A groundbreaking Apple Immersive Video project puts viewers at the heart of France’s national celebration, filmed with Blackmagic’s URSA Cine Immersive and finished in DaVinci Resolve Studio for Apple Vision Pro. Let’s take a close look at the URSA Cine Immersive Bastille Day film. For the first time, France’s Bastille Day ceremonies have been transformed into a fully immersive experience. Produced by Paris-based studio Immersive Flashback, the Bastille Day film allows Apple Vision Pro users to accompany President Emmanuel Macron from the Élysée Palace through the military parade on the Champs-Élysées, guided by Macron’s own narration. Captured entirely with the Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive, the project demonstrates how Apple’s spatial format can now handle complex real-world productions at a cinematic standard. Capturing a presidential perspective Director Frank-David Cohen’s goal was to “let the French experience Bastille Day as never before, right alongside the President.” That translated into intimate, presence-driven visuals: the film opens in the President’s office as the viewer waits in silence. A clock chimes, the door opens, and Macron enters the frame to address the viewer directly. The result feels natural and immediate — more like memory than broadcast. A Blackmagic URSA Cine Immersive camera behind French president Emmanuel Macron and his wife on Bastille Day 2025 in Paris. Image credit: Blackmagic Design Achieving that realism required technical precision and logistical control. Cameras had to remain stable on the moving presidential command car, so the crew conducted pre-shoot stabilization tests at a military base to prevent motion discomfort inside the...
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