Zaj duab xis Pioneer thiab Prolific Inventor Revolutionized Park thiab Movie Industries
Yog hais tias koj tau booked lub davhlau rau lub hli ntawm Endor ntawm Disney lub Hnub Qub Tours los yog tau zapped nrog ib lub laser-qib laser los ntawm Gru rau Despicable Kuv Minion Mayhem ntawm Universal cov chaw ua si, koj muaj Douglas Trumbull ua tsaug.
Thaum nws tsis ncaj nraim nrog rau kev nyiam, Nws yog Trumbull uas tsim lub tswvyim thiab kev siv tshuab rau kev simulating cov ntawv tsa suab uas ua rau lawv ua tau. Nws pom cov kev lomzem muaj peev xwm nyob rau hauv lub davhlau npav simulators siv los qhia cov neeg tsav tsheb thiab ua rau kev lag luam thawj simulator caij.
Nws lub tswv yim tsim tau peb lub hauv paus tshiab ntawm kev tshaj tawm-raws li kev lom zem ntawm chaw ua si thiab lwm qhov chaw.
Tshaj Sim Simulator caij, Trumbull tus hais lus fascination nrog zaj duab xis thiab nws hu mus txhim kho thiab siv cov tswv yim siv los tuav thiab ua si rov tsiv dluab tau coj nws mus rau nws taug kev, raws li nws tau hais, "ua cov ntsiab lus tsis muaj tseeb tiag." Raws li txoj kev, nws tau racked ib co yeeb yam muaj yeeb yaj kiab zoo heev thiab tau tsim ib co txuj ci zoo kawg uas muaj qhov cuam tshuam loj heev rau cov chaw ua si thiab kev lom zem kev lom zem.
Xyuas lub caij Pass Podcast nrog Doug Trumbull, uas kuv tau koom nrog. Nws tham ntau txog nws cov hauj lwm ntev ntev thiab nws cov txuj ci tshiab tshiab.
Thaum Ntxov Xyoo
Nws yug nyob rau xyoo 1942 hauv Los Angeles, California, Trumbull tau sib luag los ntawm nws txiv, tus kws kho ua haujlwm thiab cov neeg ua haujlwm tsis txaus siab, thiab nws niam, tus kws kos duab. Lawv muab lub DNA zoo thiab ib puag ncig los cob qhia Trumbull txoj kev ua haujlwm ntawm txoj kev ua hauj lwm-kev ua duab kos duab.
Nws devoured science ntawv tseeb novels raws li ib tug hluas. Trumbull saib zoo nrog txoj kev cia siab tias Disneyland tau raug ua thiab nyiam mus xyuas lub tiaj ua si tom qab nws qhib. Nws yog tshwj xeeb tshaj yog intrigued los ntawm ib qho khoom plig thaum ntxov, The Art of Animation , thiab tau txais kev txhawb nqa los ntawm kev tsim cov kev xav hauv ntiaj teb.
"Ua cov qauv duab los ciaj sia thiab kom lawv txav mus ncig koj ib yam li saum ntuj ceeb tsheej rau kuv," nws hais.
Tom qab kawm ib co txuj ci kawm hauv ib lub community college, Trumbull thawj txoj hauj lwm yog nyob rau hauv ib zaj yeeb yaj kiab (film studio) uas tau tsim cov qauv kev tawm tswv yim rau NASA. Rau ib qho ntawm nws cov num, nws pab tsim lub NASA attraction, Mus rau lub hli thiab Beyond , rau 1964 New York lub Ncaj Ncees . Nws tau yees duab hauv Cinerama 360 , hom ntawv qhib thaum ntxov, thiab tso rau hauv lub dome. Novelist Arthur C. Clarke thiab filmmaker Stanley Kubrick pom qhov attraction, thiab Kubrick ntiav cov lag luam Trumbull ua haujlwm los pab tsim tus tshwj xeeb cov teebmeem rau nws zaj dab neeg kev tshawb fawb zaj dab neeg, 2001: Ib qhov chaw Odyssey .
Hollywood tshwj xeeb teebmeem Maven
Trumbull tau tham txog nws tus kheej rau hauv txoj haujlwm ua haujlwm rau Kubrick thiab, nyob rau hauv nws lub mid-20s, tas mus saib cov teebmeem kev pom rau xyoo 2001 . Nws tsim cov duab tua tsiaj tshiab uas siv rau zaj yeeb yaj kiab txoj kev sib tw hauv Kev Ua Hluav Taws Xob. Trumbull suav hais txog tus thawj coj ua tus saibxyuas thiab tus neeg cob qhia. "Ua hauj lwm nrog Kubrick tau qhia kuv tias zaj yeeb yaj kiab yuav yog qhov kev paub meej - tias cov neeg tuaj saib yuav ua tau ib feem ntawm zaj yeeb yaj kiab," nws hais. "Nws tau siv txhua lub tshuab rau xyoo 2001 , suav nrog Cinerama, cov ntawv xov xwm loj heev ntawm cov ntaub qhwv to taub, rau-channel suab tso suab - txawm nws coj los xa cov neeg tawm tuaj rau hauv qhov chaw."
