Dubai Expo Opening Ceremony 2021
The Al Wasl Dome has been recognised as the world’s largest interactive, immersive dome. In 2021 Expo City Dubai unveiled a slew of cultural events, supported by the massive 360 degree canvas of the iconic space.
Artists in Motion produced the opening Ceremony for the expo. Totem worked with AIM’s artistic directors to create the ‘boy and his horse’ segment, detailing the youthful Sheikh Zayed’s love for his first horse, and evoking the spirit of old Dubai.
This involved filming a boy actor and compositing him into various rich 3D desert landscapes, as well as using particle systems on a provided 3D animated horse model to create the iconic ‘sand horse’ shots, all rendered at 8k resolution for projection on the dome.
Project Details
Client Artists in Motion
Date 2021
Disciplines 3D modelling, animation, lighting, rendering & compositing
Credits
Creative Directors Caterina Vicaretti | Artists in Motion
3D modelling, animation, rendering, compositing Rory Cubby | Totem
Notes The animated horse 3D model assets were provided by Artists in Motion. The ‘sand’ particle animations using these models were created by Rory | Totem.