VR in Paradise: Behind the Scenes on a Radioactive Atoll

Presented at ONA19
September 11, 2019
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Learn how to film with high-tech cameras in a remote, demanding and extreme location with this immersive look at the Finnish Broadcasting Company’s groundbreaking VR project “Paradise,” shot on location on a nuclear waste dump on remote Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands.

This session is designed for:

  • Newsrooms looking to produce VR video in challenging circumstances
  • Journalists who would like to develop complex VR projects
  • Anyone interested in the expansive opportunities of video technology

Speakers

Mika Makelainen
Foreign News Journalist, Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE)
Päivi Koskinen
Journalist / Producer, YLE, the Finnish Broadcasting Company
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