How Short Film ‘Kilian’s Game’ Showcases New Creators and Film Techniques at Sony
variety.comSimon Thompson A short film created as part of a project to showcase Sony technology’s capabilities is already changing how the company makes content.
Noir-inspired “Killian’s Game” was the first project to come out of the Sony Content Technology Strategy Committee, a group of around 100 people “and growing,’ according to Daniel De La Rosa, VP of Post Production at Sony Picture Entertainment.
Behind-the-scenes up-and-coming Hollywood creators worked on the projects and the nine-minutes packs in new filmmaking techniques developed by combining creators’ ideas with Sony Group’s multifaceted technologies. “There have always been requests from the R&D teams to visit sets because it helps them form their development process,” De La Rosa explained. “The answer is typically no.” However, the combination of virtual production, streaming feeds from the set, and the tech allowed them to do that.
It also illustrated how much content creation now revolves around having critical assets available. “If someone asked, ‘We’re going to create the Spider-Man asset, so what do we need to be able to use it in an interactive or video game experience?’ this process taught us what to look for to make everything more compatible downstream.” Co-writers and co-directors Collin Davis and Matt Litwiller had a script, but the available tech informed several creative changes. “It became an exercise in how some of the tools could be best used to enhance what we had,” Davis explained, saying the Airpeak S1 drone allowed them to “mimic” the opening sequence of Stanley Kubrick’s The Shining and get “mysterious shots to build tension.” “We always tried to give feedback and make suggestions but not eat into the creative or change their mind because of
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