Cullen: January 19, 1995

Fly a helicopter, swim the storm waters, and drive a massive ship! Inspired by true events. On January 19, 1995, Helicopter Flight 56 Charlie, nicknamed Cullen, disembarked from Aberdeen on its way to deliver a group of rig workers to their station aboard the oil platform at the Brae oilfield. The routine trip, disrupted by a maelstrom of rain, hail, and lightning, did not go as planned. Cullen is my attempt at a documentary game (docu-game). It makes use of dynamic camera angles, immersive vignettes, and interstitial narration in order to tell a very simple story: the disaster and rescue of t...