Hampton Court Palace

A spectacular conjouring of hidden history

Development Scriptwriting / Storyboards / Casting / Costumes / Make-up / Studio (Chroma Key) Filming / Visual-FX / 3D Modelling / Sound DesIgn / Editing / Animation / Encoding / Installation / Hardware Liaison / 3D Projection Mapping

All created in-house

CLIENT

Hampton Court Palace

DESIGNERS

The Historic Royal Palaces

HARDWARE

Fusion LX

AY-PE transformed two of Hampton Court Palace‘s Chocolate Kitchens into an immersive, experiential AV feast.

After uncovering features which indicated to historians that a small area of the Palace would have been dedicated Georgian Chocolate Kitchens, The Historic Royal Palaces were keen to demonstrate to visitors the use and operation of those areas – without dressing the rooms or altering the state they had been found in. AY-PE designed a series of 3D Projection Mapped  films to respect and honour the spaces.

Experience 01

Chocolate Life

The first of the two three-dimensional projection-mapped audio-visual exhibits places two life-sized characters (dressed as the famous chocolate chef Thomas Tosier and his kitchen boy) onto the walls of the kitchen, fully immersing visitors, giving them the experience of a real life Georgian Chocolate kitchen.

Experience 02

Sumptuous design

Using a blend of Georgian aged illustration and animated visual-effects techniques – the live action film (created on Chroma Key) mixes into the recipe style storytelling of the experience. The AV exhibit explains the chocolate making process from start to finish with a duration of 4 minutes.

Experience 03

Kitchen projection

The second experience uses the same technique but highlights all the architectural features of the room and what each was used for. The projection techniques mean that the rooms can be kept empty and authentically preserved whilst the elegant, almost magical effects trace the original items and activities, back in to the rooms before the viewers’ eyes.

Experience 04

Grade I work

AY-PE worked with Fusion LX hardware to devise a projection method and housing which wasn’t visible to the visitor and also obtained Scheduled Monument Consent to work in this Grade I listed building.

OUR SERVICES

WHAT WE DID...

Development Scriptwriting / Storyboards / Casting / Costumes / Make-up / Studio (Chroma Key) Filming / Visual-FX / 3D Modelling / Sound DesIgn / Editing / Animation / Encoding / Installation / Hardware Liaison / 3D Projection Mapping