The FIFA U17 World Cup is one of football’s largest events, with teams competing for national glory under the watchful eyes of talent scouts from the world’s biggest football clubs. The U17 World Cup showcases the talents of schoolboys from around the world, giving them a taste of top level competition. Inside Out Productions devised an opening ceremony to reflect the friendly nature of this competition and its participants. Using a cast of hundreds, massive flags of the participating nations and large-scale inflatable planets, the spectacle was broadcast live around the world, setting the stage for the upcoming generation of footballers.

Briefed to create a memorable stunt using their company logo, Inside Out Productions set out to make Contact Electricity a household name in New Zealand. A stunt is by its nature a singular event, so it has to be noticed and remembered. Inside Out Productions had to find something everyone associated with electricity that was friendly enough to promote the brand and announce the company’s presence. A massive 30m x 30m smiling and winking plug, created out of 1,000 lights and 2500 watts of power was made, giving enormous exposure to the new company, which was enhanced by having its logo set on a floating crane carrying the plug sailing around the entire Auckland Harbour.

To herald in the new Millenium, Mike Mizrahi and Marie Adams were commissioned by The Auckland City Council and The Millenium Office Of New Zealand to create a free family spectacular. Sections of this 3-hour event were broadcast live to an estimated 2 billion viewers worldwide. It was the largest free event production ever staged in New Zealand. An unforgettable, artistic, highly visual, seamless extravaganza, that mapped out the history of New Zealand and the world through two Millenia. Inside Out Productions also created this huge production for the anticipated 300,000 live audience. State of the art technology including a screen two thirds the size of a football pitch, massive lighting effects, large-scale special effects and enormous props. Complementing these visual delights, live music was played by the Auckland Philharmonic Orchestra and a 200 voice strong choir supporting cast of 1000.