Get a taste of what you can expect from the show by viewing our trailer today!
Monday, February 27, 2012
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
We're back!
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| 2012 'The Journey Home: An interplanetary Guide to the solar system in 3D' poster. Designed and created by Nicole Miller. |
eResearch SA is excited to announce, that after a sold-out season in 2011 - 'The Journey Home' is back!
In 2012 The Journey Home will be a 3D feast for the senses with new and extended footage, all in breathtaking High Definition.
The Journey Home: an interplanetary guide to the solar system in 3D is an animated and interactive 3D tour of the solar system that makes astronomy fun. The audience is taken on a ride to visit the planets, from scorching Mercury to planetary outcast, Pluto, where you experience the infinite beauty of space in 3D.
The 3D aspect of the show makes it ‘cool’, while allowing you to visualise the sun, planets and moons in the solar system. The 3D technology means it is like being there, exploring Saturn's rings, Jupiter's moons, and Venus' hidden surface – all up close and in remarkable detail.
Tickets are already selling strongly so to secure your seat book today! Just visit FringeTix!
Tuesday, March 29, 2011
... and that's a wrap!
Thank you to everyone who attended 'The journey home: an interplanetary guide to the solar system in 3D'! It is great to see so many people enthusiastic to learn more about our solar system.
The show was an amazing success! We started off with a scheduled run of 9 shows, and ended up adding a further 13. We welcomed 11 school groups through our doors, and sold more than 600 tickets.
If you didn't catch the show during the Fringe, eResearch SA can organise screenings for both junior and high school groups, and for groups of 10 more for the general public. Please contact Sarah Nisbet to organise your screening.
Monday, February 28, 2011
What they said!
"When I asked the younger reviewer what I should write about The Journey Home, he simply said: “It’s great!” and I agree; it’s a great way to brush up on your planetary knowledge and to add to it in a relaxing and entertaining way. A must-see for planet fans and 3D fanatics of all ages."
ANNA SOLDING, InDaily.
From the very beginning we've been overwhelmed with the success of the show, and now we've been overwhelmed again with two very lovely reviews from InDaily and The Advertiser.
We've had a great first week - we had more than 200 school children pass through our doors and make the journey through the solar system, and we've had a ball watching them 'ooohh' and 'ahhhh' and try and catch the planets.
In week two we look forward to polishing the show further, Sarah is looking forward to getting the hang of collecting ticket stubbs and we will be holding our first ever night show!! Indeed, lots of journeys to be had this week!
Sunday, February 20, 2011
On with the show
The first show is tomorrow morning... in fact, the first four shows are on tomorrow. The demand has been more than we expected when first planning sessions, and we've had to add quite a few shows, which is all very good!
All that remains to do now is a final check of the software and equipment, shift a couple of desks and some chairs (how better to spend a couple of hours on a quiet Sunday afternoon?) and then have a (one hopes) minimal amount of preparation left for Monday morning before the day's shows kick off.
All that remains to do now is a final check of the software and equipment, shift a couple of desks and some chairs (how better to spend a couple of hours on a quiet Sunday afternoon?) and then have a (one hopes) minimal amount of preparation left for Monday morning before the day's shows kick off.
Thursday, February 17, 2011
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Son et lumiere
It's a staple of the movie world, but it is interesting how well sound (well, in this case, music) and images go together.
Just cutting together the trailer gave some good practice in doing things in Final Cut Pro, but it also reinforced the idea that fitting images and music together, in some coherent, related fashion, increases the effectiveness of both. Actually, it probably has more impact on one's interpretation of the images- in this case, they're not perhaps the most emotionally charged images to start off with- than it does on the music. But they do work well together.
Today sees all of the animation sequences stitched together, along with the soundtrack- not unsuprisingly, Holst's "Planets" suite. The interesting thing was that the animations were designed, timed and rendered without direct reference to the soundtrack... so it's been a matter of ordering, shortening, lengthening, and cropping the video to suit selections from the suite.
I think the process has worked- FC is now happily writing a test output video so I can review how well it's gone. There may well be some minor timing issues to fix, but I don't anticipate anything major.
After that, it'll be adding titles, and some elements to the audio track. Ah, and any filters or other video effects that might be useful...
Just cutting together the trailer gave some good practice in doing things in Final Cut Pro, but it also reinforced the idea that fitting images and music together, in some coherent, related fashion, increases the effectiveness of both. Actually, it probably has more impact on one's interpretation of the images- in this case, they're not perhaps the most emotionally charged images to start off with- than it does on the music. But they do work well together.
Today sees all of the animation sequences stitched together, along with the soundtrack- not unsuprisingly, Holst's "Planets" suite. The interesting thing was that the animations were designed, timed and rendered without direct reference to the soundtrack... so it's been a matter of ordering, shortening, lengthening, and cropping the video to suit selections from the suite.
I think the process has worked- FC is now happily writing a test output video so I can review how well it's gone. There may well be some minor timing issues to fix, but I don't anticipate anything major.
After that, it'll be adding titles, and some elements to the audio track. Ah, and any filters or other video effects that might be useful...
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