ShowIRIS

ClientCirque du Soleil

LocationLos Angeles - Kodak Theatre

TimeSince July 2011

What VYV did

Credits

Show director

Philippe Decouflé

Composer

Danny Elfman

Technical Director

Matthew Whelan

Audio/Video Project Manager

Christopher Whelan

Costume designer

Philippe Guillotel

Lighting designer

Patrice Besombes

Video content designer

Olivier Simola & Christophe Waksmann

Video provider

Solotech

VYV Credits

• PHOTON is used to drive the video and the interactivity of the show.
• Photon Show programming.
• Realtime HD editing and compositing.
• Photon Video Servers integration with lighting, audio and automation.
• Creation of unique interactive effects reflecting the artistic vision of the creators

Challenges

• Seamless control of 20 Projectors with moving projection surfaces.
  • 6x Christie Roadster 20K
  • 6x Christie M 10k w/5 Zap VIP-One Yokes (moving projectors)
  • 8x Christie Roadster HD18K
• Projection surfaces tracking with realtime 3D deformation and blending.
• more than 25 surfaces of projection linked with automation
• Drift correction module for the projectors on yoke
• 3D calibration system that significantly reduces the convergence time
• Tracking of canvas manipulated by the artists
• Interactive system composed of more than 10 cameras