The advances of modern technology

[andrewducker]

Julie and I went to see The Wall in London. And one of the more impressive things they did as part of the stage show (other than crashing a plane into the stage at the start) was use the wall as a massive projection backdrop.

During the first half of the show they build the wall up, culminating with the musicians being bricked in behind it at the end of part one. During part two they project images onto it - starting off with images that mesh perfectly onto what's actually there, and then shifting perspective, or moving individual bricks, or just projecting massive bits of video onto it.

The two most effective bits were Run Like Hell:

and Vera/Bring The Boys Back Home:

which managed to make me cry. Bastards.

(thanks to bart_calendar for reminding me to post these)

Comments

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

"Dirty Woman" was pretty impressive as well - though there's no work safe way to post THAT.

[phillipalden.livejournal.com]

My friend and I had really good floor seats for both nights in San Jose, CA.

The first night a friendly guy next to me said; "You've been waiting 30 years for this."

I told him he must be reading my mind.

[princealbert.livejournal.com]

I saw the original Wall at Earl Courts (in the early 80's) and your second video is nearly identical. The first video is using a fairly new technique that you project a test grid onto the surface, map it and you can pull off 3D effects. The test grid can be infrared like Kinect.

[bart-calendar.livejournal.com]

What I couldn't figure out at the show was how they pulled off 3D without glasses. Can you explain more about how it's done?

[octopoid-horror.livejournal.com]

The Pet Shop Boys did a cool thing with projections on the Pandemonium tour.

They started off with a dark stage, and two projections. At a suitable point it became apparent that this was just a wall of blocks, and it came tumbling down and there was a bigger wall behind that which was then used for projections, while the collapsed blocks were used as a set for the dancers and moved around between songs.

Later on, some of the blocks in the bigger wall, iirc, came down and turned out to be attached to cords that pulled them up into the air.