Paramount+ and Vivid Sydney create the Southern Hemisphere's largest drone and light show

With 600 drones, history was made last night over Sydney Harbour. For one night only, Paramount+ partnered with Vivid Sydney 2022 to dazzle audiences with the largest drone and light show ever seen in the Southern Hemisphere. Vivid Sydney is the annual festival of Light, Music and Ideas that runs from Friday, 27 May to Saturday, 18 June.

With the help of SKYMAGIC, Paramount+ transformed the sky into a canvas, as a fleet of 600 choreographed LED-equipped drones shape shifted and synchronised into 3D images and sequences, illustrating some of the streaming service’s stars and scenes.

Illuminating the Sydney skyline, the drones painted scenes and objects including a Mission Impossible countdown clock, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds’ U.S.S Enterprise, SpongeBob SquarePants himself, HALO’s Master Chief and Cortana’s voiceover, PAW Patrol’s Chase, Top Gun’s fighter jet, South Park’s orange-clad Kenny, and the brand-new logo for the crime-fighting local production, NCIS: Sydney.  

Ahead of the Paramount+ drone and light show display, Minister for enterprise, investment and trade, tourism and sport and Western Sydney Stuart Ayres said:

“Paramount+ and SKYMAGIC have wowed audiences across the globe with similar drone shows and I’m looking forward to a blockbuster display at Vivid Sydney 2022,” Ayres said.

“Vivid Sydney is an open invitation for Sydneysiders and visitors from Australia and the world to come and experience Sydney at its creative best after dark. The 2022 festival has been two years in the making and is not to be missed.”

“The NSW Government is proud to invest in signature events that capture the world’s attention, drive the NSW visitor economy and build Sydney’s reputation as the major events capital of the Asia Pacific.”

Wondering what it takes to create the biggest drone show in the Southern Hemisphere? Keep an eye out on Paramount+ social media channels this week for behind the scenes footage.