"SPARKED" Nominated to the NYC Drones Film Festival

SPARKED A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters produced and presented by Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich, and ETH spin-off company, Verity Studios has been nominated to the New York City Drones Film Festival.

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Sneak preview of "SPARKED": A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters

The short film, "externe Seite SPARKED: A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters" has been nominated to the externe Seite New York City Drone Film Festival. Cirque du Soleil, ETH Zurich, and VERITY Studios partnered to develop a short film featuring 10 quadcopters in a flying dance performance. The collaboration resulted in a unique, interactive choreography where humans and drones move in sync. Precise computer control allows for a large performance and movement vocabulary of the quadcopters and opens the door to many more applications in the future.

Behind the Scenes Research

More than just a short film, "SPARKED" demonstrates the work of academic researchers from the lab of Raffaello D'Andrea, Professor at ETH Zurich's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control where students focus on developing and testing algorithms to explore emerging technology and dynamically control large numbers of flying machines. In an interview just after the film's premiere on September 22nd, 2014, Raffaello D'Andrea was quoted saying, "We have found that building complete systems that allow people to experience what control systems are all about is highly educational and incredibly motivating for our students. At the same time, complete systems like our Flying Machine Arena are excellent for testing theoretic concepts and often raise new and broader theoretic challenges than the immediate application."

Quadcopters Take on a Starring Role

Developing flying technologies that safely interact with people and the environment is one of the research challenges, D'Andrea's team faces. Cirque du Soleil and VERITY Studios teamed up to formulate a choreography that makes the quadcopters the "stars" of the film, demonstrating how flying machines and humans can interact in a way that both entertains and delights us. 

See You at the Festival

The New York City Drone Fesitval (#NYCDFF) will take place at the Directors Guild of America Theater from March 4th - March 6th 2016 and will feature interactive panel discussions and special guest speakers in addition to screening nominated films and the annual awards ceremony. Members of the SPARKED Team will also attend. Visit the festival externe Seite website for more information and ticketing.  

 

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Watch the making of the film, "SPARKED: Behind the Technology"
Vergr?sserte Ansicht: SPARKED
A camera man gets up, close, and personal with human and machine actors during the making of "SPARKED." (Image credit: "SPARKED" Team)

Media Information

Biographical Information

externe Seite Cirque du Soleil moves people with awe and wonder through experiences that leave an indelible mark.

ETH Zurich The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology - one of the world's leading universities for technology and natural sciences.

externe Seite VERITY Studios Developing a new breed of interactive and autonomous flying machines.

Press Images

Image downloads, please acknowledge credit to: "SPARKED" Team

Technical Details for "SPARKED: A Live Interaction Between Humans and Quadcopters"

Camera platform: Sony F55 camera platform
Frame size: 1920 x 1080
Frame rate: 25 FPS
Edit system: Final Cut 7

Film Credits

Produced and presented by
C:Lab - The Creative Laboratory of Cirque du Soleil
ETH Zurich
VERITY Studios

Team
Welby Altidor
Federico Augugliaro
Simon Berger
Jean-FranCois Bouchard
Dario Brescianini
Marc-Andre Corzillius
Rino Cote
Raffaello D'Andrea
Benjamin Dupont
Michael Egli
Bernard Fouche
Luca Gherardi
Martin Giguere
Daryl Hefti
Markus Hehn
Bill Keays
Nicolas Leresche
Carlos Larrea
Martin Luchsinger
Sylvie McLaughlin
Mark W. Mueller
Francis Ouellet
Luce Pellerin
Philipp Petersson
Robin Ritz
Neilson Vignola
Alain Vinet
Markus Waibel
Matthew Whelan
Alex Wilkinson
Evan Wilson
Zurich University of the Arts

Film production company
who's mcqueen picture GmbH

Music by
Danny Elfman

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