How to Create a Fireworks Show
This is a beginner's guide to creating a fireworks show. I will let you know what types of products to purchase, how to organize the show, and offer some other helpful tips along the way.
Products: For fireworks shows you do not need any small items. You won't need to worry about getting firecrackers, bottle rockets, novelties, or spinners. The items that you should be targeting are artillery shells, aerial cakes, fountains, and possibly some rockets. The reason you want these products is because these all have aerial effects. You want aerial effects for a show so that your whole audience can see the effects in the sky.
If you want to get rockets, you might want to stick to salute rockets or very large rockets if they are colorful. Salute rockets just emit a bright flash of light followed by an extremely loud bang after they explode in the air. The reason you want to stay away from smaller color rockets is that they are usually more expensive than artillery shells which provide essentially the same effect. I would suggest picking up salute rockets if you insist on using rockets in your show. They could be used as either part of the opener or finale.
If you would like to incorporate fountains into your show, I would suggest using large ones. There are a variety of large fountains on the market that have huge showers of sparks and pretty good aerial effects too. These are a fantastic item to use as the opener to your show, in my opinion.
When it comes to aerial cakes, these definitely need to be a part of your show, no matter how large or small. Cakes make it much easier to coordinate a show because they have so many shots in them already. I suggest 500 gram cakes because these will provide huge breaks for your audience to gaze at, but 200 gram cakes can work as a filler in the middle of your show to provide some color. Also, if you find an opportunity to pick up a salute cake, do it. These are cakes that just have loud booms as the effects and can have as many as 100 shots in them. Salute cakes are an amazing finale to shows.
Picking up artillery shells is also a must for your show. These will provide big breaks, bright colors, and amazing effects to your audience. Canisters will provide you with some more noise and bigger breaks, while ball shells will offer symmetrical breaks with not quite as much noise. The only problem with lighting artillery shells with your show is that it can take some time. It takes a while to string the shells together with fuse rather than just using an aerial cake which has already done that.
Organizing Your Show: I suggest opening your show with some noise and color to wake the audience up and let them know the show is beginning. This can be done with a big 500 gram cake or some salute artillery shells and color canister shells. Then, I like to provide the audience with some showers of color and something light to open it up. This can be done with some large fountains. These fountains will set up the rest of your show and draw your audience in for the rest of the ride. Plus, the end of large fountains are usually aerial shells which will help to transition into the middle of your show.
The next part of the show is the main piece. This is where you fill the sky with tons of aerial shells and effects. You can use products any way you like in the middle of the show. I like to light multiple cakes and shells at once so the audience gets a wide variety of color, pace, and effect in the sky. I like to use a lot of 500 gram cakes in the middle of the show because they help to take the stress of lighting everything off of my shoulders. I mix in some 200 gram cakes too so that there is some variety in terms of size break and colors too. I love using artillery shells in this portion of the show as well, but will save the majority of shells til the finale.
Once it comes time for the finale, I like to pick up the pace. I will light all of the fast paced cakes I have. This will speed the show up and set it all up for the plethora of effects about to end the show. After all of the fast paced cakes are finished, I immediately send up the grand finale. This consists of many artillery shells, any can be used during this. And then finished off with all of the salute rockets, salute shells, and salute cakes that I have. This usually leaves the audience with a great memory to take with them on the trip home.
Setup Tips: One thing that will make running your own show 10 times easier is an electronic firing system. This allows you to light your fireworks remotely. This is a handy product because you do not have to light all of your fireworks by hand and constantly run around the shoot site. But, electronic firing systems are very expensive and mainly only useful to professionals. Lighting everything by hand is more enjoyable to me personally. It is fun to me to actually light the fuse and watch the product shoot into the air rather than pressing a button. If you are lighting things by hand, fusing your products will help cut down on the time it takes to light everything. Fusing will also help synchronize the shooting of your products. Fusing involves taking all of the fuses of individual products and securing a separate piece of fuse to multiple products with tape or clasps so only one fuse needs to be lit to send multiple products up at once. Always remember to practice fireworks safety too. This includes wearing eye protection, hand protection, and securing all of your products so that they do not tip over and put anyone in danger.
