CHALLENGE
It’s not easy to recreate an iconic 14th century event in the absence of any artefacts or archaeological evidence. But, to celebrate the 700th anniversary of the Battle of Bannockburn, one of the most decisive battles of the first War of Scottish Independence, the National Trust for Scotland decided to do just that. The centrepiece of a new visitor center was to be a lifelike recreation of the battle scene.
The experience had to be truly immersive with visitors becoming part of the scene witnessing the sights, sounds and chaos of an ancient battlefield. The Battle Room, designed by Bright White, had to recreate the terrain through complex projection and give visitors the experience of leading one of the battalions in realistic fight scenes. Traditional filming techniques could not provide the realism. Motion capture would create a more intense spectacle, but it had to be scaled up to epic proportions.
