Duration

When considering display duration, two of the most important factors are what the display is for and what level of impact is required? Obviously the higher the impact, the more the audience will be enthralled. However it is not always possible to produce a short, sharp display for an event where the paying public may demand value for money through a longer duration.

From experience, corporate clients often prefer shorter durations, whatever the budget, as this results in a higher impact for product launches or impressing guests. Examples include a sixty-second launch for Lexus Cars to a fifteen-minute display for French Connection UK.

With regards to concerts, classical, rock, pop or otherwise, again displays tend to be shorter in duration. Fireworks often accompany the last piece as well as the encore, but for a longer duration, fireworks can be set to various pieces throughout the concert.

Frontier Fireworks successfully provided fireworks for eighteen minutes to accompany the Band of the Grenadier Guards but have also provided fireworks for eight minutes to accompany the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. In another example, Frontier provided just three minutes of spectacular fireworks as a finale for The Drifters.

Traditionally, Guy Fawkes displays are the longest in duration of all fireworks displays. They often range from fifteen to thirty minutes depending on the location and the demands on the display design.