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The Dome Project

Two weeks before he died, Michael Jackson apparently completed work on an elaborate production dubbed The Dome Project. It could be the final finished video piece overseen by Jackson.

Jackson was apparently preparing to dazzle his This Is It audiences in London with a show in which 3D images - some inspired by his Thriller era - would flash behind him as he performed on stage.

"It was a groundbreaking effort," said Vince Pace, whose company provided 3D cameras for the shoot, a system he created with Titanic director James Cameron.

"To think that Michael's gone now, that's probably the last documented footage of him to be shot in that manner."

The Dome Project was filmed over five weeks at Culver Studios in LA, the set for the classic movie Gone With the Wind. Four sets were constructed for Jackson's production, including a cemetery recalling his 1983 Thriller video.

The Dome Project was in post-production at the time of Jackson's death

Another set was designed to simulate a jungle, and a fourth was built to replicate a construction site, with a screen at the rear to allow projection of different backgrounds

With 3D technology "the audience would have felt like they were visiting the Thriller experience, like they were there," Pace said.

Shooting for the project lasted from 1-9 June 2009, with Jackson on the set most days. The project was in post-production at the time of Jackson's death, and had been expected to be completed in two weeks. But will it now be released?

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