Show creative directors set out with the ambitious goal to authentically reproduce the concert venue and show created 30 years ago for Pink Floyd, including building an exact replica of the 1980 set. Fabricating the wall each night, brick-by-brick in sync with the video projection, is a laborious, yet essential task to maintain the integrity of the projections which display rotating scenery, dynamic backdrops and optical illusions. Barco's integrated lighting and video solutions enable the vivid, seamless projections to visualize the concepts in each song, such as bending bricks, wriggling worms, and other animated multi-dimensional effects.
To create the visual effect of building the wall brick-by-brick, 15 FLM HD20 projectors are arranged in five stacks of three driven by the Encore presentation system. The Encore keys a mask signal from a media server to reveal the video on the bricks as they are added to the wall. An additional five R22+ projectors cover a circular screen, adding another layer of imagery. A High End Systems Full Boar console ties it all together, providing live cues as well as programmed functions.
"We can always count on Barco for a highly stable, reliable platform and consistent image quality - an absolute must for a high-profile tour with this much complexity," commented Phil Mercer, managing director of XL Video. "Barco's FLMs offer the best size/weight/brightness ratio ideal for touring, and are also economical: Barco products are able to accommodate our huge lensing requirements - up to 20 in Europe venues - eliminating the need for us to purchase thousands of dollars in additional lenses."
"The Roger Waters tour is the perfect venue for harnessing the unique synergies of our video and lighting products," commented Chris Colpaert, strategic marketing director ProAV for Barco. "Pure, brilliant imagery, dramatic and surprising lighting displays, dynamic scenery builds - it's what Barco is all about: empowering the world's most iconic performers to take their art to unprecedented levels of immersive entertainment."
(Jim Evans)