Ua hauj lwm nrog qee yam ntawm Hollywood tus thawj coj loj tshaj plaws, Tug tibneeg tsim teebmeem rau lawv cov yeeb yaj kiab loj tshaj. Cov qhab nia no muaj xws li Kaw Cov Thib Peb Hom Rau Steven Spielberg, Hniav Khiav rau Ridley Scott, thiab Hnub Qub Trek: Cov Ntaub Ntawv Duab Luam thiab Tus Andromeda Strain rau Robert Wise. Nws kuj tsim thiab qhia nws cov yeeb yaj kiab, nrog rau Kev Ntsiag To Khiav thiab Kev Ntsua Hluav Taws Xob .
Rov qab mus rau Attractions
Hauv xyoo 1972, Tawg pib pib kev tshawb nrhiav thiab kev sib koom tes nrog Paramount Pictures los tshawb txog kev siv technology tshiab thiab zoo dua. Nws tsim Showscan, tus txheej txheem uas qhia cov tsos ntawm 60 ntas ib pliag es tsis txhob siv cov lus pom 24 vib nas this thib ob. Nyob ntawm tus ncej ntau dua, teeb meem xws li qhov muag plooj thiab kev poob siab raug txo los yog tshem tawm, thiab cov duab yog crisper, clearer, thiab ntau dua "tiag tiag."
Brainstorm yuav tsum yog thawj cov yeeb yaj duab tua thiab pom tias siv Showscan, tab sis qhov muag tau ntsib ntau yam teeb meem xws li cov tsis tau poob ntawm nws lub hnub qub, Natalie Wood, uas tau tuag vim muaj tej yam txaus ntshai. Cov kev paub dhau los Trumbull, thiab nws retreated los ntawm cov yeeb yam ua lag ua luam. Imax eclipsed Showscan raws li tus txheej txheem loj-npo, uas zoo xaus Showscan raws li tus qauv siv nyiaj siab dav tus qauv siv tshuab. (Ironically, Trumbull tom qab muas Imax nrog lwm tus tub ua lag luam, thiab pab nthuav cov loj-screen theaters thiab ua rau lawv siv tau rau cov yeeb yaj duab feature.)
Tsom qab siv rau ntawm qhov chaw tshwj xeeb, Trumbull caum nws lub siab rau kev rhuav tshem cov kev thaiv ntawm cov neeg tuaj saib thiab cov yeeb yaj kiab. Nyob rau hauv 1974, thaum lub sijhawm ntawm Paramount, nws tau tsim thiab ua ib qho qauv ntawm thawj lub simulator caij. Nws rov qab mus rau lub tswv yim nyob rau hauv 1985 thiab Tsim Ncig Tawm ntawm lub ntiaj teb , uas tau qhib rau hauv Toronto thiab yog thawj lub caij simulator caij tsim muaj rau pej xeem. Los ntawm inventing rau ib hom ntawv nyeem thiab ua pov thawj nws viability, Trumbull qhib lub qhov rooj kom tsis tsuas suab lus simulator caij, tab sis tag nrho cov immersive, media-based attractions.
Universal Studios Florida coj teebmeem hauv kev tswj cov yeeb yaj kiab thiab pab tsim nws txoj kev sim siab simulator attraction, Rov mus rau lub neej yav tom ntej ... Lub caij , uas qhib hauv 1991. Lub caij yog ib qho instant ntaus thiab pab hloov cov duab thiab lub txiaj ntsim ntawm qhov teeb meem- plagued chaw ua si. Lub attraction, uas tau tua nyob rau hauv 70 hli thiab npaj mus rau ib qho Omnimax dome, kuj qhib rau zoo acclaim nyob rau hauv Universal Studios Hollywood . Rov Qab Mus Rau Yav Tom Ntej ... Lub Caij Taws Tawm tau txij li kaw, thiab The Simpsons Caij tau hloov nws.
