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The Look on My Face Said It All | Pyrotechnics and Live Event Production

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The Look on My Face Said It All Field Notes from the Firing Line, Part One The Look on My Face Said It All is the first installment in Field Notes from the Firing Line, a Slightly Feral Media documentary series following Alethea Mehdipour’s path into pyrotechnics, live event production, concert production, special effects, stage management, and proximate pyro through the field-note voice of Laverna the Rockin’ Raccoon. The Long Fuse  The Long Fuse traces the early warning signs behind Alethea Mehdipour's path into pyrotechnics, from childhood fire curiosity and fireworks fascination to live event production, concert production, pyrotechnics and beyond. Field Notes from the Firing Line series.The raccoon has reviewed the evidence. This did not begin with J & M Displays. It did not begin with a license application. It did not begin with a safety class in a metal barn in rural Kansas. The first warning signs appeared much earlier. Aquanet. Bedroom walls. Brief fire. A mother with ...