45 DEGREES and Futuroscope officially unveiled La Forge aux étoiles on April 9 in Poitiers, France. The two-year project gave Futuroscope and 45 DEGREES the opportunity to co-imagine a very unique show, each drawing inspiration from the other’s expertise. By combining the best of technology and creativity, Futuroscope and 45 DEGREES have brewed up a deeply artistic performance that offers a rare visual and emotional experience.
“We are so excited to be working with Futuroscope to offer a brand new experience that combines visual and audio technology with water. The park was an amazing laboratory for concocting new sensations,” explained Yasmine Khalil, president of 45 DEGREES. “To reinvent Futuroscope’s nighttime show, we set ourselves an unprecedented challenge: to create a unique story that uses a wide array of varied technologies as narrative vectors.”
“This partnership allowed us to pool our talents and play off each other’s creative spirit to develop extraordinary visual experiences that grew out of the combination of technology and art,” added Dominique Hummel, president of the Directoire du Futuroscope.
THE CONCEPT
With La Forge aux étoiles, 45 DEGREES is pushing back the limits of creativity by exploring a brand new form of expression, which takes place in the interaction between a multitude of different technologies and a single human being on a stage, telling the story of La Forge aux étoiles. Five characters, projected on a series of screens up to 35 m tall, will interact with a character in the pool. The entire set is nearly 7000 m². The work focused in particular on the change of scale, reflecting the scope of humankind’s dreams in comparison to our physical selves, and on creating a believable interaction between a virtual giant and a young actress playing in the Futuroscope pond.
SYNOPSIS
Over a 7000-m² lake, a big-bang of visual, aquatic and pryotechnical effects merge to bring forth this aquatic fairytale for the entire family. In a constellation of poetic vignettes, La Forge aux étoiles invites young and old alike to witness first-hand the friendship between a human girl and a cosmic giant with his feet on Earth and his head in the stars.
TECHNICAL STATS
SET DESIGN
• A 28 ton permanent aluminum and stainless steel set
• Set consists of 157 facets, covering 270 square-meters
• An additional projection surface of 450 square-meters is deployed during the show
• The projection surface stands 35 meters high
• 3 automated and synchronized decor elements during the show
• A rail and an underwater mechanical arm to activate the 2CV and the moon
• A new infrabasse sound system
WATER AND IMAGE
• In total, 10 video projectors that generate 205,000 lumens distributed over 14 million pixels, equivalent to 7 HD on:
• 3 water screens and a water curtain of 180 square-meters, 20 meters in height with a projection surface of 900 square-meters on the water
• Automated water fountains: 100 jets including 40 moving jets
• 600 nozzles capable of generating 300 cubic meters of fog in seconds
THE LIGHT
• A total of 500 water projectors, including:
• A constellation of 300 individually controllable light points distributed over the entire basin
• 22 moving lights
• 5 lasers of 10 watts
FIRE & FIREWORKS
• 20 devices that trigger flames during the show
• Standing pyrotechnic triggering system
• A pyrotechnic fresco of 50 meters wide and 40 meters high on two levels
• 120 firings perfectly synchronized with music
CREATIVE TEAM
Daniel Fortin – Executive Director, Creation
Bastien Alexandre – Director and Show Designer
Vincent Pasquier – Multimedia Designer and Director, Infrastructure
Maxime Lepage – Music
Eric Noguès – Set Designer
Thibaut Duverneix – Director, Video Content
Yso Southdara – Costumes
Michel Amann – Fountains and Fireworks
Claude Lifante – Lasers
Nicolas Brion – Lighting
Jean-Michel Caron – Sound and Sound Effects
Julie Perron and Manon Beaudoin – Choreography and Acting
Mourad Bennace – DJ Galaxie Music
ABOUT FUTUROSCOPE
The very first amusement park created in France, Futuroscope has welcomed 1 in every 2 French residents since it opened in 1987. It owes its success to its unique education and entertainment positioning in the leisure market and its highly diverse universe that orbits around the great dreams of humankind.
• Diversified content with more than 25 attractions focused on delivering fun across the generations.
• A visitor experience that combines imagery and cutting-edge technology with more traditional attraction systems to deliver a fun and family-oriented experience.
• 85 M€ turnover in 2014 makes Futuroscope France’s second-largest amusement park, after Disneyland Paris.
• Unique in Europe: After Arthur, the 4D Adventure, The Time Machine starring the Raving Rabbids wins Futuroscope its second award for the best attraction in the world.
• An unconventional regional development model, with shares held both by the public and the private sectors, 45% by Compagnie des Alpes.
• A break destination from 45€ per person per day.
Explore at www.futuroscope.com
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