Full-length New Year’s musical using CGI and combined shooting “THE SNOW QUEEN”
Elena Berezhnaya Ice Theater
Full-length musical fairy tale
Filmed based on the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen, a truly unique project, implemented by our studio in a month, from the stage of script development to the premiere
During the New Year holidays, the fairy tale – the musical “THE SNOW QUEEN” at the annual governor’s tree was seen by more than a million viewers, and the same number of families gathered at the TV screens, about 1.5 million people watched the project online, according to the YouTube service
PROJECT DETAILS
The production of the project took exactly 4 weeks: ten days for the preparation of the production plan and the selection of actors, three test shifts for the selection of the camera and optics, 7 shooting shifts in the pavilion and on the ice arena, and 7 days for the production of the final graphics, editing, color correction and sound design
INDIVIDUAL PIPELINE
A transparent and understandable pipeline and a well-coordinated shooting process due to the elimination of the smallest deviations from the production plan. This was the only way to implement the project in the required time frame
The ice film show combined the techniques of classical cinematography, XR and LED SCREEN technologies - combined shooting, camera flight effects and FULL CGI, choreography, staged theatrical tricks, musical techniques and figure skating
The filming process lasted only 7 shifts, 10 specialists in virtual and real scenery took part in it. The project involved 40 figure skaters, 20 artists and costume designers, 5 make-up artists who created dozens of original costumes and two Olympic figure skating champions
TECHNICAL EQUIPMENT OF THE PROJECT, SELECTION OF THE TRACKING SYSTEM - THE RIGHT CHOICE - 80% STABLE PROCESS!
We used a screen with a total area of 204 square meters, with a total resolution exceeding 11k. Rendering the final image of what is happening in real time, optimizing the scenes took a lot of time during production – this was taken into account at the stage of building the production plan of the project. It was also important that the screen was installed on the ice arena. These are additional conditions on the scene, in the form of hypertrophied reflections on the object and a change in the overall composition
