<i>Grace</i>: A virtual recreation of the Grace Darling story

This paper examines Grace, a computer-generated film created for the Grace Darling Museum, Northumberland, UK. Commissioned in 2019, the initial concept was to create an installation, which gives the museum’s visitors a new perspective on the story of Grace Darling’s life. In 1838, Grace Darling became one of the greatest female celebrities of the Victorian era. After rescuing survivors from the wreck of the SS Forfarshire, her quiet life as a lighthouse keeper’s daughter was changed forever, as she became an internationally celebrated heroine. She died just a few years later, aged twenty-six, from tuberculosis. Throughout this paper, the treatment and process behind Grace are explored. These include the 3D recreation of Grace Darling’s family home in Longstone Lighthouse, storytelling using museum and archival collections, and computer-generated filmmaking.

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Sophie Dixon

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Publication date: July 2021

Publication date (Print): July 2021

Pages: 61-68

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Brighton, UK

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DOI: 10.14236/ewic/EVA2021.10

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Conference name: Proceedings of EVA London 2021

Conference acronym: EVA 2021

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Conference location: London

Conference date: 5th July – 9th July 2021

Conference sponsor: Electronic Workshops in Computing (eWiC)

Conference theme: AI and the Arts: Artificial Imagination

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R. Armstrong (1965) Grace Darling: Maid and Myth. J. M. Dent and Sons, London.
H. Cunningham (2007) Grace Darling. Hambledon Continuum, London.
T. Darling (1880) Grace Darling: Her True Story. From Unpublished Papers in Possession of Her Family. Hamilton, Adams & Co., London.
J. Mitford (1989) Grace Had an English Heart. E.P. Dutton, New York.

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[1] R. Armstrong (1965) Grace Darling: Maid and Myth. J. M. Dent and Sons, London.

[2] H. Cunningham (2007) Grace Darling. Hambledon Continuum, London.

[3] T. Darling (1880) Grace Darling: Her True Story. From Unpublished Papers in Possession of Her Family. Hamilton, Adams & Co., London.

[4] J. Mitford (1989) Grace Had an English Heart. E.P. Dutton, New York.

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