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magicsoup Elite user 461 Posts |
I'm in a play and we need someone to disappear in a puff of smoke. Anyone have any ideas on how to make a puff of smoke. We want something like what you might see in a ninja movie where they throw something down and make a sudden cloud of smoke. Any help would be appreciated.
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Kent Messmer Veteran user Montana 337 Posts |
Is that what you want to happen? Ninja style? or will a flash pot work?
If you want to make a ninja ball I can tell you how to make one. Just PM me. Kent |
Mike Maturen Inner circle Michigan's Beautiful Sunrise Side 2726 Posts |
You could do the same effect without using a ninja ball. Just use a flash pot, and have the actor throw something benign at the ground where the flashpot will go off. Just make sure you get the timing right.
I used to make homemade flashpots out of household fuses.
Mike Maturen
World of Wonder Entertainment The Magic and Mayhem of Mike Maturen 989-335-1661 mikematuren@gmail.com AUTHOR OF "A NEW DAWN--Weekly Wisdom From Everyday Life" member: International Magician's Society |
Ray Pierce Inner circle Los Angeles, CA 2607 Posts |
This is really a black powder effect and it wuld be better to check in the pyro (Up In Smoke) column.
Ray Pierce
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Howie Diddot Inner circle San Francisco & Los Angeles California 3288 Posts |
Magicsoup;
Depending on the number of performances you planning on; it would be really impressive if you blew up the performers using something like Nitro; that means when they disappear you would need a new actor to replace the one you lost. It would make a terrific ending to the play. Just a suggestion if you can’t find another way to “make them disappear” |
Mike Maturen Inner circle Michigan's Beautiful Sunrise Side 2726 Posts |
Howie: If they do the play in the Middle East, it wouldn't be amazing at all...happens every day over there.
Mike Maturen
World of Wonder Entertainment The Magic and Mayhem of Mike Maturen 989-335-1661 mikematuren@gmail.com AUTHOR OF "A NEW DAWN--Weekly Wisdom From Everyday Life" member: International Magician's Society |
Howie Diddot Inner circle San Francisco & Los Angeles California 3288 Posts |
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On 2011-05-05 22:20, Mike Maturen wrote: Mike; I totally agree with the concept, you must do anything and everything to make the show realistic to the audience, and if you must lose a few along the way…. Mike, one more question, If California is the west; and Maine is in the east, and Chicago is the mid west, is the Middle East like….Ohio, or Indiana? LOL |
Mike Maturen Inner circle Michigan's Beautiful Sunrise Side 2726 Posts |
Actually, it would probably be southeastern Michigan.
All joking aside, Dearborn, Michigan has the largest Middle-Eastern population outside of the Middle East. Love your posts, Howie...keep 'em coming!
Mike Maturen
World of Wonder Entertainment The Magic and Mayhem of Mike Maturen 989-335-1661 mikematuren@gmail.com AUTHOR OF "A NEW DAWN--Weekly Wisdom From Everyday Life" member: International Magician's Society |
magicsoup Elite user 461 Posts |
Hey guys, this was indoors at a church. Pyro was out! We ended up using a shot of fog as satan ducked behind a 'mountain'
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Mike Maturen Inner circle Michigan's Beautiful Sunrise Side 2726 Posts |
Glad it all worked out!
Mike Maturen
World of Wonder Entertainment The Magic and Mayhem of Mike Maturen 989-335-1661 mikematuren@gmail.com AUTHOR OF "A NEW DAWN--Weekly Wisdom From Everyday Life" member: International Magician's Society |
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