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Before the Junk Age VR

'Let me share with you the creatures that once belonged to these lands. The creatures of the land, the sky and even the ones from the Murky Sea. I've not seen any of them in my lifetime, nor have the elders before me. But there are still some of us who believe they existed long before the Junk Age.'
- Melinda Rivet, yr 2285.

One of the highlights of Melbourne International Games Week, Australian Multimedia Artist and Animator, Marc-O-Matic has adapted his exhibited illustrated works into his very first VR Animated short 'Before the Junk Age'. An immersive group VR experience set in a distant time period where mounds of scraps and junk coat the landscape and the creatures of the world that we know of today are celebrated merely as myths and legends.

  • Marco Ryan (Marc-O-Matic)
    Director
  • Marco Ryan (Marc-O-Matic)
    Producer
  • Zac Richards
    Music
  • Nikki Candian
    Narration
  • Project Type:
    Animation, Experimental, Short, Web / New Media
  • Genres:
    Animation, VR, 3D, environmental, family, teen, 360, narrative, story, animals, environment, marc-o-matic, marcomatic
  • Runtime:
    3 minutes
  • Completion Date:
    September 22, 2016
  • Production Budget:
    1,000 AUD
  • Country of Origin:
    Australia
  • Country of Filming:
    Australia
  • Language:
    English
  • Shooting Format:
    360 Video and GEAR VR App
  • Aspect Ratio:
    VR
  • Film Color:
    Color
  • First-time Filmmaker:
    Yes
  • Student Project:
    No
  • Digital Cinema Package:
    Unavailable
  • Virtual Reality Cinema Fringe
    Melbourne
    Australia
    October 1, 2016
    Highlight of the Festival
  • Melbourne International Games Week
    Melbourne
    Australia
    October 20, 2016
    Games Week Launch Event
  • ACMI (Australian Centre of the Moving Image) VR Festival
    Melbourne
    Australia
    November 3, 2016
Director Biography - Marco Ryan (Marc-O-Matic)

Often mistaken for a washing machine parts company,
Marco Ryan a.ka. Marc-O-Matic is a Multidisciplinary Artist, Animator and Interactive Designer based in Melbourne, Australia.

With a passion for Storytelling, Art and Video Games, Marco has merged these areas into independently creating and animating his very first VR Animated short, Before the Junk Age. An Immersive VR narrative which has earnt him the acclaim of ACMI's VR Festival and Melbourne International Games Week.

Australian of Irish and Filipino Heritage.

Exhibiting freehand Illustrative works at an early age Marco continued to explore storytelling through other mediums, self teaching animation throughout highschool and studying animation RMIT University.

His student film 'Clockwork Gentleman' was featured as part of best of the Australian Showcase at
Melbourne International Animation Festivals

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Director Statement

Before the Junk Age was an adaption from a series of Illustrated works that were exhibited around a few creative spaces in Melbourne, particularly for Animals Australia and Sea Shepherd.

Scholarship to attend the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco where I was exposed to all the amazing VR content that was being made.

Explored VR