PROJECT News
Applelec create a sign in celebration of Disney’s TRON Legacy
Image and acknowledgement courtesy of
www.sculptivate.co.uk
LED Light Sheet streamlines signage capabilities to create a 30mm deep sign celebrating one of the greatest special effects films of recent years. Tron Legacy, the CGI blockbusting science fiction film from
Disney has proved to be a giant success for the studio. To reflect the film’s performance, event design and production company Sculptivate have created a Tron themed room for the Disney headquarters in London where meetings, presentations and conference calls are set to take place in a suitably high tech environment. A sleek white corridor outside the room features the Tron logo
in glowing blue lettering. The sign’s success rests on the creation of an illusion, the implication that the word Tron is written in light which emerges out of the stark corridor walls. This is achieved through a deceptively simple process. To build the sign, a 2mm thick aluminium folded panel was
stencil cut with the Tron logo and painted white. Applelec’s energy efficient back-lighting unit LED Light Sheet, was then placed behind a sheet of blue acrylic, with both panels placed behind the stencil cut sign face. LED Light Sheet which features a luminous efficacy LED of 80 lumens per watt provides the light source for the lettering, illuminating the blue acrylic. The second phase of the sign build concentrated on the
development of the letter detailing and the effect of light from the sign seeming to emerge from the white wall. To achieve this illusion, the cut-out logo was inlaid with clear acrylic letters which protrude 8mm from the aluminium face. This simple device creates an impression of depth to the light as it is carried up through the clear acrylic letters, appearing to rise out of the sign face. Finally, white vinyl shapes complete the typography construction and are mounted into position on each clear acrylic letter.
52 Sign Update ISSUE 128 APRIL 2011
Ian Drinkwater, Applelec Managing Director commented:
“The Tron project uses simple sign making techniques to create an impactful sign featuring its own special effects, without the need for lashings of CGI wizardry.”
With an 8mm profile, LED Light Sheet is used to decrease the
depth of the overall sign construction and create a slim illuminated sign consistent with the stylistic principles of the Tron brand. Compared to traditional lighting systems utilised within signage, the insertion of LED Light Sheet gives a significantly streamlined profile and for this project, the finished sign was just 30mm thick. For further information telephone Applelec on 01274 768343
or visit
www.applelecsign.co.uk
Page 1 |
Page 2 |
Page 3 |
Page 4 |
Page 5 |
Page 6 |
Page 7 |
Page 8 |
Page 9 |
Page 10 |
Page 11 |
Page 12 |
Page 13 |
Page 14 |
Page 15 |
Page 16 |
Page 17 |
Page 18 |
Page 19 |
Page 20 |
Page 21 |
Page 22 |
Page 23 |
Page 24 |
Page 25 |
Page 26 |
Page 27 |
Page 28 |
Page 29 |
Page 30 |
Page 31 |
Page 32 |
Page 33 |
Page 34 |
Page 35 |
Page 36 |
Page 37 |
Page 38 |
Page 39 |
Page 40 |
Page 41 |
Page 42 |
Page 43 |
Page 44 |
Page 45 |
Page 46 |
Page 47 |
Page 48 |
Page 49 |
Page 50 |
Page 51 |
Page 52 |
Page 53 |
Page 54 |
Page 55 |
Page 56 |
Page 57 |
Page 58 |
Page 59 |
Page 60 |
Page 61 |
Page 62 |
Page 63 |
Page 64 |
Page 65 |
Page 66 |
Page 67 |
Page 68 |
Page 69 |
Page 70 |
Page 71 |
Page 72 |
Page 73 |
Page 74 |
Page 75 |
Page 76 |
Page 77 |
Page 78 |
Page 79 |
Page 80 |
Page 81 |
Page 82 |
Page 83 |
Page 84 |
Page 85 |
Page 86 |
Page 87 |
Page 88 |
Page 89 |
Page 90 |
Page 91 |
Page 92 |
Page 93 |
Page 94 |
Page 95 |
Page 96 |
Page 97 |
Page 98 |
Page 99 |
Page 100 |
Page 101 |
Page 102 |
Page 103 |
Page 104 |
Page 105 |
Page 106 |
Page 107 |
Page 108 |
Page 109 |
Page 110 |
Page 111 |
Page 112 |
Page 113 |
Page 114 |
Page 115 |
Page 116 |
Page 117 |
Page 118 |
Page 119 |
Page 120 |
Page 121 |
Page 122 |
Page 123 |
Page 124 |
Page 125 |
Page 126 |
Page 127 |
Page 128 |
Page 129 |
Page 130 |
Page 131 |
Page 132 |
Page 133 |
Page 134 |
Page 135 |
Page 136 |
Page 137 |
Page 138 |
Page 139 |
Page 140 |
Page 141 |
Page 142 |
Page 143 |
Page 144 |
Page 145 |
Page 146 |
Page 147 |
Page 148 |
Page 149 |
Page 150 |
Page 151 |
Page 152 |
Page 153 |
Page 154 |
Page 155 |
Page 156 |
Page 157 |
Page 158 |
Page 159 |
Page 160 |
Page 161 |
Page 162 |
Page 163 |
Page 164