086 PROJECT / BUBBLE THEATRE, CITY OF DREAMS, MACAU
The exterior of the Bubble’s Dome has become the
iconic image of the City of Dreams complex, illuminated
at night by 160 Artistic Licence Fire-Brand LED fixtures
which run patterns across its surface
Project Details
Bubble Theatre, City of Dreams, Macau
Client: Melco Crown Entertainment
Lighting Design: Lightswitch Architectural - Norm Schwab,
Principle Lighting Designer; Glenn Wade, Systems and Installation
Supervisor; Bryan Barancik, Associate Lighting Designer; Sarah
Jakubasz, Assistant Lighting Designer; Seth Rapaport, Lighting
Programmer; Cory Fitzgerald, Media Programmer; Jessica R Shaw,
Assistant Systems Supervisor; Adam Rechner, CAD Manager;
Jason Goldenberg, Control System Design
Executive Producer: Geoff Benham, Melco Crown Entertainment
Creative Producers: Falcon’s Treehouse - Cecil Magpuri, C E O /
Creative Executive; JuliAnn Blam, EVP Show Producer; Scott Miller,
Director, Project Management Asia; David Schaefer, Design and
Technical Integration Manager
Control and Systems Integration: Ptarmigan Consulting Ltd - Simon
Fraser, Project Director; Alan Chambers, Senior Project Manager;
Mike Clingman, Networks Engineer; Winnie Fung, Project
Administrator; Greg Pittams, Lighting Technician; Soey So, Project
Co-ordinator; Chris Chew, Pixel Mapping; Jim Beagley, Virtual
Aquarium and Exterior Bubble Programmer
Laser System Design & Supply: Excitement Technology - Kelly
Sticksell; Joe Groves
Previsualisation and Preprogramming: Prelite - Tom Thompson;
Mike Robertson
The four sea-themed chandeliers that fly access points.
Photography: Jason Goldenberg
in and out presented four remote locations Previsualisation figured prominently in
Lighting Specified
where it was not possible to run data cable. the programming process. Prelite Studios
Supplied by Solotech
Fraser therefore used standard wireless provided the team with a virtual model of
36 x Vari*Lite VL3000 Spots; 12 x Vari*Lite VL3000Q’s Spots; 12
x Vari*Lite VL3000Q’s Washes; 18 x High End Systems Showguns;
access points, sourced from the IT industry the dome and lighting system allowing the
500 x Birkett Strobes; 57 x Martin Atomic 3K Strobes; 44 x Rosco
for the quality of its wireless connection, design team to view the 3D environment
x24 Effects Projectors
Supplied by Ptarmigan
to transmit data. This was compatible with and program a large percentage of the show
148 x 4’ L ETC Selador Strips; 4 x 3’ L ETC Selador Strips; 4 x
standard Ethernet equipment and had the well in advance of construction. Lightswitch 2’ L ETC Selador Strips; 44 x Color Kinetics White LED Recessed
added advantage of being easy to source. then presented the largely completed
Fixtures; 2 x Grand MA 2; 2 x MA 2 Replay Units; 4 x Hippotizers
Supplied by Artistic Licence
Each chandelier carried both LEDs and lighting show to the other creative team
5 x Candle Power (CP12-12-350) Fully Loaded with 350mA
strobes. Fraser had to find a means of members for coordination and refinement
modules (Theatre Entrance); 20 x Total 350mA modules; 2 x Rail-
Pipe (Theatre Exit); 2 x Rail-Split RDM (Exterior Bubble); 3 x DMX-
merging two streams of control signals to well before the on-site construction
Fix Splitter (Seladors); 2 x Data-Lynx O/P (Control Room x1, L0-3
multiple fixture types, into one virtual administration phase. The model proved a x1); 13 x Iso-Split RDM (Control Room x10, L0-3 x3); 35 x Down-
connection. This was achieved using Artistic crucial experimental tool allowing the team
Lynx (Flying Sets x22, Theatre locations x13); 18 x Net-Lynx O/P
(Large JF x1, Centre Truss x2, Theatre Locations x12); 1 x Art-Route
Licence Net-Lynx O/P converters that to play with ideas without increasing costs
Software on PC (L0-3); 2 x Light-Switch (Entrance and Exit)
merged two data streams of Art-Net DMX to - for example visualising how the LED points
Supplied by Lighting Science Group
a single DMX512 universe. would augment the projected media to
9899 x Cool Dotz RGB pixels; 52 x RGB Linear Water Fixtures; 52
x White Linear Water Fixtures; 10 x Custom LN2 LED Fixtures; 225
An additional complication presented itself create auras, trails and other effects. x RGB In ground LED; 45 x Blue In ground LED; 116 x Large Point
when it was discovered that the wireless The Dragon’s Treasure show has become a
Sources; 340 x Linear Railing Lights
Jelly Fish and Coral
access points were unable to handle tremendous asset for the City of Dreams
133 x GAM Star Strobes; Custom Cool Dot Strings; Linear RGB LED
broadcast data correctly resulting in data Casino drawing thousands of people to the
Strips; Linear White LED Strips
loss. Artistic Licence’s Creative Director resort everyday. People react well to the
Lasers
2 x Custom Lightwave Series 34 watt Solid State Full Colour Lasers;
Wayne Howell stepped in, quickly modifying story, the action, the media and the lighting
1 x Custom Lightwave Series 12 watt Solid State Full Colour Lasers;
a version of Artistic Licence Art-Route effects with gasping, clapping and general
1 x ETG LumiaDOME 180 Degree Lumia Reflector; 6 x Raven
Transcoders; 3 x Pangolin LD 2000 Laser Control Cards; 1 x ETG
software. This allowed the broadcast data looks of astonishment and joy during every
Custom Laser Control System Interface with Digital E-Stop Monitor;
to be converted to unicast thus reducing the show. 1 x ETG LaserEYE Laser Aiming SpyCamera System with Projector
quantity of data routed through the wireless
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