Hey guys,
If you were the designer of a given display and had to prepare one, what exactly would you dedicate your performance to in terms of a constructed theme or subject, and what possible selection of soundtrack and effects would you utilize in support of that?
If I had to make one, I would likely title it "The beauty and power of Mother Nature", though perhaps leaning moreso towards a seasonal transition context. My choices for soundtrack would range obviously from more subtle to the hyped variety, but also limited more towards songs that incorporate a natural tone/relevance in them, either representing, for example, sunshine, rain, snow, thunderstorms (that would be ideal for a finale lol) and other aspects depicting the seasonal subtleties and extremes. Songs like "Snowbird", "Here Comes the Rain Again", "I Can See Clearly Now", "California Dreaming", Rains Down in Africa". etc., would suffice.
If this were the case, I'd likely concoct the display in such a way that there will be moments of calm (the serenity) interspersed by pieces that are more robust in demonstrating nature's fury. This sort of construction would prevent redundancy and perhaps similarities in firing scheme. I was also thinking about another type of scenario relating closely to what England did exaclty 6 months ago, where the show was predominantly sectored in two major components, where one piece was representing the day and the other showing off the more nocturnal aspects, which also were supported by a perfect storyline. In this case, I'd use a storyline walking us through each season, from Winter to Summer and simultaneously showing off the beauty and extremes of each briefly, while leading into a transition for the next season. I would likely keep Summer for last, though.
Aside from that, I can also condense the tranquil parts in half the show and the other half will be dedicated to a more active section leading up to a hopefully vehement penultimate piece as well as a strong finale.
Keep in mind that most of the extremes occur in the Winter and the Summer, while at the equinox periods, things are mainly setting up for the solstices, and henceforth, transitions.
As for some effects to throw in, a lot of them would do it justice with this kind of thematic framework, particularly the shell of shells and mutli-breakers, salutes, and of course those crackling pistils since they, in particular, tend to make a noise in close resemblance of a heavy downpour of rain. I would also like to create a lightning simulation near the end using those typical photoflashes at mid to high level while enforced by a fast paced sequence of bright star crossettes (I think that's what they're referred to as) at the lower level coupled with some fast paced mines in between (kinda like USA 2003). An overall colorful display is assured and a variety of single and double-ascension girandolas are a certainty.
What would you guys do? (You don't necessarily have to go into as much detail as I did
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Trav.
