Excellent footage from behind the scenes of Starlight Express (starts around 2.40)
Post Starlight Express and Pre-Time Napier designed 'Captain Eo' the Disney Produced Michael Jackson vehicle directed by Francis Ford Coppola and Produced by George Lucas.
The short 4D film (3D with interactive Theatre effects such as smoke and lasers etc) tells the story of Captain EO (Jackson) and the ragtag crew of his spaceship on a mission to deliver a 'gift' to "The Supreme Leader", an evil queen like character who inhabits a 'gigeresque' world of twisted metal, tubing and steaming vents.
The design elements are interesting since they clearly display a link between Starlight Express and Time.
Starlight Express - Bochum, Germany.
June 12 1988, Napier designs a production that opens in a specially built arena, the Starlighthalle . The show, the only permanent, one of a kind has now been seen by more than 14 million people and shows no sign of closing any time soon.
The Starlighthalle was specially designed for the show, with large tracks on two levels in a U-like shape with the audience sitting in the middle and around these tracks. On stage the tracks even run over three levels which allows several race combinations. In 2003 a 'Y' shaped track was added to the smallest inner track, the Parkett, dividing it into 3 seating areas and allowing greater flexibility of staging and more tricks for the skaters.
The Starlighthalle was specially designed for the show, with large tracks on two levels in a U-like shape with the audience sitting in the middle and around these tracks. On stage the tracks even run over three levels which allows several race combinations. In 2003 a 'Y' shaped track was added to the smallest inner track, the Parkett, dividing it into 3 seating areas and allowing greater flexibility of staging and more tricks for the skaters.
