Binhai regularly puts on Hollywood-style shows, complete with special effects, fireworks and actors dressed as renegade pirates.

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With its special DJ Effects and DJ Lighting features, as well as its ability to support mic input, an evening of entertainment will never be the same again.

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Some cameras even allow interesting special effects, such as sepia-toning, with onboard software.

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With its wildly over the top mansions, impossible crowd scenes and special effects you might just as easily be watching a movie about young wizards at Hogwarts or the interstellar adventures of the starship Enterprise.

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