatory<\/em>\u00a0are more central than in\u00a0Hell<\/em>, we opted for compositing integration with actors filmed in green screen to show facial expressions. Crowd scenes were created by shooting real movements of actors (MOCAP: motion capture) and transferring these movements into 3D characters. Additionally, the original soundtrack was composed by Marco Morini, paying particular attention to sound design which enriches the all-round viewer experience. \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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