Fulldome UK… The aftermath!

April 6, 2011 4:45 pm

On the 12 and 13 March we attended Fulldome UK 2011. We’d brought an offering of ‘We Are Astronomers’ and Max Crow who did a marvellous job of talking about Storytelling in the dome.

Screengrab from Max’s “unique” presentation!

It was the first Fulldome event for some of the team so they’ve been interrogated and here are some of their thoughts:

“It was great to see what else is out there, how other studios (and individuals) are using the dome, initially on a traditional astronomy front, but secondly on a level of celebration, using the canvas in different, creative ways.” Austin Durose

“I think it would be ace for the recorded Workshops to be uploaded to youtube or vimeo. People who were there can review them and see the ones that they missed. Also at the same time it becomes a resource for other people to learn about Fulldome and acts as a way of promoting Fulldome and the event.” Liam Wardle

“Fulldome UK was a good opportunity for me to see NSC Creative’s work within the context of a much wider community, a community I previously didn’t really know existed. Seeing a wide range of work, commercial, artistic, technical demos and student alike, furthered my own understanding of Fulldomes capabilities. Alien Action, Jeepers Creepers, The Royal Pea, Fractals, Nano Cam and the Best of the Jena Fulldome Festival Reel where my highlights.” Ian Smith

There were some insightful talks on the history of projection, the language of immersive cinema, the challenges of bringing dance into the dome and some interesting tech demonstrations.

There were lots of new things to see in the dome so we’ve chosen our favourite from each day (and no, we are not allowed to choose our own show!).

Our winners for ‘Best Fulldome Thing of the Day’ were:

Alien Action – Saturday 12 March.

Rising (From Jena Best of Showreel) – Sunday 13 March.

Others worth a special mention were: Nanocam, Dynamic Earth (WIP excerpts), Jeepers Creepers and SpacePark360.

Alien Action is also our WINNER OF THE WEEKEND! This was way ahead in votes from our team and definitely the most memorable film of the weekend (partially because a few members of the team were singing along!)

There are some more snaps from our time at the festival over on our Facebook page here >

Thanks to the Fulldome UK team and ThinkTank for putting on a great event, roll on Fulldome UK 2012.

Fulldome UK 2011 Festival

March 8, 2011 3:55 pm

Thinktank in Birmingham will be hosting the 2nd Fulldome UK Festival this weekend! The event will include a screening of We Are Astronomers and a talk on storytelling in the dome by our very own Max Crow. This will be the first time that We Are Astronomers has been shown at Thinktank and we are of course very excited to see it in the Thinktank dome along with lot’s of other exciting work from an array of producers both home grown and from around the world.

We hope you’ll be joining us there.

For more information on attending the event visit Thinktank and Fulldome UK

My Cosmic Valentine

February 14, 2011 2:38 pm

If your one of the lucky couples to be spending a romantic evening at the National Space Centre tonight, you’re in for a cosmic treat! As well as all the other delights that are in store, space cocktails, a romantic four course dinner, cocktails in the rocket tower, and a journey through our beautiful galaxy, you’ll also get to see an ore inspiring fulldome fireworks display produced by NSC Creative. As a finale to the night we’ve created a dazzling display of fireworks to get your hearts beating and give you the chance to whisper sweet nothings to your loved ones.

We’d love to hear your comments on the event, in particular the fireworks display. Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.

IPS 2010, Egypt, Pt 1

July 2, 2010 4:17 pm

The sun has set on IPS 2010.

We have just spent the last week or so at the 20th International Planetarium Society Conference held at the Library of Alexandria, Egypt.

It was a great conference with chance to catch up with old friends, make many new ones and see what the planetarium world has been up to lately.

We took lot’s of photos and chatted to lot’s of people so will be following up with more posts soon once we have all caught our breath.

If you entered our competition to win the free, 6 month, We Are Astronomers license and plush 2.0 we will be announcing the winner in about a weeks time once we have collated all the questionnaires.

We were handing out our brand new brochure and demo DVD so if you didn’t get one drop us an email and we’ll send you one. Our website is due a major update also to incorporate all the new information so please check back over the coming weeks.

Thanks to everyone who stopped by and said hello, roll on IPS 2012, Baton Rouge!

European Immersive Film Festival

April 22, 2009 8:55 pm

NSC Creative are very proud to have several Fulldome pieces selected for the competitive section of the European Immersive Film Festival to be held at Centro Multimeios Espinho, Portugal, 24-26 April 2009.

The festival is also a great opportunity to see the latest Fulldome films and two of our past productions will be screened over the course of the festival to delegates and the public. The two films are ASTRONAUT narrated by Ewan McGregor, originally created for the National Space Centre, Leicester, UK and STARS narrated by Mark Hamill which we created for the Adventure Science Centre, Nashville, TN, USA.

For more information head over to http://iff.multimeios.pt/

Ruth will be in attendance flying the NSC Creative flag so be sure to say hello.

Immerse Yourself!

DomeFest 2008

April 11, 2009 11:48 am

Last year NSC Creative picked up a “Domie” award at DomeFest 2008 in Chicago.

The coveted prize was for “Best use of Dome” for the piece Centrifuge. The piece Neurons also made it onto the final juried selection. These two immersive Fulldome sequences adapted from the ever popular ASTRONAUT show joined an eclectic collection of international contributions covering a diverse set of disciplines. The packed audience at the Adler Planeterium enjoyed an evocative 45minutes of Fulldome followed by a real world explosive fireworks display.

“There’s no place like dome!”