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Projection and Pyro Light Up Sandhurst
A James Bond sequence celebrated 100 years since the birth of Bond creator Ian Fleming, a Sandhurst graduate.
SANDHURST, U.K. — Large-format
projection joined the fireworks, orchestra
and chorus for the Royal Military Academy
Sandhurst’s 2008 “Music on Fire” extravaganza.
The biannual three-day mixed-media
event and “Firework Prom” attracted
up to 10,000 visitors per night to the main
training center for British Army officers,
with proceeds going to the Army Benevolent
Fund.
Large format projection specialists E/T/C
London supplied seven 6kW PIGI projectors
with double rotating scrollers to project images
on the 120-meter-wide backdrop on
the academy’s Old College building. It was
the third time that E/T/C London has been
involved with the event.
The PIGI scrollers contained 19 meters of
film and produced over 100 looks on the building,
with all artwork created by media designer
Paul Chatfield. Chatfield took approximately
a month to research and compile the finished
artwork, working closely with show producer,
Major Sir Michael Parker.
Major Parker also storyboarded the
show, which was accompanied by specially
selected music and a narrative voice-over.
The creative brief was relatively broad in
terms of eras, dates and timescales, with
much of it referenced to times when Britain
was involved in specific wars and conflicts.
Chatfield had access to the Imperial War Museum
archives among other resources.
For one section, he photographed the
stained glass windows of the Indian Chapel
inside the Old College Building, which bear
memorials to all the foreign troops who died
for England up to World War II.
Since James Bond creator Ian Fleming was
a Sandhurst graduate and 2008 is the centenary
of his birth, there was also a 007 sequence
at the start of the second half of the show.
The projections served as a graphic and
pictorial backdrop to the two-hour performance
featuring music from different military
orchestras and bands. The event also
featured guest performers and pyrotechnics
from Pyro Vision.
If the audience had a keen appreciation
for military precision, the crew was challenged
to achieve it since the music was
being played live each night. Working with
a script containing a series of cues and no
guiding soundtrack, the projection crew had
to be flexible.
The seven projectors were positioned 46
meters from the building, covered by Steeldeck
hides, with special weatherproof covers.
Andy Murrell, who worked alongside
E/T/C’s projection technician Adam Masters,
programmed and operated the Only-
Cue control system. They pre-programmed
some of the projection show beforehand
at E/T/C London’s HQ, saving a night of
programming in on site.
Once the installation was complete,
there was very little time to coordinate the
lighting design by John Pope with the projected
visuals.
PRG supplied the lighting gear and
the event was production managed by
Fiona Nolan.
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The show featured models walking the
catwalk, six choreographed dance shows
and the finals of Redken’s Urban Talent
Competition.
The stage included three parts: a 12
meter by 10 meter main stage with a
9-meter-long catwalk protruding into the
audience area; a connecting 5-meter-by-
4-meter DJ stage, set 18 inches higher
than the main stage and catwalk; and
a 7-meter-by-6-meter band stage, also
elevated, for the 10-piece show band.
All were covered with white Marley and
skirted in white.
The main event was followed by a party,
which continued through midnight. A
six-camera DVD shoot was also produced
during the event for Redken NYC.
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