TITLE: "The Globe Theatre"
NAME: Robert J Becraft
COUNTRY: USA
EMAIL: Castlewrks@aol.com
WEBPAGE: http://user.aol.com/castlewrks         http://user.aol.com/castlewrks/metaphaze  <-- AD&D world
         http://www.geocities.com/siliconvalley/lab/6080  <-- POV Main-Street w/
link to Cities Galleries

TOPIC: Landmarks
COPYRIGHT: I SUBMIT TO THE STANDARD RAYTRACING COMPETITION COPYRIGHT.
JPGFILE: globe.jpg
ZIPFILE: globe.zip
RENDERER USED: 
    POV for Windows 3.12

TOOLS USED: 
    POV, Windows Paint, I_View32

RENDER TIME: 
    about 45 minutes, 55 meg of memory

HARDWARE USED: 
    IBM 750 laptop, 128meg ram

IMAGE DESCRIPTION: 

"The Globe Theatre" is a replica based on internet documentation on the original
Shakespearian
Globe Theatre built in London.  Much of the internet documentation includes
replicas of this
theatre that are built around the world.  Now there is another replica in the
virtual world
we all know as POV.  The model is complete from the inside out and there are a
variety of
views commented out in the source that one can render to see this building in
its entirety.

Due to time constraints, this version of the model does not include the cupula
on the top of
the stage area.



DESCRIPTION OF HOW THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED: 


The building was first researched on the internet.  All dimensions are as close
to the originals
as possible making this a scale model as well.

Each of the seating areas have a 7 degree slice on each side.  Setting this
angle and then getting
all the peices to fit together properlly when rotated around the 100 foot center
was the hardest
part of building this model.

Once all the sections were sized properlly, the different bays could be created
with different
purposes to each.  You will find the first three bays off of the stage to its
right and left 
have what are called the "Gentlemen's Rooms" on the second floor.  These rooms
were special and
had chairs for the patrons to sit in.  There are four bay types.  The Back Stage
area is a mostly
empty shell that completes the rotation of the outer wall.  There is a left
stair bay and a
right stair bay.  The final bay is a door bay with an entry hall and partial
stairs on both
sides.  All of these sections were placed according to the plans found at
various sites on the
internet documenting possible and replicas of the Globe Theatre.

Once all the parts of the bays were created, it was just a matter of going back
in and adding
more and more details.

The stage was created in the same fasion and then placed into the final
picture.

Lighting was a major issue.  You will find a variety of lights that are placed
in the code.  
There are also flags at the top of the source to turn these on and off depending
on the
effects you want and the amount of time you want to wait for the render.  More
lights require
more time.  I chose a lighting scheme that shows off the model the best and
didn't use the lighting
scheme I felt was closest to "opening night" levels with candlelight level
lighting.  The model
becomes very dark but is very realistic looking.  To see this level of lighting,
comment out
the first light statement under the camera definition.

Windows Paint was used to add the copyright.  Iview32 was used to convert the
.bmp file to .jpg.