The Grand Finale
Jackson’s concerts in London were intended to end with a full-scale stereoscopic Boeing 707 taxiing out onto the stage in profile, with its wing appearing to hang out over the audience. Then a real gangway would lift from the stage up to the door of the CG aircraft. A real door was built into the screen. Jackson would then exit the stage through the door into the CG plane. As the music played, the aircraft would taxi into the distance, turn around and take off over the audience's heads.
“The technical challenge in that shot was that it had to line up perfectly and interact with the stage and the performance,” says Kaminar. “During the rehearsals, first at the Forum and then at the Staples Center, they set up the screen on the stage so we were able to do tests with the actual door in the screen and see the stereoscopic footage of the plane behind the stage.”
“We’re constantly refining our stereoscopic pipeline, and this project, with all its unexpected twists and turns, really tested us,” notes Kaminar.
“Michael Jackson was a pop icon who redefined music,” says Kenneth. “It was an honor to be working with him, not knowing it would be his last performance. Our entire crew felt a significant emotional loss when we heard the news of Michael’s passing, but getting to finish meant we could do our part to realize his vision for his final project.”
http://www.videography.com/article/89564
I guess I'm late but I just found out that this was how he was to end the show. I can't fathom how cool it would be to see that happen.:wild: Would it have been a prop type or radio controlled plane to fly over the audience? I hope this is an extra on the DVD.
Jackson’s concerts in London were intended to end with a full-scale stereoscopic Boeing 707 taxiing out onto the stage in profile, with its wing appearing to hang out over the audience. Then a real gangway would lift from the stage up to the door of the CG aircraft. A real door was built into the screen. Jackson would then exit the stage through the door into the CG plane. As the music played, the aircraft would taxi into the distance, turn around and take off over the audience's heads.
“The technical challenge in that shot was that it had to line up perfectly and interact with the stage and the performance,” says Kaminar. “During the rehearsals, first at the Forum and then at the Staples Center, they set up the screen on the stage so we were able to do tests with the actual door in the screen and see the stereoscopic footage of the plane behind the stage.”
“We’re constantly refining our stereoscopic pipeline, and this project, with all its unexpected twists and turns, really tested us,” notes Kaminar.
“Michael Jackson was a pop icon who redefined music,” says Kenneth. “It was an honor to be working with him, not knowing it would be his last performance. Our entire crew felt a significant emotional loss when we heard the news of Michael’s passing, but getting to finish meant we could do our part to realize his vision for his final project.”
http://www.videography.com/article/89564
I guess I'm late but I just found out that this was how he was to end the show. I can't fathom how cool it would be to see that happen.:wild: Would it have been a prop type or radio controlled plane to fly over the audience? I hope this is an extra on the DVD.
