Lights! Camera! Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg explained

Lights! Camera! Action!
Hosted by Steven Spielberg
Location:Universal Studios Singapore
Section:New York
Status:Open
Location2:Universal Studios Beijing
Section2:Hollywood Boulevard
Altname2:Lights Camera Action!
Status2:Open
Type:Special Effects Show
Theme:Filmmaking
Virtual Queue Name:Universal Express
Virtual Queue Image:Universal Express availability.svg
Custom Label 1:Show host
Custom Value 1:Steven Spielberg (Singapore)
Steven Spielberg and Zhang Yimou (Beijing)
Custom Label 2:Height restriction
Custom Value 2:Adult supervision required if under 122cm (48inches)

Lights! Camera! Action! Hosted by Steven Spielberg is a show attraction located in the New York zone of Universal Studios Singapore at Resorts World Sentosa and the Hollywood zone of Universal Studios Beijing at Tongzhou District, Beijing (under the name Lights, Camera, Action!, featuring Zhang Yimou and Steven Spielberg).[1] The attraction premiered in Universal Studios Singapore on March 18, 2010,[2] and in Universal Studios Beijing on September 20, 2021.[3]

Summary

Pre-show

From the main queue line, guests are directed to one of 3 smaller lines which lead to 3 separate rows in the pre-show room. Once inside, Steven Spielberg (Steven Spielberg and Zhang Yimou in Universal Studios Beijing), appears on a video projection screen, gives a brief introduction to the use of sound stages and special effects in movies. A video montage showcasing special effects from various films is then shown, after which the audience is then briefed by Spielberg about the scene they will see on the main sound stage.

Singapore

Set in an old boating house of New York City a Category 4 Hurricane, which turns into a Category 5 Hurricane batters New York City.

Beijing

Set in Shanghai, a super typhoon batters Shanghai.

Post Pre-show

After the pre-show, the audience still keeps to their 3 separate rows, enter the main sound stage, which is modelled after the interior of a boathouse in New York City (Shanghai for the Beijing version). Once the command to roll cameras has been given, a news broadcast will be shown about the hurricane or typhoon, urging the audience to remain calm, the sky (a projection of the NYC or Shanghai skyline outside the boathouse windows) darkens, thunder and lightning fill the room, heavy rain pours through the ceiling, and the audience is immersed in various effects such as strong wind, intense fire, signboards crashing through the roof, the boathouse windows blowing away, movement of the platform they are standing on, and a huge cargo ship (coming from the left in Singapore and right in Beijing) slamming through the boathouse entrance. This part of the show lasts approximately 3 minutes. Once the show is over, the audience exit the sound stage and emerge into the New York zone of the theme park.

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: 2019-10-14 . First Look: The Creative Vision of Universal Studios Beijing . Comcast . 2021-11-10.
  2. Web site: Lights! Camera! Action! – New York – Universal Studios Singapore. Resorts World Sentosa. 27 August 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20111005115909/http://www.rwsentosa.com/language/en-US/Attractions/UniversalStudiosSingapore/RidesShows/NewYork/LightsCameraAction. 5 October 2011. dead.
  3. News: Davis . Rebecca . 2021-09-21 . Universal Beijing Resort Draws Sold-Out Crowds on Grand Opening Day . en-US . 2021-11-10.