Fulldome UK 2012 – Part One…

December 5, 2012 11:21 pm

After months of planning Fulldome UK was over in the blink of a fisheye! Fulldome merriment was had by all from the best of Fulldome Films to the crazy and creative Fulldome shorts that competed for prizes… It was a veritable Olympiad of Fulldome with entries from all around the world.

We were ecstatic with our medal for Best Use of Dome for Miracle of Life, a Fulldome Cell-errific adventure. Although you won’t be able to experience it in all it’s dome-tacular glory we’ve got a full preview just for you…

This is the second award that Miracle of Life has picked up this year after it was crowned with the honour of Best Narrative at DomeFest in the summer.

The award for Best Sonic Experience went to one of our astrochaps! A very dapper looking Mr Aaron Bradbury was thrilled with his medal and has been showing it to all visitors to the Studio. We’re very proud of our astrodude, congrats Mr Bradbury! If you’d like to download his dometastic sonic adventure then click here >>

For more winners’ check out the Fulldome UK site >>

Fulldome UK 2012 can also boast the most real-time VJ sets in one dome in one night ever we think! The Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium played host to four real-time VJ sets from; United_VJs, rfid, SAT and immersive – AVOLITES MEDIA. Below are some pictures from the evening performances…

If you joined us at this years’ Fulldome UK, then why not join in the conversation on Facebook and share your thoughts on Fulldome.

IPS 2012 – About the Competition Winners

November 5, 2012 11:31 pm

A short while ago we announced the winners of our IPS 2012 prize draw and we thought we’d give you an update about their prizes…

Firstly, the first prize winner of our 6 month license of a show of their choosing (terms and conditions apply) was LWL-Museum für Naturkunde Westfälisches Landesmuseum mit Planetarium, Münster, Germany.

The planetarium in Münster, Germany, is part of a natural history musuem; it opened in 1981. The planetarium has a 20m dome and seats 250. It is one of the largest planetariums in Germany and has about 110,000 visitors annually. In 2010, a new fulldome projection system was installed which is among the most modern in the world, with an exceptional “8k” resolution of the projected image – to date, the only one of its kind in Europe. The planetarium is presenting shows on different topics, from star talks and general astronomy presentations to shows about spaceflight or natural history.

The winner of our runner-up prize was The St. Charles Parish Library Planetarium of Luling, Louisiana. Our little 3.0 has now been packaged up and is ready for his flight to the U.S.!

The St. Charles Parish Library Planetarium is a small, six meter dome attached to a public library. It is located just 32 kilometers west of New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. For over thirty years, it has offered free, weekly, planetarium shows to the public. The planetarium also serves the local school systems and community organizations with its MEDIAGLOBE II star projector.

Fulldome UK 2012 @ NSC

October 19, 2012 3:51 pm

Fulldome UK is coming to The National Space Centre! Yes, three is indeed the magic number with the third Fulldome UK event being held at the biggest dome in the UK.

The event, which is being held on the 16 and 17 November will be the biggest Fulldome festival the UK has ever seen; not only due to the physical size and number of seats in the  Sir Patrick Moore Planetarium but also due to the exceptionally talented array of contributors.

With Live VJ sets, Workshops with Fulldome industry insiders and a plethora of artistic Fulldome shorts the festival will be a veritable dome-tastic extravaganza!

When asked about hosting the event at The National Space Centre, our very own Paul Mowbray said:

“We are all really buzzing about the event and the fact that it is happening on our doorstep! Submissions have been flooding in from all over the World, it’s going to be an awesome event with lots of great speakers and I’m sure lively debate. There is no place like dome!”

As well as showcasing the best of Fulldome shorts, produced by professionals and students the festival will also be showing the best new Fulldome films, which of course means that We Are Aliens! will be showing.

It’s set to be dome-licious so don’t miss out, buy your ticket now >>

We Are Aliens! – UK Premiere

October 12, 2012 5:02 pm

It doesn’t seem like that long ago we were talking about making We Are Aliens! now the show is ready to go. We Are Aliens! celebrated it’s World Premiere at The National Space Centre, the home of NSC Creative, on Wednesday 10 October 2012.

The event was a huge success with some amazing feedback from everyone who came…

Below we’ve got a selection of photos from the event…

We Are Aliens! Narrated by…

4:37 pm

NSC Creative is proud to announce the narrator for our latest Fulldome show is…

Yes, Mr Rupert Grint is the narrator of We Are Aliens! Deep in the heart of London Max, Paul and one of our 3.0s met Rupert to record the soundtrack to our new Fulldome show that asks, are we alone in the Universe?

