Zayed Future Energy Prize, Abu Dhabi, UAE
Let´s get to another big project we realized recently. Big - but again not big enough… The Zayed Future Energy Prize is an award that was launched within this year´s World Future Energy Summit in Abu Dhabi, UAE and is awarded to those who have made significant contributions in the field of future energy. The winner is awarded 1.5 million $. The award, which is modelled on the status and integrity of the Nobel Prize is set to be one of the driving forces behind energy solutions in the future.
When we have a little more time (and who knows when that´s gonna be…) we´ll make a real news out if this. But for now - just a few pictures:
HH Sheikh Mohammed Bin Zayed Al Nahyan with entourage
The show content for the award ceremony, which was a dazzling array of multi-media fetaures was created by….us…who else? On a variable screen set-up that was 32m wide and 5m high with movable screens and a 16m wide and 2.50m high LED strip that could shift up and down, the story of the Zayed Future Energy Prize was told in form of an 18 minute visual symphony with an ever changing scenery. Performers were moving on two levels, interacting with the projection and through special props such as movable gauze screens that were partly transparent, amazing effects could be generated.
In order to get this, it would have to be a film. The guy in the white suit is NICO. He moves synchronized with the animation as if we had animated him with the timeline.
And all in all, with a few more wrinkles, a few more grey hairs and many hours lost in terms of sleep, the Zayed Future Energy Prize was yet another a big success.
And here a few impressions of the set-up and rehearsals:
Even if you don´t believe it…yes it takes that many monitors:
1 x PC for the front projection = 4 x 1024 x 768
1 x PC for the rear projection = 4 x 1024 x 768
1 x PC for the LED = 2 x 1024 x 768
1 PC for the movable screens = 1x 1024 x 768
and then there was a staircase made of LED steps.
Well, and since the Sheikh and 2.000 other people were there and we didn´t want to take a risk - take everything times 2 - you never know…
Oh and by the way - of course everything in realtime - did somebody say watchout or so???
Who wants to know where to get the T-shirts - email to my account
And this one would actually go under "BIG SCREENS" - but who cares?
Another interesting thing - the globe, the mountain scenery and many other were kompletely rendered in 3D, guaranteed no pre produced stuff.
The biggest THANK YOU to Tom and Gizmo from glarestudios who modelled and textured the stuff. These guys know their shit!!!!
