www.avinteractive.com: The immersive 20-minute show at the 17th-century king’s royal residence in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, in the western suburbs of Paris, celebrated the sovereign’s life, promoted the town’s historical heritage and enhanced access to culture for a young audience.
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This looks like a super cool experience. The pictures in the article look crazy – it’s hard to tell what is a projection and what’s part of the physical architecture of the building. After looking at photos and specs of the two types of projectors they used, the E-vision 15000 and M-vision 23000, I was just more impressed. I find high end projection events like this one so cool, and I wish they got as much attention as other events. I would love to be able to watch the process of loading a show like this, to be able to see how professional projections is done on this scale. At least in my experience, projectors are a lot trickier to work with compared to lights or speakers, but of course I’m not a professional. I wouldn’t even know how to begin creating the content itself, since it’s very boldly a 3d experience. I doubt it’s easy, or cheap for that matter.
As someone who has seen multiple immersive experiences from Immersive Van Gough in NYC to the WNDR exhibit in Boston MA, we are on the cusp of a new entertainment industry. Although the concept of immersive experiences has been used many times, I have never seen an exhibit with projection mapping on the exterior of an art space. Using this immersion style to help educate and inform tourists and exhibit-goers can bring fun to an experience that would otherwise be just a tour through any old museum. Visual intrigue is a wonderful way to get people excited about history; personally, I would be much more invested in the life of Louis XIII by being able to look around myself and feel like a time traveler who stepped through a window to the past. If we keep trending towards this visually immersive technology we could eventually end up with a world that is reminiscent of any early 2000s sci-fi movie.
Projection design has become almost unreal with how advanced it is and how much versatility it can have. It doesn’t seem like too long ago when it was almost unheard of to have even simple projections like a backdrop, much less complicated video and media design, included in a theater piece, even on a large scale like Broadway. Now however, it seems almost every show that opens will have some form of projection included with some shows having intricate designs that completely alter the piece. This type of projection mapping seems like it could introduce amazing opportunities into theater by allowing immersive theater to reach a whole new level without having to break the bank on insanely complicated sets that have to surround the audience and look flawless. On top of this, if integrated with scenery, projections like this could bring a set to life and allow it to live and grow in real time throughout the show without having to design ways for the physical set to be able to move.
Projections are going to change the world of scenery. This semi new form of technology is going to make low budget productions look big. Well that is if you can afford the projectors. But this changes what fabric we use and what our finishes need to be. Working with a little projections and how it affects the process during tech if things shift is a big deal for the Video design department due to how the mapping of the space goes. This adds a new dimension to the process that is evolving the conversations and end result produced. These experiences are popping up everywhere and are allowing stories to be told in new and different ways. Taking Historical figures and making them alive again in the space they used to occupy is a fascinating way to engage with younger audiences. I cannot wait to see how this continues to evolve and affect the entertainment industry.
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