An amalgamation of waterworks, pyrotechnics, lasers, animation, and 3D projection mapping by the French production company ECA2's latest multimedia spectacle, Eastern Sunrise, lets you experience the sunrise at night at an outdoor amphitheatre built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
Water is used as the canvas for their projections and ECA2 incorporates what they call "wave water screens": jets shoot columns of water into the air creating a wall of water to project the animations onto.
The dynamic stage, equipped with projectors and an arrangement of complex light fixtures, projects 3D map animations onto 4 symmetrical, sail-shaped panels that fan out from either side of the stage’s centre—a design decision that references the city’s tradition of sailing.
This spectacular display is most popular among children, but adults too are taken back to their childhood and to an enchanted and spectacular realm.
The cinematic animation in Eastern Sunrise tells the story of a forbidden romance set in Rizhao.
The section that is illuminated at night to simulate the sunrise, though footage of the full show is not yet available, you can watch a teaser for Eastern Sunrise below: