“The collaborations of the teams made sure we were able to keep to the tight deadline, which only allowed for one day and two nights for the mapping and installation. “We couldn’t make it more than 3m high, as that could interfere with the public’s view of the projection, but it also needed to be large enough for the projectors and any cooling systems. “We needed to be discreet as well,” says L’Herminier. The set-up is hidden under two oval aluminium towers each side of the castle, covered by vegetation with a gap for image projection. The sound system of four Fohhn LX601 is also integrated into the towers facing the public. The projectors were connected to the FOH towers with fibre optic cabling, with media server Modulo Pi managing the content for the projection mapping, created by Alexis Gabirot. This is combined with intelligent colour processing for a performance close to that of a 3-Chip DLP projector, at a 1-Chip price point. This lamp-free, laser-phosphor projector has a 10,000:1 contrast ration and 21,000 lumens for realistic and vivid colours. The lenses for these projectors differed in throw ratio with two of them respectively fitted with Digital Projection 2.0 – 4.0 lenses and the two others fitted with 1.5 – 2.0 lenses. For this, BS Technology opted for four M-Vision Laser 21000 WU projectors stacked in pairs, two on the side, covering the domed centre of the building, and the other two in covering the sections either side. To create a show that runs seamlessly every 30 minutes from 6 pm to 8 pm, from the start of October all the way through to 3 January 2021, the project required an automated system that is capable of running flawlessly without further direction.
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“We saw this as a good opportunity to work with them on this video-mapping project.” “Digital Projection’s recent ground-breaking technologies, like the remote laser light source, are probably what put them on the map for us originally,” says Eric L’Herminier, technical director and CEO of BS Technology. This year, the team behind the illuminations, French integrator and rental stager BS Technology, chose Digital Projection’s M-Vision Laser 21000 WU for the projection mapping of Vaux-le-Vicomte’s façade. The event takes visitors on a festive journey around the 100-acre grounds, and for the past two years has included video mapping and a spectacular finale projected onto the front of the castle. Digital Projection, a specialist in LED laser projectors, has lit up the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte in France to create a festive event.ĭigital Projection has announced that its technology has been used for the projection mapping of the Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte’s façade, helping to create the annual “Vaux-le-Vicomte’s illuminations” Christmas show at the castle, 50km southeast of Paris.