This holographic 3D film is about the strange recent disappearance of bees across the globe. It uses the hologram screen as a tool of observation to look at bees in minute detail. They are seen filmed from life but slowed to catch every movement, and they are seen literally from the inside out in the Mri scans. Using cutting edge technology at the Centre for Advanced Biomedical Imaging, UCL, I scanned a bee. The bee was frozen, soaked in chemicals and then placed in the scanner for 12 hours to build up the incredibly detailed map of the structure of the bees body we see on the screen. It is important that both the clips of the bees and the scan are real- there is no animation, they are the reality of this insect. The filmed bees are shown in inverse colours which echoes the use of x-rays and early film or photography.
The detailed portrait of the bee built up in the film comes at a time when bees are disappearing.
This film won the endangered species category at the Musion Awards for Holographic film.
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