The Sand of Light – Qatar 2022
18.11.22
Client / movie / Projection Mapping / Projects
Role
Video Mapping Direction,Content,Animation,Sound Design&Mixing
The theme of the show is guiding lights and navigation. Nomadic people of the Qatari region used the stars as a tool to navigate at night – the Middle East is the birthplace of astronomy.
A falcon made of constellations and stars flies above Qatar, eventually transforming into a football, and all the stars are descending on Qatar and the Lusail Stadium – an allegory for one of the most important sports events of the world travelling to the Middle East for the first time, and the story of teams and fans finding their way to Qatar.
Five plus two amazing artworks on two spectacular buildings in Qatar: the Ministry of Interior and the National Archive. 205 people worked on the study, preparation, and execution of the project. A wide variety of video artists, video programmers, IT specialists, audio specialists, and production people worked for 2 months to make this fantastic production happen.
The Ministry of Interior projection mapping installation consisted of 40 latest generation 32k and 40k lumen 4K resolution projectors. This created a total of 14080000 lux. The total addressable pixel resolution of the installation was a whopping 369 million pixels!
To ensure the best possible experience, the audio system had to be the best. 5 LA acoustics line array systems produced more than 120dB at a distance of 200 meters and crossing the busy street in front of the Ministry.
The NA projection mapping installation consisted of 30 latest generation 35k lumen 4K resolution projectors, while for the audio, 2LA acoustics line array systems produced more than 120dB at a distance of 120 meters.
To have the best possible redundant system, all projectors were installed in air-conditioned projection containers. To ensure safe operation, all power installations, projectors, and servers were set up to be redundant.
Credits of Content
Production and Project Management – Limelight
Producer – Zsuzsanna Benkó (Limelight)
Implementation – FLIGHTGRAF
Production Concept – Kento Tomiyoshi (FLIGHTGRAF), Makoto Shozu (FLIGHTGRAF)
Production Manager – Ryuta Hoshi (SIGNIF Inc.)
Art Director / 3D Artist – Kento Tomiyoshi (FLIGHTGRAF)
3D Artist – Nanami Tsuzuki (FLIGHTGRAF)
3D Modeler – Kazuki Kuroiwa (1inc.)
VFX Artist – Akira Kondo
Layout Artist – Naoto Hiroura (SAZABI Inc.)
Music Composer / Sound Designer – Makoto Shozu (FLIGHTGRAF)
Music Choir – Haruka Koroyasu, Mana Abe
Tech Team
Executive Producer – Bush Cherroud (Nexxt)
Head of Production – Grimm Van Gestel (Nexxt)
Engineers – Joris Beel, Edouard Chbata, Nico Lemaitre, Kjell Rijntjes, Jurgen Vandewalle (Nexxt)
Local Production Director – Yasser Alattar (Dar Al Sharq)
Technical Manager – Hassan Elwakel (Dar Al Sharq)
Operation Manager – Ahmed Fouad (Dar Al Sharq)
Special thanks to
Alexandra Oikonomidou, Dressing Manager
Ghada Al Khater, Artist
Fawzy Semsem, Dressing and Signage Director
Creative Agency – LIMELIGHT
Some numbers
Total technical crew: 205, approx. 1,000 m2 of fabric used, 200m fencing, 350m of yellow yack. More than 150+ permits, 2000+ of generator hours, 135,000+ liters of diesel, 4 TPS, 40+ ACs, 500m of power cables, 10+ km of data and video cables, 10 containers.
For the content part, 5 teams in 5 countries on 2 continents worked more than 10,000 hours to produce 7 artworks with 45 scenes, altogether 32 minutes of content, including 2 artworks of 7 minutes of the most creative, amazing stories for the Qatar National Day.
DEAR PLASTICS – Milan Design Week 2022
06.06.22
Client / Experiment / movie / Projects
Role
Creative Direction,Animation,Texturing,Modeling,Lighting,Compositing,Rendering
Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation exhibited a collection featuring a new material of sophisticated polycarbonate resin developed by the company at Milan Design Week 2022 from June 6 (Mon) to 12 (Sun). The exhibition showcased a material table KONOHA (*1), a wearable material sample GEKKA, and a color sample KIHANA (*2), designed by STUDIO BYCOLOR, whose work draws out the authenticity of colors and the essence of materials.
