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foot steps foot steps Okay, I came across this special effects book that had lots of things other companies did on there sets for practical effects. This came from the original invisible man; they had him walking through snow. They had a board that had cutouts in the shape of footprints...

1940's props 1940's props What state are you in? This might help with the reply. I am in Dallas and we have a couple of prop houses that will rent stuff pretty cheap. And if you can schedule your shoot to where you only need the object for a day or two it works out well for them too...

sparking wires sparking wires Thanks for the feed back. I will talk to our film editor about this and see what he can do for us before we get to this point of filming. I just thought it would be fun to play with some real sparking, make the actor really jump…just kidding.

sparks from wires sparks from wires Okay, I did a little more research on this and found some guys who used a car battery with a metal plate to make real sparks. Anyone else tried this? Thanks, Keith

I am building the interior of a spacecraft for a short that might become a pilot for a feature length production. In the ship things go wrong and I would like to have wires sparking. Any help would appreciated, Keith

Thanks for the welcome Thanks for the welcome Had a fun weekend working on our new short. Lots of new and challenging shots for this one. This is the first triller we have worked on, our other works have been more dramatic in nature. We had the oppertunity to work with a wounderful FX...

Hello gang, My name is Keith and I work with a Production group out of North Texas. We started out making commercial videos and slowly worked our way into entertainment. We have several shorts along with one feature under our belt, but we still learn something new all the time. We are in...