The Hunger Games Catching Fire

Art Direction, Storyboard Artist, Client Communications, On-site Support, and Template Creator

Projection mapping of President Snow’s house, 2012

  • Projection mapping on President Snow's house in the Hunger Games Catching Fire
  • Projection mapping on President Snow's house in the Hunger Games Catching Fire

About the Project

Integrated Visions Productions was hired by GGX on behalf of Lion’s Gate Films to provide projection-mapped visuals for several scenes in “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”. The dynamic display magically transformed The Swan House, a historical Atlanta landmark, into the opulent backdrop for an extravagant futuristic gathering at the mansion of the movie’s President Snow, played by Donald Sutherland. According to the Internet Movie Database, this marks the first time any group has been credited in a major motion picture under the heading “Projection Mapping,” and Integrated Visions is proud to have seamlessly delivered to the big screen a new medium normally reserved for live events and advertising! Projection mapping is truly a groundbreaking new addition to film and television production, allowing animated effects to be fused to real structures in realtime within the camera’s view instead of in post-production, saving both time and money and allowing real talent interaction with the animated content. Bringing the medium to a blockbuster production marks a profound milestone for both Integrated Visions and for the technology as a whole. It opens an entire universe of new creative possibilities, and Integrated Visions will continue to drive the development of new spellbinding designs and applications, pushing forward and crossing visionary frontiers into the future of both film and live production.

My Role

I worked directly with the director, producers, cinematographer, and set designer to develop the projected content and directed other artists in the creation of additional scenes, such as the fireworks projected across the facade. I also created several scenes for the project myself including the outlining of architectural features seen in the film and a large animated rose that was ultimately not used. I created the video mapping template used to produce all projected content, which was played back from a computer and mapped onto the facade of the Swan House in Atlanta, serving as President Snow’s house. I also developed storyboard previews to propose different visual effects and overall looks. On site, I served as the main point of communication between the film’s director and the projection operators, which was especially rewarding as it placed me in the middle of the action as everything came together.