“We also created a variety of video montages and other graphics to support the lasershow.”ĪI devoted about three months to the project from concept to completion. “Sometimes the animation obscured the mountain, sometimes it enhanced the mountain and sometimes we used the carving to the animation’s advantage,” says AI’s director of design and VFX, Ed Dye. They also designed an animated robotic Stone Mountain miner character that guides viewers through the diverse events that the enduring mountain has witnessed – and may see in centuries to come.Īdding to the complexity of the animated scenes were challenges posed by the mountain as a display surface.
Lee, Jefferson Davis and Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson) carved into the 825-foot granite outcropping and a futuristic vision of an Atlanta where personal flying vehicles are the mode of transport. Their team creating a sequence of computer generated scenes that takes visitors backwards and forwards in time: a waterfall cascading down the mountain a volcano spewing lava down its sides and bursting a hole in the stone to reveal a world inhabited by dinosaurs a Civil War infantry battle fought by soldiers who then crumble and dissolve, revealing the gigantic trio of southern heroes (Robert E. In the new Lasershow Spectacular in Mountainvision, Artistic Image’s 3D animation maps the mountain, turning the stone into a display surface taller than the Statue of Liberty and five times the size of an IMAX screen.ĪI, a multi award-winning hybrid creative, production, CGI, animation, print, editorial company, took the complex animation from concept to completion. The original lasershow featured neon laser lights, fireworks, graphics and stories choreographed to a pop musical score transforming the park into a natural amphitheater. The show uses Stone Mountain as a projection surface with digital video projection delivering 3D-like effects without the glasses.
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Artistic Image (AI) created 3D animation and 40-minute video enhancements for Full Spectrum LLC’s new Lasershow Spectacular in Mountainvision, which has dazzled visitors since its debut. – An Atlanta favorite seen by more than 25 million people for almost 30 years the Lasershow at Stone Mountain Park is a tradition at the landmark site.