- 1 · The castle
- 2 · The story
- 3 · Around 1560
- 4 · 1588
- 5 · Today
- 6 · Winter
A heritage story in 3D. Doonagore Castle stands on the hill above Doolin in County Clare. Four short drone clips became one 3D scene of the tower, its walled yard (the bawn) and the coast around it. Press Play the story and a narrated film runs inside the live 3D, with wind, sea and birds: an earlier castle of the 1300s, the tower of the mid 1500s, the Armada wreck of 1588, the roofless 1850s, the 1970s restoration and today. Each era flies the 3D to the drone's real viewpoint and dissolves in a picture of how that view might have looked. Then the region: the Aran Islands, the Cliffs of Moher and the Burren, and the same view through the four seasons.
What we measured
| Measure | Result | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Footage | 4 clips | Stock footage; 512 frames joined into one 3D scene |
| Castle in 3D | 33.8 dB | On frames held back from the build, across all four clips |
| Story | 10 scenes | Narrated, about 90 seconds, with live wind, sea and birds |
| Eras and seasons | 6 + 4 | AI-imagined, each from the drone's real viewpoint |
What went wrong
- The first build used one drone clip and only looked right from the side the drone flew; joining all four clips filled in the rest.
- The sky straight above the tower was never filmed, so the camera aims a little below the middle of the tower.
What happens next
- A single-screen version with no scrolling, so the whole page plays as a video.
- A short reel of the story for social media.