Graduation show

[cduesman]

Here's a video of a graduation show I did for family/friends.

I've shared pictures of the setup, the finale simulation, cue sheets and the cobra script HERE.

It's a show on a fairly small budget (< $500) and designed to be setup mainly by one person.
I used multiple boards and more mods/slats than needed to make the setup easier/modular. I used some of the newer 6 Cue slats for the fronts and some of the quick plug slats as well.

I also use some barriers that I have no clue will actually help with anything. I suspect they won't hurt and could prevent some stars from flying in that direction if a shell detonated behind them.

I was fairly happy with the show. I had 2 cakes at the end of the first song that fired much faster than anticipated (one really went fast). I also had one strobe pot that didn't light. (This was my first time using the MGJ initiator plastic clip things that clamp onto the visco. I used it for 5 strobes and the far right one didn't light the visco.) Most things I attach a small piece of quick match with a plastic port on in advance. I poked a few items as well.

Chris

 

[cduesman]

I edited the video to add the Cues as subtitles/closed captions. So if you click on the "CC" closed captions button when watching the video it will show you the item name that is being shot.

I made a little linux script that takes the Finale CSV file and generates an .srt (SubRip) subtitle format file that you can add to a youtube video.

BTW, these 2 cameras are fixed (unmanned) which means you can easily compare product height/break size throughout the video.

2 of the cakes I used came from different cases/years. I fired 3 of each, 2 were old and 1 from newer case. I did this with the Midnight Sunburn and the Dominator Mammoth Brocade. If you look at the setup pictures, the Brocades packaging is different. (I'm not sure if they are from the same factory as I've had them from 2 different factories.) They seem to perform pretty identical. The Midnight Sunburn pictures look different internally as the fuse color is different and there might be a difference in how many shells are using the faster fuse for the finale. The older cakes were easy to tell the fuse difference (green vs pink). The newer Midnight Sunburn used all pink fuse, but the last shell fuse had a little black on the fuse. (Since I was firing the Midnight Sunburn within a song, I removed the fast fuse to eliminate the quickened finale.)

Chris