Fantasmic!

Since I basically live at Disney I didn't want to do anything Disney-related BUT I took this picture and was quite impressed by it. THE COLORS, MAN. The show Fantasmic at the Disneyland Resort has been around for 22 years and continues to dazzle audiences every night. Every time I see it I am impressed by the elements that come together to make such a spectacle happen, successfully. Although the lighting is very theatrical, it is unique in that the show is on an island, which means multiple angles of vision and it seems like few places to hide electrics. But what do I know. I also noticed the way lighting was used not only to grab attention, but to hide the magic that makes the magic...that is, the technical stuff behind the illusions. In the show, light and video are projected on water. They also recently installed the same water pipes that are used in the World of Color show, and I don't really know how they work but they create streams of water that change color...so I guess there are electronically controlled gels in the light-water-pipe things underwater? WHOA