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Tango0114 Mar 2016 3:13 p.m. PST

"Justin Lin, the director of the upcoming Star Trek Beyond and four spectacularly successful Fast and Furious films, doesn't do slow. Now he's pushing the pace in all directions with Help, a breakneck 360-degree sci-fi film debuting today on the YouTube app that's every bit as spectacular as a Hollywood blockbuster.

Set in downtown Los Angeles—where a custom-made, 360-degree camera roams through the streets and sky and subway tunnels—Help follows a young woman and an LAPD cop (played by Fast and Better Luck Tomorrow​ star Sung Kang) being pursued by a terrifying alien. Whereas most films seem like skeletal proofs of concept, Help has the spectacular heft, goliath action sequences, and sequential narrative of a Hollywood blockbuster.

A 13-month process yielded an original camera array (using four Epic Red Dragon cameras) and new software tools to process the 200 terabytes of information and 15 million rendered frames needed for the film. Aside from the technological innovation, the visual storytelling of the movie itself is fascinating: Though viewers are given the ability to look anywhere, Lin directs your attention with sound and visual cues through different locations and constantly evolving scenes…."
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