Nighttime Drama at LA's Natural History Museum

Here's how Blue Sky CGI's latest work of art was revealed, according to the LA Times:

"...But even 'Mad Men,' 'Bones' and Matthew Broderick’s famous Honda commercial couldn’t compete with the drama that came next.

First, a whale in a tank was projected onto the front of the building – it swooshed in circles, restless. Then real steam shot up from the roof of the Otis Booth Pavilion, as if coming from the whale’s spout. 

Inside this 'tank,' the whale threw itself against the side of the glass until the glass cracked and the force of the now-violently choppy water shattered the tank. In the midst of all this, the real-life curtain over the pavilion fell, rippling on its way to the ground as if it was a splash of white sea foam."

Re-live the action:


Natural History Museum Centennial from Blue Sky CGI on Vimeo.

"At this, the crowd — most in evening gowns and tuxes — let out a collective, cacophonous cheer. There was thunderous clapping, joyous hollering. A DJ started playing in the distance. Then the crowd flooded across the bridge into the officially open Otis Booth Pavilion, now glowing with more than 33,000 multicolored LED bulbs."

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