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‘Ibelin’ Filmmaker Benjamin Ree on How to Make a Documentary With an Avatar as the Main Star
Benjamin Ree, the director of Sundance entry 'Ibelin,' explains how he made a documentary with an Avatar as the main star.
The piece explains that after Mats’ death his parents discovered that they were all wrong about their son’s social life. Instead of a lonely, isolated existence in a wheelchair, they found out that Mats had been leading a vibrant digital life as Lord Ibelin Redmoore, an avatar, in the popular video game “World of Warcraft.” After his death, people from all over Europe, who had never physically met Mats, sent his parents condolence letters expressing how their son had profoundly impacted their lives. More than half of the film is told through reconstructed animated moments from Mats’ gameplay, which is narrated by entries from his blog and interviews with people who knew him as Ibelin.
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