OPTOMA KILLS IT

Optoma projectors have played a key role in the success of the Miss Fisher Exhibition at Rippon Lea mansion, Melbourne. The sensitivities of the National Trust-listed building made standard exhibition lighting and design techniques were off limits. But portable Optoma projectors provided a solution in place of installed devices. The low-profile Optoma projectors, run quiet and cool, and can be easily secreted while maintaining the brightness and contrast to wow crowds.

One of the displays, dubbed the ‘Jack Robinson Murder Mystery Machine’, had a compact projector displaying the moving face of character Detective Inspector Jack Robinson onto a mannequin. Coupled with an audio track, visitors were met with quasi-live and speaking Inspector Robinson, and encouraged to participate in an interactive game at the exhibition.

Larger projectors were used to build ambience from the television show. Large throw projectors would beam imagery of the program’s background sets, furnishings, and designs onto the walls and lightweight, moveable screens. This meant that the NTA was able to transform Rippon Lea’s interiors without disturbing the building’s existing fixtures.

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