Nyob rau hauv nruab nrab xyoo 1990, Trumbull thiab nws Massachusetts-based lub tuam txhab tsim peb attractions rau Luxor Hotel thiab Casino nyob hauv Las Vegas. (Qhov no yog thaum lub sij hawm Sin City txoj kev mob siab kho nws tus kheej kom zoo li ib tsev neeg tus phooj ywg.) Cov attractions tau qhia ib zaj dab neeg tawm, tab sis siv peb hom kev sib tw, nrog rau kev simulator suab nrog 48 zaj dab neeg-thib ob, cov yeeb yaj kiab uas tau ua raws li kev nthuav qhia (uas nws tau los sis tsawg dua rho tawm nrog nws qhov kev sib tw nqi siab), thiab "Theatre of the Future," uas muaj qhov loj, vijtsam vijtsam thiab 48 vib nas this-ib-thib ob VistaVision movie. Cov attractions muaj txij thaum kaw.
Lub neej yav tom ntej zoo li ci ntsa iab
Nws tseem niaj hnub tuaj yeem hlawv thiab nias lub hnab ntawv thiab kev siv cuab yeej technology hauv nws qhov Trumbull Studios. Nws xyuas thiab tweaks txhua tus kuj sib txawv thiab hauv nws qhov kev xav ntawm cinematic perfection. "Yog hais tias koj xav ua kom tus neeg paub ntshai tias nws pom dab tsi tiag tiag," Trumbull hais tias, "koj xav tau tag nrho cov kev daws teeb meem, tag nrho cov ci ntsa iab, tag nrho tus nqi kwv yees, thiab txhua yam uas koj tuaj yeem ua tau kom nws zoo li qhov rais mus rau kev muaj tiag. "
Los pab tsim cov duab zoo nkauj zog (muaj teeb meem ntau nrog cov yeeb yam yeeb yaj kiab uas yog cov teeb meem uas tsis tshua pom kev, uas tuaj yeem ua cov duab av nkos), nws tau teem rau ob qhov projectors thiab cov ntxaij vab tshaus. Los ntawm kev siv Torus npo, uas yog nruab nrog tshuab nqus tsev thiab nkhaus, Trumbull muaj peev xwm tswj qhov teeb pom kev tuaj mus rau cov neeg tuaj saib, uas ua rau lub teeb pom kev zoo dua zog. Nws kuj tau tsim ib qhov system ntawm daim npav retino uas yog siv cov ntxig ntxig rau nws thiab yuav xa cov duab ncaj qha mus rau cov neeg pom qhov muag. Lwm cov kev nrhav muaj xws li xoom-lub ntiajteb txawj nqus crane uas cov neeg tsav tsheb tau siv zog tau yooj yim. Nws yog nruab nrog tshwj xeeb sensors uas taug qab nws taw thiab, thaum ua ke nrog Trumbull's patented system, tuaj yeem tsim ib tug virtual background teem caij tiag.
Tab sis qhov zoo tshaj plaws kev txhim kho yog Magi, Trumbull kawg ntawm kev siv zog ntawm kev siv tshuab siab. Nws txuas nrog 3D, 4K kev daws teeb meem, thiab 120 ntas ib ob - 120! - kom xa ib qho kev ua tau zoo los ntawm nws lub hom phiaj ntev ntawm kev lag luam ntawm kev tshaj tawm thiab kev muaj tiag. Trumbull vam tias yuav tso cai rau kev siv tshuab rau moviemakers thiab attraction designers.
Qhov tsis muaj zog txuas hauv xov xwm-raws li kev nyiam yog feem ntau cov kev tshaj xov xwm. Cov kev paub zoo li Universal txoj kev zoo Harry Potter thiab cov lus Forbidden yuav zoo tshaj plaws uas yog siv Txoj Cai Magi. Hloov nws cov duab qis me ntsis thiab grainy zaj duab xis nrog kev paub tseeb tseeb, muaj ntau tus duab thaij duab yuav ua rau lub caij uas ntau dua ntxiv.
Trumbull tseem tsim tau Magi Pods, prefabricated theaters uas yuav qhia cov yeeb yaj kiab tshiab. Nws vam tias yuav muag cov theaters mus rau cov chaw tshwj xeeb, nrog rau cov chaw ua si. Cov kev ua yeeb yam tuaj yeem siv cov ntsiab lus hauv chaw ua si (xws li Looney Tunes lossis Kev Ncaj Ncees Kev Ncaj Ncees ntawm Six Flags cov chaw) lossis cov yeeb yaj kiab uas tau tsim los ntawm Trumbull. Nws kuj pom txog cov xwm txheej tshwj xeeb xws li Magi festivals uas caw cov thawj coj los ua yeeb yam txog cov yeeb yaj kiab tshiab txog cov kis las, suab paj nruag, lossis lwm yam.