Rupert’s young and charming tone is perfect for the show and we’re very excited that he’s been involved.

The show will launch publicly at The National Space Centre from October 20th 2012 and will be rolling out across the UK soon after.

Please get in touch and let us know what you think when you see the show.

The show is now available to license in 2D with its Fulldome 3D release scheduled for the end of November 2012.

Coming Soon… We Are Aliens!

October 5, 2012 12:00 pm

After months of waiting since the teaser shown at IPS 2012, We Are Aliens! is less than a week away from it’s international debut.

The show which will have it’s premiere at The National Space Centre, Leicester, UK will be available to license from late October 2012 in fabulous Fulldome 2D, and late November 2012 for stunning Fulldome 3D.

We Are Aliens! explores the latest research in the search for extraterrestrial life. The film features input from UK scientists and attempts to answer the question, are we alone?

If you’d like to more information about the show please check out the show website or get in touch with us direct.

IPS 2012 – Still Catching our Breath

August 2, 2012 10:19 am

WOW, that went fast! After months of preparation, late nights and stressful phone calls with customs officials it’s all over!

The 21st International Planetarium Society Conference, IPS 2012 held last week in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, USA was an absolute blast.

We had our biggest IPS ever which included our giant booth complete with comfy sofa, 3D TV, special edition hand-made plushies, NSC Creative water, competitions, badges and prizes! Let’s not forget the awesome Dome Village which was home to our portable dome featuring Fulldome 3D projection of our latest films and screenings of our library of 2D Fulldome shows. Oh yeah, we also screened a whole bunch of content every night in the beautiful Irene W. Pennington Planetarium at the Louisiana Art & Science Museum in stunning 4K 3D and 8K!!

We officially launched a bunch of new shows on-to the international stage Cell! Cell! Cell!, ASTRONAUT 3D and We Are Aliens!

We are going to be sharing all the new trailers and material that we premiered at IPS on our website very soon so watch this space or sign-up for our newsletter to be the first to hear about all our new stuff.

We will also be announcing the IPS 2012 competition winners very soon and uploading a hoard of pictures from the conference.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by for a chat, filled out a questionnaire and gave us great feedback on our new content. We have a big long list of people to follow-up with, we are working our way through so don’t worry, we’ll be in-touch soon, promise!

Keep an eye on our facebook and twitter for more fun stuff

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And be sure to ‘like’ the offical IPS 2012 page also which will be posting lots of photos from the conference over the next few days.

http://www.facebook.com/ips2012

See y’all soon!

WAA showing @ JHWFF 03 – 07 October

October 3, 2011 4:14 pm

It’s in the top three for ‘Best Fulldome Program’ and this week ‘We Are Astronomers’ will be showing daily for attendees of the Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival. This is the first year JHWFF has had a category specifically for Fulldome productions.

For all you JHWFF attendees, ‘We Are Astronomers’ will be showing in EarthMatters dome at the following times:

Monday 3 October          13.00

Tuesday 4 October          10.30

Wednesday 5 October    13.30

Thursday 6 October        13.30

We hope you enjoy the show!

BAP 2011 The aftermath…

September 23, 2011 9:48 pm

It seems like only last week we were getting ready for BAP 2011, the Planetaria event of the year for the UK and ROI. We’ve now had time to recover and reminisce over the events of the second weekend in September.

It was an early start for the astrochaps and chappettes of NSC Creative; we brought along new-girl Megan from the NSC Education Team for her first taste of BAP!

Our big news was official announcements and the screening of teaser trailers for ASTRONAUT 3D and We Are Aliens! They looked great on the Liverpool dome and were received with much excitement. A first for us was the screening of the in-production Fulldome film Cell! Cell! Cell! The content was still at “block-test” level but it was a great opportunity to get some feedback from the people who will hopefully be showing the film to the public and schools when it is finished. Despite our nerves of showing something that normally only the production team would see to so many people it was a great success and most people walked out of the dome genuinely having learnt something new!

The rest of the weekend was a lot of fun with some really interesting talks and demonstrations, great food and drink and the company of wonderful people. We can’t wait till next time, we have a feeling it will be a little closer to home also…

BAP 2011 this weekend!

September 8, 2011 9:27 am

We hope that no-one has forgotten that this weekend is BAP 2011 which is being hosted at the World Museum, Liverpool. Members of the NSC Creative team will be in attendance with some mega exciting announcements to make.

We hope you’ll join us there and please come and say hi if you do, we don’t bite, honest!