SYNOPSIS

04, a human female, and her teenage daughter are stranded on Kepler 22-B, 600 light years away from Earth. It is 70 years after the arrival of humans on the barren planet, and the two are the only humans left.

Everything is a struggle in this harsh environment. The pair manage to exchange the girl’s oxygen batteries just in time to keep her from suffocation, but it’s clear that they will need more resources to survive, and they are forced to pursue 04’s Plan B to break into the dilapidated spaceship ruins.

They find their way to the spaceship in the middle of a sandstorm and force their way in. What they find inside will challenge everything they knew as they are forced to confront the harsh truths of survival.

PRODUCTION

New Air was shot using a revolutionary new production pipeline over 4 days on an LED stage in Hangzhou, China and completed in April 2022. The film was produced entirely using Virtual Production in real-time, with no VFX post-production using only 3 physical props. It was first shown at NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 23, 2022.

There are many great examples of Virtual Production having a heavy hand in the creation of A- list films and series including The Mandalorian, Star Trek, WestWorld and the newly released The Batman to name a few. But for most people, the perception is that Virtual Production can be used only for small portions of a project.

New Air was produced to show that, in fact, Virtual Production can be used to shoot an entire film in a way that is not only more efficient and easy compared to traditional methods, but also demonstrates artistic value. New Air proves that the technology empowers the art of film.