The aim of this project is to create a 360 film to help the viewer see the world from the perspective of a disabled person. By creating an immersive first person experience, the viewer can get a better sense of the challenges facing some patients and how this can be improved.
360 video used in virtual reality headsets is a new popular media, now more widely available due to smartphone technology and cheaper headset prices. The video is filmed using traditional actors and special cameras that can “see” all around the scene. When played back in a VR headset the viewer is able to look in all directions and thereby feel more immersed in the scenario than when looking at traditional screen-based media.
People with disabilities have multiple barriers to accessing medical care, ie lack of step free access and transport costs. This project aims to help raise awareness of issues commonly affecting disabled people by placing the viewer in an immersive video with a first person view of the world from a disabled person's perspective.
Dr Bryan Kerr and filmmaker Paulette Caletti of Too Right Films Ltd discovered their shared interest in 360 video and VR during a children’s birthday party. Bryan had the idea to explore using 360 as a teaching aid and 360 Patient Care developed from this. The film aims to help medical practitioners have a better understanding of the challenges facing disabled patients and offer ways to help.
The project team conducted a focus group with patients with cerebral palsy which allowed them to address communication and mobility issues. The session provided many insights and helped the project team to develop the script for the film, allowing the patients to tell their own story and be the focus of the film.
Filming in 360 video is always challenging. For each project you have to ask the questions: “Why are we shooting this in 360? What are the benefits?” Each film is a journey of discovering how best to tell the story with lots of trial and error. What is learned from this experience will allow improvement in the way 360 stories are told and will test the benefits of the format as a teaching aid.
Project team
Dr Bryan Kerr - academic lead
Dr Bryan Kerr is an NHS Consultant and KCL Honorary Senior Clinical Lecturer. He specialises in the clinical dental treatment of people with disabilities. Bryan has previous experience of 360 video productions and is currently undertaking a clinical trial using 360 video and virtual reality and cognitive behavioural therapy to treat dental phobias.
Paulette Caletti - artistic lead
Paulette Caletti is the owner of Too Right Films Ltd where she writes and directs original content. Dental 360 was her first project with Dr Bryan Kerr. Having made her first feature film, The Cake Maker (2014), Paulette currently has several projects in development. Her interest in 360 video and VR was ignited whilst attending a Power to the Pixel summit in 2015. Paulette is currently a producer of short films, music videos and fashion shows for Prettybird UK. Recent work includes the Body Language short series for BBC Three.
360 Patient Care is a collaboration between King's College London's Department of Sedation & Special Care Dentistry and Too Right Films/Prettybird. It was supported by the university's Culture team.
360 Patient Care - Credit List
Director/Producer/Camera: Paulette Caletti
Academic Lead: Dr. Bryan Kerr
Executive Producer: Juliette Larthe
First Person Patient: Hannah Adeniji
Carer: Nicole Smith
Lift Patient: Tahir Tariq
Junior Doctor: Christien Bart-Gittens
Receptionist: Veronica Ellis
Waiting Room Patient: Graeme Bloom
Senior Doctor: Matt Houlihan
Extras: Saqib Sheik & Colin Barnes
Production: Ayo Davis
Art Director: Karol Streisand
Sound Recordist: Dave Sohanpal
DIT: Arsalan Jamshid
Runners: Sarah Awe & Matt Healey
Editor & Post-Production: Paulette Caletti
Sound Design: Charlie Cooper
Sound Producer: Beth Morson
Sound Design: Clearcut Sound Studios
Agent: VisABLE Sennheiser Ambeo-VR: Better Sound
