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Spring 2014
The Immersive Spectacle: Performance and the Audience in Pop Music - Part 2
Emily Roupp
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THE IMMERSIVE SPECTACLE: Performance and the Audience in Pop Music Emily Ruopp Anda French / Kyle Miller
INDIVIDUAL IMMERSION HEADPHONES AND MUSIC VIDEOS MADONNA | STICKY & SWEET TOUR | 2009 MADONNA | MDNA TOUR | 2013 IMAGERY THEN IMAGERY NOW
BRTIENY SPEARS | OOPS I DID IT AGAIN | 2000 BRTIENY SPEARS | WOMANIZER | 2008
DESTINY’S CHILD | SAY MY NAME | 1999 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013 MUSIC VIDEOS THEN MUSIC VIDEOS NOW
BRTIENY SPEARS | OOPS I DID IT AGAIN | 2000 BRTIENY SPEARS | SCREAM AND SHOUT 2013
DESTINY’S CHILD | SAY MY NAME | 1999 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013 MUSIC VIDEOS NOW MUSIC VIDEOS NOW
BRITNEY SPEARS | PIECE OF ME | 2007 BRITNEY SPEARS | SCREAM AND SHOUT 2013
BEYONCE | PUT A RING ON IT | 2008 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013 MUSIC VIDEOS NOW MUSIC VIDEOS NOW
BRITNEY SPEARS | PIECE OF ME | 2007 BRITNEY SPEARS | SCREAM AND SHOUT 2013
BEYONCE | PUT A RING ON IT | 2008 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013 MUSIC VIDEOS NOW MUSIC VIDEOS NOW
BRITNEY SPEARS | PIECE OF ME | 2007 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013
BEYONCE | PUT A RING ON IT | 2008 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013 PERFORMANCES NOW MUSIC VIDEOS NOW
BEYONCE | SUPERBOWL HALF TIME SHOW | 2013 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013
BEYONCE | SUPERBOWL HALF TIME SHOW | 2013 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013 PERFORMANCES NOW MUSIC VIDEOS NOW
BEYONCE | SUPERBOWL HALF TIME SHOW | 2013 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013
BEYONCE | SUPERBOWL HALF TIME SHOW | 2013 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013 PERFORMANCES NOW MUSIC VIDEOS NOW
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 BRITNEY SPEARS | SCREAM AND SHOUT 2013
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 BEYONCE | GROWN WOMAN | 2013 PERFORMANCES NOW - close up PERFORMANCES NOW - far away
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 POP PERFORMANCES OTHER LIVE PERFORMANCES
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 HATSUN MIKU | JAPANESE POP MUSIC
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 HATUN MIKU | JAPANESE POP MUSIC POP PERFORMANCES IMMERSIVE PERFORMANCES ART
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 FUERZA BRUTA | NYC | 2002 - PRESENT
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 SLEEP NO MORE | NYC | 2011 - PRESENT POP PERFORMANCES IMMERSIVE PROJECTION MAPPING
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 BACARDI | VIENNA
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 DUMBO ARTS FESTIVAL | NYC POP PERFORMANCES IMMERSIVE PROJECTION MAPPING
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 JOANIE LAMERCIER
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 FRACTION AND MAOTIK | DROMOS POP PERFORMANCES IMMERSIVE ART INSTALLATIONS
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 SERGE SELAT | BEYOND INFINITY SHANGHAI | 20011
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 POP PERFORMANCES IMMERSIVE ART INSTALLATIONS
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 ANISH KAPOOR | LEVIANTHAN PARIS | 2011
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 ANISH KAPOOR | LEVIANTHAN PARIS | 2011 POP PERFORMANCES IMMERSIVE ACOUSTIC INSTALLATIONS
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 BERNHARD LEITNER | SOUND CUBE | 1978
