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The crew
shoots a scene
in which Four
attempts to
rescue Tris from
the lab.
3,200K VHO Pro LiteRibbon LEDs,
"breaking the ribbon down into 8- to
10-inch segments," the gaffer explains.
"Even though the wattage of the
LiteRibbon was not extremely high, we
used thousands of controllers and channels. If the light channels were supposed
to be an abstraction of the simulator
processing data, then the light needed to
feel alive."
The walls of the set were covered
with thousands of 1.5"-diameter glass
tubes, arranged perpendicularly on 6"
centers. "Walking into the lab feels
essentially like being inside the walls of
a futuristic musical instrument,"
Culliton opines, "with curving walls and
ceilings that are studded with thousands
of glass tubes. There are also curvilinear,
Plexiglas-covered light channels that
emanate from a sort of incubus and
terminate above the testing area.
"The vitreous pincushion effect
was stunning," he continues. "Those
tubes presented a series of tiny windows
to the exterior of the set; during our
testing, it became clear that each tube
functioned as a sort of primitive 'pixel'
for lights that were placed outside the
set wall. By extension, the tubes repre-
sented a real opportunity for introducing
movement into the walls themselves. In
the end, along with our partners at
PRG, we employed 15 [Barco HDXW20 Flex] digital projectors controlled
by a PRG Mbox [media server] and
distributed by a Datapath x4 [display
controller] that projected directly onto
the back of the tubes. We also covered
the entire back surface of the glass tubes
with Light Grid Cloth, because we
found it increased the luminance of the
tubes and made the effect more convincwww.theasc.com
ing. By moving a single effect through
the fields of the different projectors, we
could alter the color, shape and hardness
[of the light] instantly and create a real
sense of movement."
This wasn't the production's only
use of projection technology for lighting
effects. In another pivotal scene, as
government forces close in, Tris and
Four escape Amity territory by hopping
aboard a livestock transport train, where
a tightly choreographed fight ensues
with the Factionless characters who are
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