Windsor Castle dresses up in light and color to celebrate Christmas

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

The Projection Studio (TPS) provided visitors who came to Windsor Castle this Christmas with an impressive projection that filled the central tower of this emblematic building in the United Kingdom with light and color.

Ross Ashton and his team were selected for this project by Paul Roach, Town Centre Manager de Windsor, After the success achieved in the London Olympic Games of 2012, with the show they put on for the Thames Street tower that attracted more than 85.000 visitors to the city center.

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

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

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

To perform the projection, Ashton did a photo session of the chapel and the north and south hallways where portraits of former monarchs of the United Kingdom hang., heraldic insignia, coats of arms and other decorative elements. Besides, took pictures of the ceilings and paintings. All 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 projection shows such as the one held at Windsor Castle. The result was a piece of 10 minutes displayed in a loop until midnight.