Location Based Entertainment

Powderkeg creates high quality custom and licensable content to the ride and attractions market. We create our films, whether custom or self-owned, in high definition so they can be played in a wide variety of formats and venues ranging from film output to computer resolutions to HD, PAL & NTSC. We are a small creative company capable of developing unique and creative scripts based on a client's initial creative concept, and then fully realizing those ideas as concept drawings, storyboards, and 2D & 3D animatics. Whether those ideas are attraction designs, or a new simulator ride, PowderKeg has consistently proven itself to be a leader in the field of Location Based Entertainment.

We are experts in Stereoscopic 3D, and PowderKeg owner and Creative Director Eric Wilson has worked on well over half a dozen stereoscopic productions, consulted on some, and even taught college level classes on the subject. There is far more to creating a compelling stereoscopic experience than simply adding another camera. There is a science to 3D, and PowderKeg not only knows the science, but is leading the way in stereoscopic 3D productions.

While PowderKeg is fully capable and excited about a wide range of subject matter, a natural niche seems to emerging in the areas of Sci-Fi and Horror and, oddly enough, Christmas. If your project falls into these areas, you owe it to yourself to give us call.

Licensable content:

Among our licensable films are two versions of SolarCoaster, which is a roller coaster ride through our solar system. These two versions are an "Edutainment" version, in which a small robot flies along and presents "factoids" about our planets throughout the journey, and an "Amusement" version, which is the same ride without the informational component.

PowderKeg has also produced "Critical Depth: Lost in the Triangle", a deep sea adventure that takes riders into the depths of the Bermuda Triangle. This film is a natural fit for a wide variety of locations, ranging from science centers and aquariums, to the parks and 3D theaters. Beautifully rendered in stunning 3D, this film is a visual feast as well as an adventure.

PowderKeg also has the exclusive rights to distribute A TinkerDoodle Christmas, an award winning family oriented Christmas film in which the new head elf, L. Fastidious TinkerDoodle, causes mayhem in Santa's house on Christmas Eve. Produced for Santa's Village, a wonderful family theme park in Jefferson New Hampshire, PowderKeg was contracted to create the entire project from concept and script all the way through to projection hardware. Created to be reminiscent of the old Rankin-Bass style of stop motion animation, award winning stop motion animator Tom Gasek brought his fantastic character animation skills to bear on the project. Combined with high-tech computer graphics, eye popping 3D and

PowderKeg has signed non-exclusive distribution agreements with SimEx/Iwerks, Hitachi, and FX Simulation. We are always interested in signing up new distributors, attraction owners and hardware vendors to distribute and show our content worldwide. If you are interested in any of our licensable films, click the contact link.

Custom Content:

PowderKeg also creates custom ride films and attractions for clients and other production companies. Whether you need production services, or a full concept development from script to screen, PowderKeg can provide the highest levels of quality, responsive customer care, and the best prices in business. Have worked on custom content projects with MaxFlight, Doron Precision systems, Santa's Village, and Flight Avionics.

Both Eyes Towards The Future:

PowderKeg is currently in production on a stunning stereoscopic attraction theater film. This film will be 8 - 10 minutes long, high definition, and fantastic 3D. The innovative concept cannot be revealed yet, but the film will be sure to be a phenomenon.

Since PowderKeg is a highly technical as well as creative enterprise, it stands to reason that we would conceptualize and invent new ideas for attractions, films and effects. We have recently filed for a patent for a new concept in location based entertainment that is sure to take simulation theaters to the next level of entertainment.