I'm going to go ahead jump on this bandwagon. You know, the one where people can't stop talking about SuperBowl Halftime Show with Beyonce. Let's face it: it was incredible.
I have watched that video of the performance about 8 times more since it was broadcasted live. I'm not even a fan of Beyonce by any means, mind you. I was captivated by the lighting and pyrotechnics of the show. Here is a short list of my favorite moments of the entire performance.
The opening aerial shot of the stage being outlined by a burst of flames that die down and reveal the two faces that make up the stage was my first clue as to how visually over the top this performance would be. From there, the other great use of pyro was while the members of Destiny's Child were slowing raising their arms, around 8:47 in the linked video, a line of flames slowly lit up in front of them, as if their gesture is what lit the fire. Awesome.
Some of the MVPs of the Halftime show were the Clay Paky Sharpys used. One Sharpy's beam of light can only do so much from a visual aspect, but when 180 are used in tandem, they can pull off some pretty mind-blowing visual displays. In a transition between songs, around 5:53 in the video, all of the Sharpys are pointing straight up into the sky and then slowly tilt downward, creating what looks like a wall of light crashing down. Quite a dramatic effect.
Finally, around 11:30 or so, the viewers could see that everyone in the audience is wearing blue LEDs on their fingers, creating a sea of blue lights. I've always loved the random movement that comes from lights being put on the members of the audiences, creating a sort of randomly shifting sea of light. Minutes later, when Beyonce hits the chorus of her song, right at 12:23, the aforementioned faces that are the stage now have what looks like flowing hair in the wind. Truthfully, I can't seem to figure out how that effect was made, but it sure looks awesome.
Overall, I would say that this years SuperBowl Halftime Show was a rousing success and blew the past 3 SuperBowl performances out of the water. I can only hope that the SuperBowl keeps this kind of over the top look for all the next SuperBowl Halftime Shows to come.
I have watched that video of the performance about 8 times more since it was broadcasted live. I'm not even a fan of Beyonce by any means, mind you. I was captivated by the lighting and pyrotechnics of the show. Here is a short list of my favorite moments of the entire performance.
The opening aerial shot of the stage being outlined by a burst of flames that die down and reveal the two faces that make up the stage was my first clue as to how visually over the top this performance would be. From there, the other great use of pyro was while the members of Destiny's Child were slowing raising their arms, around 8:47 in the linked video, a line of flames slowly lit up in front of them, as if their gesture is what lit the fire. Awesome.
Some of the MVPs of the Halftime show were the Clay Paky Sharpys used. One Sharpy's beam of light can only do so much from a visual aspect, but when 180 are used in tandem, they can pull off some pretty mind-blowing visual displays. In a transition between songs, around 5:53 in the video, all of the Sharpys are pointing straight up into the sky and then slowly tilt downward, creating what looks like a wall of light crashing down. Quite a dramatic effect.
Finally, around 11:30 or so, the viewers could see that everyone in the audience is wearing blue LEDs on their fingers, creating a sea of blue lights. I've always loved the random movement that comes from lights being put on the members of the audiences, creating a sort of randomly shifting sea of light. Minutes later, when Beyonce hits the chorus of her song, right at 12:23, the aforementioned faces that are the stage now have what looks like flowing hair in the wind. Truthfully, I can't seem to figure out how that effect was made, but it sure looks awesome.
Overall, I would say that this years SuperBowl Halftime Show was a rousing success and blew the past 3 SuperBowl performances out of the water. I can only hope that the SuperBowl keeps this kind of over the top look for all the next SuperBowl Halftime Shows to come.
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