Pyrotechnician Patrick Cyrana joins WIRED to answer your burning questions about fireworks.
How are fireworks designed?
How do they get their color?
What is the most dangerous firework statistically?
Who invented fireworks?
How do you become a professional pyrotechnician.
Patrick answers all of these questions and more—it’s Fireworks Support.
Director: Lisandro Perez-Rey Director of Photography: Constantine Economides Editor: Richard Trammell Expert: Patrick Cyrana Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas; Brandon White Production Manager: Peter Brunette Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer Camera Operator: Mar Alfonso Sound Mixer: Rebecca ONeil Production Assistant: Ryan Coppola Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen Additional Editor: Jason Malizia; JC Scruggs Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds