What changes where necessary in enhancing the pyrotechnics?
DA: We needed to have proximity with the band, the staging and audience. With each year the special effects became a major part of the show. Paul and Bryan began taking this into consideration, the set designs and specific fall out zones behind the band were allotted to make the effects bigger. Over time, it became more prominent that special effects were a major part of the show. Paul and Bryan were scripting it in to their designs and it became more of a choreographed aspect. Bryan began to assign specific trussing for me which became allocated specifically for us, to facilitate our effects alone. Every year Bryan changes it up; he may go with square trussing one year, circular, triangular, etc… Now what we’re doing is getting our designs to be very interactive. We’re taking it to areas such as front of house, placing our effects on lift consoles, and getting the environment to be a lot more intimate so that the whole audience gets a full show no matter where they’re sitting. What
