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Does any of you know how to detonate a firecracker usin a nailboard or something like that?? Some links or drawings may be good.:(

DO IT THE EASY WAY BASTRD!!!!!!!!!!:DPut some 3M reflective tape above the eyelid and place a ligth source besides your camera, this will loock REAL and pretty CONVINCING AND COOL!!!!!!!:D:D;)

I would have loved to see it .!!!!!!!
can someone re post it???!!!!:(:(

I know they use neon-orange marks on gree/blue screen to create a grid on it , so that the computer can track the camera's motion and attach the background plate to it so that it reacts to the camera's movements but don't know how the *#$)!@*- to do it!!!!!!!!!!
DO ANYONE KNOWS HOW TO ??????

Youcan use black wires and film the flying in a night scenario, adding fog can aslo work for hidding the cables from the camera. Be creative make GOOD use of camera angles:D:D:D

Pretty cool Insert_Coin:Drf
I have done that effect by other methods, using climbing equipment and wires but never tought about doing it your way. Mine loocks more REALISTIC, but yours is less time consuming.

You can use a scale miniature and do it with black powder. If you build this on a wood panel, make a hole so that you can place a small blackpowder and gasoline charge in it, so it is out of the camera's fiel of view. Then turn the miniature upside down so that when the charge explode the fireball w...

Many times CGI loocks like cr**. you can use sugar glass or make a miniature of the wall and the window (like 1/8 or 1/6 scale) with sugar or real glass in green/blue screen, then superimpose it and maybee use some CGI particles to enhance it. Then superimpose it were it should be on the set.

CGI will loock fake and doing it without destroying everything will loock even worts!!!!! BUT......... Maybe filling empty gotcha shells with fullers earth ant cement powder may be what you are loocking for. You will have to clean the mess but it won't damage the surfaces :D Wall-Mart sells cheap se...

If you don't have a hole dug in the ground out of camera's view, the technique of having the actor hide behind something might look stupidly obvious, spoiling the surprise. (BAD FOR YOU) You can acomplish this very efectively by combining 2 layers of video. THE CAMERA MUST BE FIXED TO A TRIPOD IN TH...

you can also have the panel hanging on fishing lines(the ones that hold about 50lbs.) and place a party ballon filled with propane on top of the panel that is going to blow. The ballon creates a smoke-less fire ball, so you have to scater talcum powder or dry cement powder on top of the panel. Then ...

Maybe wrapping the fuse of the firecracker over a e-match might work. TEST THIS FIRTS , I have never tried it!:o

You can try to use a computer battery(a.k.a. UPC). Those work prety good for about 10 minutes.;) The main purpose of a UPC is togive you time to shut down your computer when there is a power down. They usually have about 10 mins. of power. You can get that into the car and attach a multiplug with al...

Better than liquid or molotov bombs, there is propane gas if you use liquid or a FRAGMENTING GLASS GRANEDE (a.k.a. MOLOTOV) , it will probably splatter everywhere. You can't really predict the exact direction that the liquid OR GLASS is gona' take. If you fill a party balloon with propane gas, depen...

Better than liquid, there is propane gas:D if you use liquid, it will probably splatter everywhere. You can't really predict the exact direction that the liquid is gona' take. If you fill a party balloon with propane gas, depending on how much you fill it up and wind's direction, you will have a pre...

I'm planning to shoot a fight in front of a blue screen. I'm using blue-painted wires to fly the actors. As they get hit, the camera moves backwards with them so that it will be less noticeable that I'm using Croma. I remember having seen people place neon-orange balls (or tape) in their blue/green ...

Deodorants create a jet of fire,not an
explosion or a ball of fire.For a more realistic
effect you can use propane-filled ballons
to make a REAL mushrom of fire.There are
a lot of piro pages with pictures of this
going off!!! hope this helps, this is my first
post in this forum!:)