Celesta, service provider event entertainment.
Agencies, producers, production companies: Celesta designs, obtains the necessary permits for and sets off your fireworks displays and light drone flights. You sign a single contract for both services.
Your entry point by profession
Depending on whether you’re an agency, a production company or an advertiser, what you expect from us will vary. Choose your option.
Agencies and Production Companies
We handle the design, safety, declaration and firing, and we hand you a calibrated deliverable.
A fireworks display or a drone show incorporated into your production, without you having to become a pyrotechnician.
MICE agencies
Seminars, conventions, incentives: a finale to close the event. We work with audiences of 200 to 5,000 people, indoors and outdoors.
A finale suited to the audience size and venue of your event.
Brand and communications agencies
A logo drawn by 300 drones, a brand colour held to the second, and a sequence your teams can film.
Your message written in the sky, and filming ready for use the very next day.
Executive Production Office
You delegate project management. We supply the declaration file, certificates, firing plan and set-up schedule, ready to hand to your production.
The complete file, handed to your production.
Marketing and drone shows
Product launches, shop openings, brand anniversaries: we script the drone show like a film and replay it identically in several cities.
A concept that is replicated from town to town without losing its distinctive character.
Fireworks and drones by the same team
With two providers, you coordinate two companies, two insurance policies, two declarations and two set-up schedules on the same site. We fire both.
The fireworks display
Loud and visible from afar, a fireworks display requires a safety perimeter, a prefecture declaration and a pyrotechnician holding the qualification certificate.
Drone theft
Silent and precise, a drone flight writes readable shapes. We programme it where fireworks are banned, and it gives sharp images for filming.
In a hybrid show, we write drones and pyrotechnics together, on the same soundtrack and time-code, and we usually keep the finale for the fireworks.
Four things you don’t have no longer to be worn
01
A contact person
The designer, the pyrotechnician and the drone pilot are all part of the same team. You won’t have to mediate between two service providers on the day of the shoot.
02
Insurance
A single public liability insurance policy covers the entire show. The certificates are sent out in one go, in the format required by your client.
03
A file
Prefecture declaration, flight plan, safety perimeter, flight exemption: we put together the application and submit it.
04
A timetable
A single schedule for set-up, rehearsal and dismantling, set to yours.
Lead times for creation and authorisation
We build your schedule backwards from the administrative lead time, which sets the last date for submitting the file.
3 to 6 months
before the date
The time required to organise a fireworks display: planning, sourcing the fireworks, site survey, firing plan.
1 month
minimum
The administrative minimum for a fireworks display. We submit the declaration to the prefecture no later than one month before the display.
45 days
minimum
The authorisation minimum for a drone light flight. We submit the file during the creation phase.
A project that comes to us six weeks before the event date is still feasible using drones if the brief is sent off the same day; it is no longer feasible with pyrotechnics. That is the first question we ask.
Your questions about event shows
What is the difference between a fireworks display and a pyrotechnic show?
In a fireworks display, the shots follow one another. In a pyrotechnic show, we write the shots, synchronise them to the soundtrack to the hundredth of a second and organise them into scenes that tell something.
How much time should you allow for a business event?
Allow three to six months’ notice for a fireworks display. On top of this, there are two mandatory minimum timeframes: a minimum of one month for a fireworks display permit, and a minimum of forty-five days for a drone light flight. We handle these procedures in parallel with the creation.
Who is responsible for permits and declarations?
We do. The prefecture declaration file, the firing plan, the safety perimeter and the flight exemption request are prepared and filed by our teams, then handed to your production in a form you can pass straight to your client.
How much does a show for a corporate event cost?
A drone light show starts at 10,000 euros. For pyrotechnics, the price depends on the venue, the capacity, the duration, the calibre of the products and the complexity of the display: we provide a quote after the site survey, never before.
Is it allowed to shoot indoors, in a hall or under a marquee?
Yes, using stage effects designed specifically for this purpose: cold spark jets, flames and heavy smoke machines. These are not the same products as those used outdoors, and the room’s ceiling height, fire detection system and fire safety classification determine what is possible.
Pyrotechnics or drones: which to choose?
We recommend fireworks for a physical emotion and a finale; drones when you need to write a message, respect sensitive neighbours, fly where fireworks are banned, or get sharp images for later. We also write projects that combine both.
Check your timetable
In a twenty-minute discussion, we tell you whether your project fits within the timetable, and in what form.