Polonceau Railway Carriage Te Mahi Matua: Whakauru Pāpāho Maha by Pitch Creative Engineering Bureau

Polonceau Railway Carriage Te Mahi Matua: Whakauru Pāpāho Maha by Pitch Creative Engineering Bureau is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award Hiriwa in Hoahoa Taonga Tuku Iho me te Ahumahi Ahurea Competition Category.

HiriwaTaonga Tuku Iho· 2021

Polonceau Railway Carriage Te Mahi Matua: Whakauru Pāpāho Maha

by Pitch Creative Engineering Bureau

Client: Russian Railway Museum

A' Design Award Hiriwa Winner in Taonga Tuku Iho Category

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The Design

About Polonceau Railway Carriage Te Mahi Matua: Whakauru Pāpāho Maha

Ko te Polonceau Railway Carriage he whakauru pāpāho maha i hangaia mō tētahi whare taonga ara terenā. Ka honoa e te whakaurunga tētahi waka onamata onge ki tētahi pakitara ataata mata-maha e neke tahi ana me te waka. E 4.2 mita te teitei o te pakitara, e rima ngā mata kei runga, ā, e tata ana ki te 22 mita te haere. Ka whakaatu te ataata i te roto o tētahi waka whaiaro tino pai i whakamahia e ngā āpiha matua Hōviata, tae atu ki te kīhini, ngā ruma, tētahi ruma tā pikitia me tētahi ruma ako. Ka honoa ngā rerenga i kiriata ki ngā whakairoiro rorohiko, ā, ka tukutahitia te ataata ki te pakitara e neke ana, nō reira ka kite ngā manuhiri i ngā takotoranga tērā pea i puta ki roto.

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award Hiriwa

Ko Polonceau Railway Carriage Te Mahi Matua: Whakauru Pāpāho Maha te toa o te A' Design Award Hiriwa, he whakaaetanga tino whai mana e hoatu ana ki ngā hoahoa taumata teitei rawa, ātaahua me te whakamīharo. Ko ngā toa Hiriwa he mahi tino kanapa, tino auaha e whakaatu ana i te mātanga, te pūmanawa me te mōhio hōhonu o ā rātou kaihoahoa. E tūmanakohia ana ko Polonceau Railway Carriage Te Mahi Matua: Whakauru Pāpāho Maha he mahi whakamīharo, he tauira, he tino ngaio, he auaha hōhonu. Ko tēnei hoahoa i toa i te Hiriwa he hanganga rongonui, whakamīharotia e whai wāhi ana ki te whakawhānui i ngā rohe o te toi, te pūtaiao, te hoahoa me te hangarau. Ko Polonceau Railway Carriage Te Mahi Matua: Whakauru Pāpāho Maha he mahi e hae ana te tini, e whakaara ana i ngā hiahia, e kawe mai ana i ngā kare-ā-roto pai, ā, e whakaoho ana i te mīharo.

Behind the Design

Press Kit

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