Week #8 - Projections

These are some pictures from the new Frozen musical at Disneyland that I took a few weeks ago. When we talked about projections in class this week, I thought of this production and remembered that they had used a lot of projection technology, so I went back to look through the photos and was very impressed with the success they had with the projections, especially after realizing how hard it is to balance light and projection. They must have had some very powerful projectors, because the picture was always very clear and bright while they were also using quite a bit of the stage lighting. The projections allowed them to transition between scenes and worlds within seconds, like the Summer scene that happens as a daydream from a world of snow and ice. Overall it was really impressive, though I'm sure it was quite expensive to be able to have all of the technology needed for this level of production. I never really thought about using projection in any of my pieces, but after the lesson this week and looking back at these pictures, I can definitely see the additional production and artistic value that it can bring to a work.