The Mysterious Pearl 3Dテーマパークライド by Mark Boey

The Mysterious Pearl 3Dテーマパークライド by Mark Boey is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 銅賞 in 映画・映像・アニメーションデザイン Competition Category.

銅映画· 2020

The Mysterious Pearl 3Dテーマパークライド

by Mark Boey

Client: Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park

A' Design Award 銅賞 Winner in 映画 Category

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The Design

About The Mysterious Pearl 3Dテーマパークライド

『ミステリアス・パール』は、中国・上海のオーシャンパークのために制作された3Dテーマパークライドです。このライドは、8分間の立体視アニメーション映像とライド車両の動きを組み合わせています。物語は、人魚と海の生き物の家族が世界を救うために旅に出るというものです。各ライド車両には、垂直落下や水平方向の動きなど7種類の特殊効果が搭載され、アニメーションと同期して繰り返し作動します。キャラクターとアニメーションはMaya、エフェクトはHoudini、コンポジットはAfter EffectsおよびFlameを用いて制作されました。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 銅賞

The Mysterious Pearl 3Dテーマパークライドは、創造性、独創性、鋭い洞察力で際立つ傑出したデザインに授与される、高い権威をもつ評価である A' Design Award 銅賞の受賞作品です。銅賞の受賞作品は、十分に巧みで印象的なほど創造的な工芸品であり、デザイナーの豊富な経験、想像力、機知を裏づけています。The Mysterious Pearl 3Dテーマパークライドは、高く評価され、称賛され、愛される品であり、顕著にプロフェッショナルで革新的であることが期待されます。この A' Design Award 銅賞を受賞したデザインは、芸術・科学・デザイン・技術のベストプラクティスを取り入れており、細部への配慮に優れています。The Mysterious Pearl 3Dテーマパークライドは、ニーズを見事に満たし、欲求に触れ、感情を魅了し、好奇心を引きつけます。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: Mermaid is a 3D immersive experience located at Haichang Ocean Park theme park in Shanghai, China. Untitled Studios was approached by Haichang to design and create a fully immersive 3D experience based on the story of a mermaid and her quest to save the world.
During the creative process, we refined the characters of Mermaid and the ride's sea creature family, as well as creating the environmental background of the 8-minute animated universe.
Guests are transported into a state of the art 4D film that, along with surprising sensory elements, propels them into the ultimate 'Mermaid ride' experience.
The experience becomes even more immersive with the creation of a uniquely designed ride, each equipped with seven different special effects that repeat numerous times in tandem with the 3D animation, including vertical drops and horizontal motions!
Dimensions & Packaging: Stereoscopic 3d, 48fps, 12 scenes dimensions HD to 8k resolution. Digital Dolby.
Tags: theme park, dark ride, animation, immersive, 4d ride
Production Technology: All character design and animation are created in Maya, and all effects are created using Houdini.
Compositing are created in After effects and Flame.
Design Challenge: The biggest challenge about this job is scale and timeframe.
The entire animation had to be created within six months of production.
Not only that, everything had to be done in stereoscope 3d at 48 per frame with a resolution at 8k. Managing data is one of the biggest issue we never even thought of. What we learned from it. Always optimise working files, very bytes counts in the end.
Research: There’s only a handful of theme park in the world. The biggest and the best is Disney. Competing with such a big brand is challenging. Our method is start from the basic, storytelling and character design. We knew getting this 2 formula right is important. Technology is the second part that we need to overcome. Finding the right company as partners is just as important. We believe in collaboration.
Inspiration: The inspiration comes from watching Pixar and Disney. When I was young I was fascinated with storytelling and animation. I love 3d character that can take you on a journey and explore the magical world. Mixing with roller coaster and storyline would give you the audience a whole new immersive experience.
Project Duration: Jan 2019 - Present in Shanghai China
Operation Flow: Theme park ride experience. Taking moving image to the 4th dimension.
Team Members: Executive Creative Director: Mark Boey
Executive Producer: Soddy Yu
Head of 3D: Wang Tong
Animation Studios: Untitled Studios, Akromat VFX
Music and Sound: Groove Q