When I heard that we had to select a location on campus I was excited. I've been scouting locations for a personal project and the new engineering building has made it to the top of my list of venues. When walking in, you pass under a little over pass before entering into the courtyard. I thought that area would be a perfect place to experiment with drawing an audience into an environment. Both the concepts that I chose for the presets are made to cater to an audience entering a special event inside the courtyard; so it primes them for the environment and expectation. I decided to go with two of my happy places for themes: the inside of a shark tunnel at an aquarium and the lantern scene from Tangled. I'll expand the designs further below.
Techniques
The first task was getting photos, which proved to be a bit difficult. Although I had went to take them later in the day, the building was well lit. So, once I got the shot that I wanted, I took it into photoshop, applied a mask, and decreased the brightness in certain areas.
The change was subtle but it helped the overall composition in the end.
Next, I decided what areas I wanted to project and mapped out where by quads would be. I experimented with the use of masks and inverting selections to better cover the selected areas. I added lines to the railing on either side of the ceiling.
For the aquarium theme, I wanted to recreate the tunnel effect by playing clips of fish above the audience so they could pass under it the same way. It was difficult to find clips from the proper lower perspective, so I switched to the peaceful swimming patterns of blue whales for the ceiling. On the side wall I used a clip from a live feed on an aquarium to simulate a glass tank. For the small benches, I projected water to help go along with the theme and to further immerse the audience member.
In order to replicate the sky lantern ambiance, I wanted to find a vertical perspective from the ground up of the lantern floating away. There was a small section in the Tangled scene that had this angle so I looped the clip for that section. I duplicated the video and went to particular parts in the scene to better accent the overall composition. For example, the side wall is a adjacent view of the lanterns floating up. I hope this design makes Tangled fans out there proud.
Interpretation
This past summer I went to a shark marinarium which is an aquarium you can actually swim in out in the open ocean. I called the final design Whale Marinarium because I want the viewer to feel like they are up close to the beautiful giants of the deep, in the water swimming with them and experiencing their tranquility. The song I added is from the Finding Nemo soundtrack: "Field Trip" by Thomas Newman.
The final look of my second preset took me back to the atmosphere of Magic Kingdom at Disney World in Florida.. They always play scores and soundtracks as people experience the worlds they create. So, I added a clip from Tangled's soundtrack: "The Tear Heals."
I hope to one day make beautiful experiences like Disney does in their mesmerizing parks.
Clip Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o767PuYbEXg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zJ7hUvU-d2Q
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyrYgCvxBUg
Music Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlibAuS36xk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Aq89Q3j32g0
GIF Sources:
https://gfycat.com/gifs/detail/hoarsesharpaustraliancattledog
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/255368241346281069/
https://favim.com/image/1925271/
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