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 BERNHARD LEITNER | GUIDING SPACES | 1978 POP PERFORMANCES IMMERSIVE ACOUSTIC FURNITURE
BRITNEY SPEARS | VEGAS | 2014 BERNHARD LEITNER | SOUND CHAIR | 1978
BEYONCE | BILLBOARD AWARDS | 2011 BERNHARD LEITNER | SOUND CHAIR | 1978
APPAGIATURA VISIBLE LIGHT SPECTRUM
0.0001 nm Gamma Visible Light Rays 400 nm Violet
0.01 nm 425 nm Indigo
X-Rays 470 nm Blue
10 nm 490 nm Aqua Ulta- Violet 550 nm Green Increasing Increasing1000 nm Wavelength Energy 600 nm Yellow
Infared 0.01 cm 630 nm Orange
665 nm Red 10 nm Radar Radio 700 nm Dark Red Waves TV 1 m FM
100 m AM NEUROSCIENCE TECHNOLOGY pros cons / limits pros cons / limits
65 mm Film stock Increase Resolution 24 Frames / Sec. (F/S) With larger Film Frame Imax Camera/ Capable of Short Can Produce epileptic Projector World’s Largest Screen Size: flickering effect seisures 117’ x 97’ No More than 30 sec. Non - Projection Screen Standard Screen Size: Portable Lit By LED lights 72’ x 56’ Strobe Lights at 8Hz Intervals Largest Jumbotron: Jumbotron 33’ x 110’
640 x 360 pixels = 25in. screen from 8’ away Requires a specific Optical Head-Mounted 16 gb Storage Capacity 3D projection Display = Invididual Scale Exposure time Limited Surface Area of Lenses Can Be precisely Google Glasses Holographic Works best in very controlled Projection Dark environments Projects over Only can emit a Long Distances Single Color Laser Beam Multi - color laser beams Can be transparent, Must require an do not vary much in spectrum Transluscent, and electric current Full Range Driver = Widest Frequency Opaque Different Speakers Produce Subwoofer = Lowest Frequency different Ranges of Audible Mid-Range Driver = Middle Frequencies ELectrostatic Can project on Frequencey Tweeter = High Frequencies Glass Coaxial Drivers = 2+ combined drivers (Produce different Diffraction Effects) Speaker Can give the The Object in view illusion of infinity must be in exact oppo- site orientation to the Will reflect light viewer Mirrors and exact replicas of any given object Isoated Listening Impedence: SLow: Lifting Capacity = 125,000 lbs. head phones Portable Low = 16 - 32 ohms High = 100 - 600 ohms NO Overhead Machine Fast: Lifting Capacity = 10,000 lbs. No vertical load Travels up to 60ft. Life Span: Hydraulic Lifts Incandescent Point Light 1,200 hrs CFLs 8,000 hrs LED etc. 50,000 hrs Restrictions to Circular form “Masking” Capability = Easy to CHange Scenery Capable of 20,000 Lumens projection Different Opacities (Syscraper Scale) Mapping Revolving Stage Cannot Be Dimmed Creates Hazy Can cause headaches, dizziness, Interchangable Atmosphere and Drowsiness Lenses for Color, Warm Up Time Concentration, Needed Can Absorb Color stage lights Reflection Mechanically Projections Controlled Fog Machine
frontal orientation performer
audience
in-the-round orientation reverse in-the-round orientation combination of them alL
freely mixed between audience and performers linear orientation RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROGRAM
TRADITIONAL IMMERSIVE
BACKSTAGE FRONT-OF-HOUSE AUDIENCE STAGE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROGRAM
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BACKSTAGE FRONT-OF-HOUSE AUDIENCE STAGE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROGRAM
TRADITIONAL IMMERSIVE
BACKSTAGE FRONT-OF-HOUSE AUDIENCE STAGE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROGRAM
TRADITIONAL IMMERSIVE
BACKSTAGE FRONT-OF-HOUSE AUDIENCE STAGE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PROGRAM
TRADITIONAL IMMERSIVE
BACKSTAGE FRONT-OF-HOUSE AUDIENCE STAGE WALL THICKNESS - PROGRAM PLANS | GROUND FLOOR PLANS | SECOND FLOOR PLANS | FOURTH FLOOR PLANS | SIXTH FLOOR SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE