Polonceau Railway Carriage Primary Function: Margmiðlunaruppsetning by Pitch Creative Engineering Bureau is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award í silfri in Menningararfleifð og menningariðnaðarhönnun Competition Category.
SilfurMenningararfleifð· 2021
Polonceau Railway Carriage Primary Function: Margmiðlunaruppsetning
by Pitch Creative Engineering Bureau
Client: Russian Railway Museum
A' Design Award í silfri Winner in Menningararfleifð Category
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About Polonceau Railway Carriage Primary Function: Margmiðlunaruppsetning
Book Text: Polonceau-járnbrautarvagninn er margmiðlunaruppsetning sem gerð var fyrir járnbrautarsafn. Uppsetningin parar sjaldgæfan sögulegan vagn við margskjáa myndbandsvegg sem hreyfist meðfram honum. Veggurinn er 4,2 metrar á hæð, ber fimm skjái og ferðast um 22 metra. Myndbandið sýnir innréttingu einkarekins hágæðavagns sem æðstu sovéskir embættismenn notuðu, þar á meðal eldhús, klefa, setustofu og vinnuherbergi. Kvikmynduðum atriðum er blandað saman við tölvugrafík, og myndbandið er samstillt við hreyfanlega vegginn, þannig að gestir sjá atburði sem gætu hafa átt sér stað þar inni.
The Recognition
About the A' Design Award í silfri
Polonceau Railway Carriage Primary Function: Margmiðlunaruppsetning vann A' Design Award í silfri, gífurlega virta viðurkenningu sem veitt er hönnunarverkum í fremstu röð, stórfallegum og áhrifamiklum. Sigurvegarar í silfri eru ákaflega snjöll og afar skapandi verk sem sýna framúrskarandi sérfræðiþekkingu, hæfileika og skarpskyggni hönnuða sinna. Þess er vænst að Polonceau Railway Carriage Primary Function: Margmiðlunaruppsetning sé dásamlegt sýningarverk sem er einstaklega fagmannlegt og djúpt nýstárlegt. Þetta hönnunarverk sem vann A' Design Award í silfri er mjög athyglisverð, dáð uppfinning sem gagnast og færir mörk listar, vísinda, hönnunar og tækni fram á við. Polonceau Railway Carriage Primary Function: Margmiðlunaruppsetning er mjög öfunduð sköpun sem vekur langanir, færir jákvæðar tilfinningar og kveikir undrun og aðdáun.
Behind the Design
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Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.
- Unique Properties
- The installation combines a rare carriage named after a French engineer Camille Polonceau with a multi-screen video wall moving along. The video demonstrates inner space of a private premium carriage used by prominent Soviet officials. Historically accurate shooting is combined with CGI. Video content is accurately synchronized with video wall movement, so that a physical carriage standing next to a visitor a provides a glance at one of historical episodes that may have happened inside.
- Dimensions & Packaging
- The height of video wall is 4.2 m, it consists of 5 screens and covers a distance of about 22 m. Ensured accuracy for the whole travel path is 1 mm. As visitors follow the moving wall within easy reach, the installation is equipped with an industrial safety system.
- Tags
- historical railway carriage, multi-screen video wall, CGI, costume shooting
- Production Technology
- Video content was created with chroma key technique for compositing filmed action and CG. For proper realism and parallax effect we needed moving camera with precise repeatability for a 22 m travel path. Camera was mounted on a moving video wall. According to filming script a special program was written to control camera movement.
- Design Challenge
- The main production challenge was to create content with chroma key technique for compositing filmed action and CG. For proper realism and parallax effect we needed moving camera with precise repeatability for a 22 m travel path. It was impossible to rent such system for studio floor filming, so we placed historically accurate decorations behind the other installation we developed earlier for the same museum. Camera was mounted on a moving video wall. Due to digital motion control system and unique project pipeline no further adjustment, movement program correction or content re-rendering was needed afterwards.
- Inspiration
- The Russian Railway Museum is one of the world's largest railway museums and keeps a vast collection of rare and legendary steam trains, locomotives, electric locomotives, railcars and other rolling stock. We have striven to create an authentic visitor experience complementing historical artifacts by modern technologies. Historically accurate video content immerses visitors into the past and enables to witness some episodes that might have happened. This installation was created on request, under supervision and with help of the Museum's exposition general contractor, The Art Combine for Museums & Exhibitions LCC (KMVI LCC).
- Project Duration
- The installation is available in the Russian Railway Museum permanent exhibition (St. Petersburg)
- Operation Flow
- Moving along premium carriage Polonceau visitors observe Vyacheslav Molotov, notorious Soviet Minister of Foreign Affairs, on his typical business trip. Inner space of the carriage presents a kitchen, lavatories, compartments for porters and guards, drawing rooms, a study and Minister's private compartment. The episode was recreated by one shot filming with custom high accuracy motion control technology. The video provides some explanations for interior environment.
- Team Members
- General contractor
Artistic endeavor
Architectural design |
The Art Combine for Museums & Exhibitions LCC (KMVI LCC)
Concept and Principal | Andrey Pazgalyov (KMVI)
Senior Art Director | Ivan Nikitin (KMVI)
Chief Architect | Rodion Pautov (KMVI)
Project Manager | Ivan Kuznetsov (KMVI)
Creative Director | Boris Kislitsin (Pitch)
Technical Director | Dmitriy Napolnov (Pitch)
Production Director | Maxim Chepukhalin (Pitch)
Project Manager | Danil Gerasimenko (Pitch)
Chief Engineer | Vladimir Makhnov (Pitch)
Designing Еngineer | Oleg Savitchev (Pitch)
Automation Engineers | Valeriy Kozhukhov, Alexandr Lukin (Pitch)
Multimedia Engineer | Sergey Pervakov (Pitch)
Art Director | Svetlana Golovchanskaya (Pitch)
Scriptwriters | Vadim Shtepenko, Liza Pejemskaya (KMVI)
Supervisor | Roman Kuligin (Pitch)
3d Artists | Rustam Arazov, Anton Khondoker (Pitch)
Filming Operator | Mikhail Vikhrov (Pitch)
Film Post-production | Frame Bakery
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