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Try Gym chalk (magnesiun carbonate). This is the white powder that gymnasts, climbers, weightlifters, etc. use to keep their hands dry. It looks like real cocaine and we gymnasts are always joking about this on the gym.

Baby powder will not do the trick.(maybe baby powder WITH white glitter on it) On Titanic, they used a product used also in beer commercials called "Ice Powder". It's a fine dust-like powder that coagulates and "crystallizes" into fake ice. Beer commercials use this product becau...

With the things I said above I didn’t meant to offend anybody or anything like that (my apologies). But come on guys, use common sense (which is the least common of all the senses). Don't waste your time and other's time by posting pointless replies. This forum features some of the best topic...

WOW !!! That was awesome "FabianJansen"!!!!!!! The best LINK I've ever seen!!!!! :? GOOD!!! Keep up the good work buddy!!! If I where "Asbjørn" I would have been very happy and anxious to find out that someone replied to my post and then very angry to find out that it was just...

Those blank's m. flashes look a lot like the m. flashes created by placing a exploding firecracker insede a 1/4'' copper tube behind a BB gun (by "behind" I mean the side not seen by the camera). That's the technique I use. Pretty cool for those like me that don't have access to a real gun...

you can also use white tempera paint....

detonationfilms.com have plans for making a safety camera enclosurre (A.K.A. Dangercam) UFProductions couldn´t have said it better. A small tile of plexy or lexan in a wood pannel is waaaaaaay cheaper than buying a 6x6 piece, common sence here buddy!!!!!. Remmenber also the black clothes and to a...

also.... I couldn´t download the video, it seems that it is unavailable now

the tutorial..... is it ready ????

You can wear spandex clothes underneath the harness and costume you´re useing. A good harness doesn´t have to be unconfortable. It is supposed to be really thight but that doesn´t mean it needs to be unconfortable so that it´s safe to use it. I have bought some harnesses over the past fe...

Easier: find a long pole or pvc pipe of about 8 feets in lenght. Find it's center and hang it by there with a rope. Attach the camera (looking down) from one end of the pipe and counterweights in the other end. Hang the pole from the ceiling and place your actor below the hanging point. Now give it ...

For Special FX: "Secrets of Hollywood's special Effects" by Robert E. McArthy. It has a bit of EVERYTHING regarding FX: pyro, flying, rain, snow, cars, guns, squibs, etc.

It's about $50.00(US) BUT IT"S WORTH EVERY PENNY !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

For soundproofing, you can buy rolls or tiles of cork and then glue them to the walls. It works best on a carpeted room. A spray sealer is often used on "pimped-out" cars, it's a lot more expensive and you'll need a looooooooooot of cans of the stuff to cover a wall.

halloween hair coloring spray

I contacted a machine shop that will be buildind some "fly bars" for me. A fly/spread bar is a steel triangle used for flying actor, so that they don't get entangled with the wires. They want to se pictures for reference. I tried to find some of my post about this buth I couldn't find the ...

No. They use a motion controled camera rig. This means that the camera records exactly the same angle of the diver and the panning, zooming, etc. every time "fired". They use a computer to program the motion path of the camera. A motion sensor located in the far back of the diving platform...

By the way, this is the first time that cameras have been used under water for the Olympics This is the firs time they used a ROBOTIC DOLLY CAMERA underwater. In past olimpics, they got underwater footage taken by divers located at the corners of the pool. They used a similar camera than the one us...

that is a set of tiles that flip over when a pressure sensitive patch on the side of the pool is hit, (As in, from a swimmer pushing off it) that flip over and show the flag. WTF!!!! :shock: :shock: How in hell did you came up with that idea???!?!?!? :roll: :roll: That kind of technology (flipping ...

I'm thinking that they get word of the exact cam position ahead of time I don't think soo because I once saw the cam wabble a bit and the graphics stayed correctly between the lanes (the graphics moved allong with the lanes, like if they were attached to the water) :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil: :evil...

Does somebody know EXACTLY how they "project" the athlethe's flag and name in each lane in the pool??? The NFL, ESPN, ect. also use this technology to project a red line in football games (to mark the ball's possition at each play) I noticed that there are some black "dots" all a...

you can use green screen to overimpose the actor before the buss passes by. When the buss pasess, simply turn the layer with the actor off. (or use a mask and an empty plate= just 2 layers) The problem with filming in 3 different layers in the outside is that the sun´s light will get dimmer and d...

Also, if you have some time, check the local gymnastics centers for adult classes. We have on around here where they run once a week at $10 CAD per session Where do you live?????? I´m from P.R. and a single PRIVATE class is $25.00 USD!!!!!! I´m a gymnast and it´s impossible to do such stun...

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Candle Trick http://www.phys.ufl.edu/demo/6_Optics/A_GeometricOptics/CandleTrick.jpg Shows the reflection of light from a candle on a glass sheet. Two candles appear to be burning but one of them is not lit (the one at the right). A good example of how Disney World does a lot of their tricks. (*****...

THIS CAN BE SOOOOOOO EASILLY AND SAFELY ACOMPLISHED, but only if you have imagination and attention to detail. If youre watching TV near a glass door or a glass pannel, you can see that the TV's image gets reflected in it. If you look closely, (and have imagination) you will see the reflectin as a f...