United Arab Emirates 51st National Day
PROJECTION MAPPING
We Delivered.
VIDEO PROJECTION / CUSTOM PROJECTION / LED / VIDEO SYSTEM AND DISTRIBUTION MANAGEMENT / NETWORKING
The video projection system covered the roadway of the venue with a canvas size of 100m length x 12.5m depth, and included two 24m diameter circular surfaces at either end of the roadway, a total canvas size of 2150m2. Projectors were flown from parallel trusses above either side of the roadway; CTME designed and fabricated custom fly-ware for the 24 Panasonic RQ35k Projectors firing downward and the roadway, and custom portrait mounts for the 24 Panasonic RQ50k Projectors, providing coverage for the circular surfaces.
In addition to the projection systems, CTME provided over 2000 running meters of creative LED; made up of varying lengths of ROE Strips. The flown system consisted of 19 catenaries spanning the full width of the venue. We rigged over 1100 Roe strips, 115 LED data control boxes, full IP-rated data and power distribution. This was then integrated into a further 650 roe strips within the grandstands and walkways.
CTME managed all video systems and distribution of feeds and networking to the full site. 18x UHD outgoing display port sources needed to be cross-converted to 72 unique 3G - SDI feeds for primary and backup Projection inputs. A further 8 outgoing 3G - SDI feeds from disguise GX2 - c suite were provided for the creative LED system. All incoming and outgoing feeds were managed by 288 Dual Crosspoint 3G SDI router, with direct onboard conversions to 3G fiber optic, streamlining the delivery of signals around such a large space.
Client: People
United Arab Emirates 51st National Day
PROJECTION MAPPING
We Delivered.
PROJECTION TECHNOLOGY AND CONTROL / PERSONNEL
Creative Technology was selected to provide projection technology and personnel to deliver Devlin’s creative design, with detailed hardware requirements provided by Projection Director, Anthony ’Bez’ Bezencon of VYV. “CT were proud to have once again been a part of the Official Celebration of UAE National Day, working for LarMac PROJECTS to deliver the projection for the show,” stated CT’s Senior Project Manager, Stuart Young. Projection was used throughout the show to create various looks, transforming Devlin’s iconic disc into everything from a sundial and a solar eclipse to a compass, a cityscape, a palm-filled desert, and a giant UAE flag.
The projection system, designed by Bez, used 20 Panasonic RQ50, eight RZ31 and two RZ21 projectors, all fed individual feeds from VYV Photon servers. “The new RQ50 projectors are super bright and super reliable,” Young said of the Panasonic projection solution. “They have excellent depth of field in the lenses and we experienced zero failures, making the projected content look absolutely stunning.”
As well as the main rotating cast disc, images were projected onto a variety of 20m - high water jet screens. Projection control was located within the main production compound and projector feeds were all sent over fibre - optic, with a run of 1,500m required to reach the most distant positions.
Client: LarMac
