IMMERSIVE EXPERIENCE
Justified Sinner
An innovative digital experience that unfolds through the streets and closes of Edinburgh’s Old Town, augmented by location-specific filmed set-pieces delivered via the audience’s own smartphones.
OUR ROLES
UX/UI Design
Web programming
Graphic & motion design
Festival Director Jenny Niven wanted to celebrate the 200th anniversary of James Hogg’s The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and commissioned Ben Harrison, co-artistic director of acclaimed experiential theatre company Grid Iron, who in turn approached us to bring our UX/UI expertise to the production of an immersive audiovisual journey.
Immersive theatre in your pocket
Featuring eight filmed scenes written and directed by renowned playwright and director Ben Harrison, this immersive audiovisual journey, narrated by award-winning author Louise Welsh, brings pivotal moments from the original novel to life accompanied by an original score composed by Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai.
Show Trailer
“I found Ray Interactive to be fast, highly skilled and responsive to the digital needs of the project, delivering a clear and accessible mobile phone app that delivered complex content in the clearest possible way to its audience. They came up with powerful creative solutions to any challenge I presented them with.’”
– Ben Harrison (Director)
A smooth experience – UX/UI
This mobile experience unfolded in multiple locations around the city centre. Each audience member was guided by the narrator’s voice and a GPS-enabled map. We worked closely with the director Ben Harrison to design and produce a digital experience to match his vision, while making sure it ran smoothly on each parcipant’s personal device.
Tailored media solution
We programmed a bespoke compression and streaming solution to accommodate the large amount of video required for this experience. Once downloaded, the experience ran in the browser without the need for a continuous Internet connection.
Split Personality
We designed the main graphic to evoke the character’s dual nature, using image distortion techiques in TouchDesigner.
Final promo graphic
Fun fact
Chuck Palahniuk was inspired by The Confessions of a Justified Sinner when he wrote Fight Club. Both stories feature a mysterious and sadistic character that psychologically tortures the protagonist.
The project was well received.
A four star review in the List.
CREDITS
Director/Screenplay: Ben Harrison
Writter/Narrator: Louise Welsh
Show Producer: Jana Robert
DOP/Editor: Ross Scott
Composer: Stuart Braithwaite
Sound: Ryan Kerr
UX & web app: Ray Interactive
Programming: Sam Healy
Design: Brendan McCarthy
Cast: Dylan Wood, Sandy Batchelor, Catriona Faint, Joshua Knowles, Fletcher McDuff, Samuel Edgren, Lucy Doig, Scott Johnston
Commissioned by Edinburgh International Book Festival
