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Chimelong Ocean Kingdom’s Journey of Lights Parade (Zhuhai City, China) signals a giant leap forward of technical and creative possibilities in mobile nighttime spectaculars, combining the highest level of visual imagination and design with theatrical flair and showmanship.
Attraction Reimagining Imaginatively and purposefully staged, Frozen Ever After (Norway Pavilion, Epcot, Orlando) is an immersive journey featuring new-generation Audio-Animatronic figures plus projection, special effects, scenic design and soundscape/ musical score.
Attraction World-class dark ride Symbolica: The Palace of Fantasy (Efteling, Netherlands) displays excellence and innovative storytelling, with attention to artistry, imagination, old-world craftsmanship, fluid animatronics, interactive, themed trackless vehicles, and everything one sees and hears.
Heritage Visitor Centre on a Limited Budget The Citadella Visitors Centre (Gozo Island, Malta) combines traditional exhibition techniques, exceptional storytelling and a 360° show finale to create an experience reinforcing the historical ties of the buildings, the people and the landscape - all in converted disused stone reservoirs.
Immersive Event Aura (Basilica Notre Dame, Montreal, Canada) stands out for being a vivid, ‘architectural narrative’ of the venue itself - highlighting the beauty and intricacy of the Basilica with its soaring Gothic elements through the synthesis of space, colour and orchestral/choral score.
Immersive Event on a Limited Budget Dedicated to the art of painting, Les Carrières de Lumières (Les Baux de Provence, France) has been upgraded with state-of-the-art technologies. Situated in a vast, ancient quarry, visitors are surrounded by giant images projected on the walls, floor and ceiling of the caves.
Attraction Reimagining Disney Imagineers created a thrilling, immersive adventure with brilliant content choices in Guardians of the Galaxy – Mission: BREAKOUT! (Disney California Adventure, CA) - an exhilarating new experience reimagining an existing attraction and bringing the Marvel film franchise to life.
Theme Park Land DreamWorks Animation Zone, (MOTIONGATE™ Dubai, UAE) is an indoor, climate-controlled land featuring sub-lands based on DreamWorks blockbuster hits. Theatrical lighting, audio, immersive environments, strong character graphics, and moments of discovery brings DreamWorks IP to life at a grand scale.
JANUARY 2018
Museum
The elegant, multi-storied Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (Washington DC) demonstrates dimensional storytelling, unfolding the African American experience in a beautifully creative and emotionally stirring way through architecture, exhibitry and media.
Museum Rehab on a Limited Budget Rainis’ Museum Tadenava (Riga, Latvia) celebrates Latvia’s famous poet, playwright and politician Rainis (1865–1929) by taking visitors through a series of interactive installations, beautifully designed and crafted of wood, each evoking a key moment of Rainis’s life or legacy.
Museum Exhibit on a Limited Budget Eight sculpted figures, crafted 2.5 times human scale and in hyperreal detail, tell the epic of New Zealand’s commitment to World War I, and its huge cost in human life in the Gallipoli: The Scale of Our War exhibition (Te Papa Museum, Wellington, NZ). It uses artifacts, full-scale mock-ups and animated models with time-lapse projection.
Innovative Technology Modular and versatile, the technology behind 3D Live’s Holographic 3D LED Display is a significant evolution in creating large-scale 3D presentations for themed and experiential venues. It solves many problems and limitations associated with projection-based 3D system. Also recognised this year was Phil Hettema, president and
creative executive at The Hettema Group with the Buzz Price Thea Award for lifetime achievement; Cedar Point, Sandusky, Ohio, with the Thea Classic Award; and Joe Fox of Birket Engineering and freelance project manager Annika Oetken with the TEA Peter Chernack Distinguished Service Award.
Thea Awards Gala and Summit 2018
Announced at the 2017 IAAPA Amusements Expo, the winners will be formally presented with their awards on April 7, 2018 at the 24th annual Thea Awards Gala in Anaheim, CA. The annual TEA Summit will be held April 5-6, 2018, and will feature case studies of awards recipients.
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