This innovative material can retain its durability while applying colors, such as pearl, lamé, and other luminous elements, to the base material through exclusive technology. FLIGHTGRAF took part in creating the animation footage used in this exhibition.
This collection is a communication tool developed to communicate the fascination of the material to everyone engaged in the design industry. Furthermore, it is a material with futuristic potential for reducing CO2 and VOC emissions by eliminating the painting process that is conventionally required. It has received numerous design awards and is drawing attention from worldwide audiences as an outstanding commodity.
The installation ‘FOR / PRO / DUCT’ examines the future of manufacturing and designing from the foundation (=materials) at Gallery Rossana Orlandi, home of the “Guilt-less Plastic” activity at Milan Design Week. We hope that you will experience a sense of innovative technology designed to address future directions in the long history of design through this installation.
※１ MATERIAL TABLE is a collective name for material samples for which STUDIO BYCOLOR has applied for a trademark in Japan.
※２ KONOHA, GEKKA and KIHANA are trademarks applied for by Mitsubishi Engineering-Plastics Corporation throughout Europe, the U.S., China and Japan.
Credits
Design – STUDIO BYCOLOR
Art Director / 3D Artist – Kento Tomiyoshi (FLIGHTGRAF)
Music Composer / Sound Designer – Makoto Shozu (FLIGHTGRAF)
VFX Artist – Akira Kondo
Lamp Topology Simulation Artist – Atsuo Nakajima
Client – Mitsubishi Engineering – Plastics Corporation
“MIRAIKEN studio” Opening Performance
15.06.21
Client / motion graphics / movie / Projects
Role
Animation,Texturing,Modeling,Lighting,Compositing,Rendering
We created immersive background visuals for the opening ceremony of MIRAIKEN studio, a next-generation entertainment hub developed by Bandai Namco Entertainment within their R&D facility in Tokyo.
The studio features a 4-sided LED display environment capable of volumetric visual expression. Our work focused on designing layered, spatially dynamic visuals that extended the sense of depth across the stage, enhancing the integration between the physical performance and the surrounding digital space.
The event featured a collaboration with Bandai Namco’s iconic IP PAC-MAN, blending nostalgic game culture with cutting-edge LED technology and real-time performance.
株式会社バンダイナムコエンターテインメントが、自社スタジオとしてバンダイナムコ未来研究所内に開設した次世代エンターテインメントの発信拠点「MIRAIKEN studio」のオープニングセレモニーにて、映像演出を担当しました。
MIRAIKEN studioに常設されている4面のLEDディスプレイを活かし、立体的な空間演出を可能にする背景映像を制作。ステージ全体に奥行きと没入感を与える映像設計により、LEDパフォーマンスとの相乗効果を高めました。
本セレモニーでは、バンダイナムコエンターテインメントのレジェンダリーIP「パックマン」とのコラボレーションにより、未来的かつ遊び心のある世界観を映像でも体現しています。
Credits
Director / Lighting Effects Specialist / Software Engineer – Toshiki Yoshiike (MPLUSPLUS)
Lighting Effects Specialist – Tatsuhiko Suzuki (MPLUSPLUS)
Composer – SunaoSystem
Choreographer / Dancer – TAKUYA
Production Coordinator – Makiko Nakata (MPLUSPLUS)
Hardware Engineer – Yutaka Yanagisawa (MPLUSPLUS)
Technical Assistant – Hinano Hasegawa (MPLUSPLUS)
Costume Designers (LED) – Ryo Izu., Masumi Izuta, Chiyako Mishima
Props Designers – Mitsuyo Murakami, Kohei Tone
Dancer – HIBIKI
3D Artist – Kento Tomiyoshi (FLIGHTGRAF)
3D Modeler – Nanami Tsuzuki (FLIGHTGRAF)
Creative Agency – MPLUSPLUS Co.,Ltd.
Client – Bandai Namco Holdings Inc.