Products: For fireworks shows you do not need any small items. You won't need to worry about getting firecrackers, bottle rockets, novelties, or spinners. The items that you should be targeting are artillery shells, aerial cakes, fountains, and possibly some rockets. The reason you want these products is because these all have aerial effects. You want aerial effects for a show so that your whole audience can see the effects in the sky.
If you want to get rockets, you might want to stick to salute rockets or very large rockets if they are colorful. Salute rockets just emit a bright flash of light followed by an extremely loud bang after they explode in the air. The reason you want to stay away from smaller color rockets is that they are usually more expensive than artillery shells which provide essentially the same effect. I would suggest picking up salute rockets if you insist on using rockets in your show. They could be used as either part of the opener or finale.
If you would like to incorporate fountains into your show, I would suggest using large ones. There are a variety of large fountains on the market that have huge showers of sparks and pretty good aerial effects too. These are a fantastic item to use as the opener to your show, in my opinion.
When it comes to aerial cakes, these definitely need to be a part of your show, no matter how large or small. Cakes make it much easier to coordinate a show because they have so many shots in them already. I suggest 500 gram cakes because these will provide huge breaks for your audience to gaze at, but 200 gram cakes can work as a filler in the middle of your show to provide some color. Also, if you find an opportunity to pick up a salute cake, do it. These are cakes that just have loud booms as the effects and can have as many as 100 shots in them. Salute cakes are an amazing finale to shows.
Picking up artillery shells is also a must for your show. These will provide big breaks, bright colors, and amazing effects to your audience. Canisters will provide you with some more noise and bigger breaks, while ball shells will offer symmetrical breaks with not quite as much noise. The only problem with lighting artillery shells with your show is that it can take some time. It takes a while to string the shells together with fuse rather than just using an aerial cake which has already done that.
Organizing Your Show: I suggest opening your show with some noise and color to wake the audience up and let them know the show is beginning. This can be done with a big 500 gram cake or some salute artillery shells and color canister shells. Then, I like to provide the audience with some showers of color and something light to open it up. This can be done with some large fountains. These fountains will set up the rest of your show and draw your audience in for the rest of the ride. Plus, the end of large fountains are usually aerial shells which will help to transition into the middle of your show.
The next part of the show is the main piece. This is where you fill the sky with tons of aerial shells and effects. You can use products any way you like in the middle of the show. I like to light multiple cakes and shells at once so the audience gets a wide variety of color, pace, and effect in the sky. I like to use a lot of 500 gram cakes in the middle of the show because they help to take the stress of lighting everything off of my shoulders. I mix in some 200 gram cakes too so that there is some variety in terms of size break and colors too. I love using artillery shells in this portion of the show as well, but will save the majority of shells til the finale.
Once it comes time for the finale, I like to pick up the pace. I will light all of the fast paced cakes I have. This will speed the show up and set it all up for the plethora of effects about to end the show. After all of the fast paced cakes are finished, I immediately send up the grand finale. This consists of many artillery shells, any can be used during this. And then finished off with all of the salute rockets, salute shells, and salute cakes that I have. This usually leaves the audience with a great memory to take with them on the trip home.
Setup Tips: One thing that will make running your own show 10 times easier is an electronic firing system. This allows you to light your fireworks remotely. This is a handy product because you do not have to light all of your fireworks by hand and constantly run around the shoot site. But, electronic firing systems are very expensive and mainly only useful to professionals. Lighting everything by hand is more enjoyable to me personally. It is fun to me to actually light the fuse and watch the product shoot into the air rather than pressing a button. If you are lighting things by hand, fusing your products will help cut down on the time it takes to light everything. Fusing will also help synchronize the shooting of your products. Fusing involves taking all of the fuses of individual products and securing a separate piece of fuse to multiple products with tape or clasps so only one fuse needs to be lit to send multiple products up at once. Always remember to practice fireworks safety too. This includes wearing eye protection, hand protection, and securing all of your products so that they do not tip over and put anyone in danger.
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