Windsor Castle dresses in light and colour to celebrate Christmas

The central tower of Windsor Castle has offered this Christmas a mapping show in which the history and tradition of this emblematic building was highlighted. The Projection Studio used a Panasonic PZ21K equipment for this project.

The Projection Studio (tps) provided visitors who came this Christmas to Windsor Castle with an impressive projection that filled the central tower of this iconic UK building with light and colour.

Ross Ashton and his team were selected for this project by Paul Roach, Town Centre Manager of Windsor, following the success of the London Olympics in 2012, with the show they performed for the tower of Thames Street which attracted more than 85.000 visitors to the city center.

The central tower of the Castle has 20 meters high and 11 width. For this format almost 16: 9, Ashton used a projector Panasonic PZ21K equipped with a portrait adaptation kit that was located in an office building located opposite.

The sheet of the window behind which the projector was placed was replaced by an optical glass panel that protected the equipment from external inclement weather, while allowing the images to reach the castle wall without problem.

Ashton chose this Panasonic equipment both for its advanced features and for its light weight, as well as because it works to 13 Amps, which avoids the need to use a special network of generators and facilitates logistics.

To perform the projection, Ashton did a photo shoot of the chapel and the corridors of the north and south area where there are hanging portraits of former monarchs of the United Kingdom, heraldic insignia, coats of arms and other decorative elements. In addition, took pictures of ceilings and paintings. All of this material was edited and composed as animated video files.

This material was uploaded to a MiniMac server equipped with Millumin software, which is ideal for screening shows such as the one held at Windsor Castle. The result was a piece of 10 minutes that were displayed in the form of a loop until midnight.

Other articles on Panasonic, The Projection Studio