• Conference: Mobile Publics 3-5 October 2008
  • Outdoor Multimedia Program 3-8 October 2008
Technical Infrastructure at Fed Square
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Screen Infrastructure 

1x large 65m2 high resolution outdoor plaza LED screens (1056px  X 594px)
1x indoor LED Screen in the Atrium with 16 channel surround sound system
1x LCD display in the window of the Visitor Centre
1x LCD display onthe Eureka Tower Sky Deck overlooking Fed Square
4x interactive i-site kiosks with bluetooth networking capability and Skype enabled
8x LED ticker screens at the East Shard building and the i-sites

Outdoor Plaza LED screen

Size:
Aspect Ratio:
Orientation:
Location:
Video support:

Network: 
Actual Screen Resolution:
Playback Media/Required size:
preferred HD formats: 

 65 square metres
16:9
Landscape
Main Plaza Square
Pan Tilt Zoom, PTZ controllable video camera,
live feed to screen, Scala Media Player, Direct SDI Input
Connected to internet to enable web page viewing.
1056px x 594px  (only for font size consideration)
1280px  x 720px
MPEG 2,  JPEG, Flash, (all 1280w x 720h)


Indoor LED Screen in the Atrium

Size:
Aspect Ratio:
Orientation:
Location:
Video support:
Actual  Screen Resolution:

 7.68 square metres
16:9
Landscape
Inside Atrium
Scala Player
320 x 240


I-site Screens

Size:
Aspect Ratio:
Orientation:
Location:
Interface:
Video support:
Network: 
Screen Resolution: 

42' LCD Screen
16:9
Portrait
River Terrace East, River Terrace West, Main Plaza, Atrium
Touchscreen
Web-cam/Skype Enabled
Bluetooth/Cat 5 internet/Wireless
1280 x 720


Melbourne Visitors Information Centre Screen

Window LCD Screen
Size:
Aspect Ratio:
Orientation:
Location:
Video support:
Network:
Screen Resolution: 

50' Plasma
16:9
Landscape
Inside Melbourne Visitors Centre facing the large windows
Scala Player
Connected to internet to enable web page viewing.
1366 x 76

Inflatable Loop Projection Screen
Size:
Aspect Ratio:
Orientation:
Location:
Video support
12ft (360 cm) diagonal
suitable for 16:9 and 4x3
Landscape
At the East River Tarrace
DVD

Additional Tools 

4x 12,000 lumen stackable projectors with outdoor enclosure projecting on the East Shard facade  SMS interactive technologies (SMSFed TV & Optus message board)
Advanced content management and broadcast systems
Site wide fibre and cat6 network connecting all screens
16 channel surround sound system in the Atrium
Free site wide WiFi network 

Outdoor Sound System

Big Screen - 7x7 Nexo GEO 805 Line array at the sides of the screen
2x   Nexo PS 15 Bass speakers at the bottom of the screen
4x Nexo CD 12 PS  Infill rear delay speakers at the back of the square

Formats

Content for the Big Screen and the Atrium Screen should be provided with as 16:9 content, where 4:3 content is only available it is best to send it pillar boxed in a 16:9 format. The preferred formats are:
All media should be delivered in PAL format although some exceptions will be made for NTSC content.
• MPEG 2, 720w x 576h ANAMORPHIC (16:9) FORMATED
• MPEG 2, 1280w x 720h
• JPEG, 1280w x 720h
• FLASH, 1280w x 720h

Style Tips

• Keep your content bold and simple (if the information is too small, or too much, it won’t be legible)
• No loud audio
• Not too much white (the screen is very bright, try putting 5% black over the top)

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The big urban screen

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East Shard with ticker screens 

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I-site kiosks

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Atrium with LED Sreen

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Portrait shaped LED sreen at the Visitor Centre

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Eureka Tower Sky Deck, future location of a screen run by Fed Square

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Location for the projections on the "LOOP Inflatable Screen" 

 

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