I'm planning a shoot in a little over a week... I haven't been able to find a local place that rents a hazer (or diffusion fogger, whatever they want to call it), that would produce an on camera "beam" from a flashlight, and besides my finances are stretched kind of thin and I may not be able to afford it. The shots are fairly quick and tight so I don't think anything really elaborate will be needed.
Any recommendations on tricks that can produce such an affect that is fairly simple and cheap?
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I just recently filmed a scene just like this and I brought a smoke machine. I Think if you want this effect there is no way of getting around it - you need a smoke/fog machine.
I suppose you could try and add it in digitally after but that would take ALOT of time and i don't think it would work too well IMO
Rob - UK
Rob - UK
I definitely don't want to do it digitally... if I can't find some way to do it in camera I'll have to settle for no beams.
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If it is only the beams you are after, then you can utilise Dry Ice in Water. This will create CO2 gas, that can then be blown, lightly as it can very quickly disappate. Also due to it's temperature it will hang close to the floor if you don't try and move it around. The dry ice can then be put behind the fan which will suck the gas and blow it out in direction you want. To have it simply fill the set in this stagnant pool of mist then you will need to wait and be in an enclosed space and keep the temperature down, at night might work dendning on where you are filming.
Smoke machines is certainly one way, burning someone on set to create smoke can be hazardous depending on what your burn as most things you can burn will also provide a smoke that isn't white or soft and light will be very much absorbed by it.
I guess the question would come as to what is the effect meant to be. Is it Fog, is it smoke, or something else. Another trick which I wouldn't recommend as well but it might work is use a Corn Flour or Corn Starch it is a very fine power, then have a fan, blowing in a couple of directions these can be simple consumer fans, and toss the flour into the fan. It can get messy and make sure that the Camera is sealed in a bag.
Each of these are suggestions and nothing I think will be as close to reproducing the smoke machine or fogger effect. But I hope these suggestion migth help a little.
Thanks
Michael
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'burning someone on set to create smoke can be hazardous '
I don't want to work for you !!
Rob - UK
Rob - UK
That was meant to be something. But my mind and fingers weren't as one that day.
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