Polonceau Railway Carriage 多媒体装置 by Pitch Creative Engineering Bureau

Polonceau Railway Carriage 多媒体装置 by Pitch Creative Engineering Bureau is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2021 A' Design Award 银奖 in 文化遗产与文化产业设计 Competition Category.

银文化遗产· 2021

Polonceau Railway Carriage 多媒体装置

by Pitch Creative Engineering Bureau

Client: Russian Railway Museum

A' Design Award 银奖 Winner in 文化遗产 Category

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The Design

About Polonceau Railway Carriage 多媒体装置

《波隆索铁路车厢》是为一座铁路博物馆创作的多媒体装置。该装置将一节珍稀的历史车厢与一面沿其移动的多屏幕视频墙相结合。视频墙高4.2米,内含五块屏幕,行进距离约22米。影像呈现了苏联高级官员曾使用的私人高级车厢内部,包括厨房、包厢、会客室与书房。实拍场景与计算机图形相融合,影像与移动墙体同步运行,使观众得以目睹车厢内或许曾经发生过的一幕幕情景。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 银奖

Polonceau Railway Carriage 多媒体装置是 A' Design Award 银奖得主，这是授予顶级、华美而令人印象深刻的设计的极为崇高的认可。银奖得主是极其卓越、极具创造力的作品，展现出其设计师杰出的专业技能、才华与敏锐。预计Polonceau Railway Carriage 多媒体装置将成为一件出色的典范之作，兼具非凡的专业性与深刻的创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 银奖的设计是一项备受瞩目、令人钦佩的发明，造福并拓展艺术、科学、设计和技术的边界。Polonceau Railway Carriage 多媒体装置是一件令人羡慕的创作，它唤起渴望，带来积极的情感，并激发惊叹与赞叹。

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