Skylighter Fireworks was proud to return to Sea World Thunder Lake for the Annual After Dark spectacle that is Carnivale. The iconic Aqua Light Show returned bigger and bolder than ever with a sea of colour and sound. Team Skylighter worked with the Carnivale Creative team to develop a 12-minute spectacle for park enthusiasts.
The brief was to blend the display seamlessly into the creative narrative both on the Thunder Lake stage with 50+ performers and the Aqua Light Show presented by Oracle-Liquid which featured dynamic lighting, lasers, and aquatic jets reaching over 40 metres.
The challenge, posed to Skylighter by Village Roadshow Theme Parks was to ensure that the display could fire in the worse case conditions of weather and not impact park activations including the newly completed Atlantis Precinct and animal zones as well as a day trade.
Designer Harrison Smith of Skylighter Fireworks stated “ The real challenge, and creative interest, for me was designing a show that could be replicated with ease night after night for both our teams onsite, but also from a preparation point of view. Utilising our exclusive range of close proximity single shots and multishot products allowed me to hit the beats of both the track and the live musicians onstage”
The challenge for Project Manager Nick Kozij and Production Manager Dale Norris was to effectively deploy the show 22 times across January and February.
“To reduce the impact on the day trade at Sea World, we completed 90% of the preparation in the warehouse before transporting to the site, loading onto the Skylighter Workboats, and deploying, plugging, and testing the 15 positions on the island,” notes Dale.
“We worked with the Thunder Lake Show and Showtime Entertainment Group to complete the rest of the build around the day trade events including four flame towers, six custom build flame structures including flame bars through bespoke modified galaxis flame and six close proximity positions,” added Kozij.
The display was controlled through a redundant Fire One Ultra Fire script with two XL2s, two XL4s, and a galaxies controller all being fed SMPTE timecode to ensure the elements were in sync with the additional components of the show.
The Facts
* 22 Shows
* 4290 Pyro Cues
* 15,400 flame cues
* 2,200 Kilos of gas
* 88 Team Skylighter shifts onsite
The Team
Production Manager & Operator: Dale Norris
Designer: Harrison Smith
Account Manager: Nick Kozij
Display Control Associate: Jonathan Harrison
Workshop Prep: Darren Rooney, Liam Harvey, Matt Hardaker, Shanan Withers, Fiona Brown
