The Interactive Storytellers Apple Solution Expert Peace River Studios has been engaging, inspiring, and educating people about the world's natural wonders for years. From creating linear and interactive productions for clients to designing custom media solutions for other professionals, the company has found its own inspiration in technologies from Apple. When visitors step into the circular theater at the South Carolina Aquarium , natural wonders surround them.
Water begins to fall.
Thus begins a dramatic panoramic journey following a drop of water as it moves toward the sea. Along the way, visitors are treated to a sweeping three-screen display of some of the state's most striking aquatic habitats and animal and plant species. Designers at PRS used Power Mac computers running Adobe Photoshop and QuarkXPress to create a full color storyboard for the project. Once the journey was underway, producers shot footage using Sony digital video cameras and fed it via FireWire to three Sony mini video decks. Keeping track of production details and logging the many hours of video footage began in the field using a PowerBook.