live or on video.
I assume it's the falling smoke that you mean at the start?
on video, and yea its the falling mist or fine rain or smoke or whatever it is at the start!!
if it is, then it may be this....
In the old days, Dry Ice was used to create a "spooky mist/rolling fog" effect in live theatre/rock. It's dense and low lying.
Smoke effect hangs in the air and is a more ethereal atmospheric effect that helps show off lights. The Genesis light curtain is a row of PAR cans that uses smoke to reveal the beams and looks pretty cool.
These days cooled smoke drops to the floor to give a similar efect as dy ice and this may be what is on the start of the video. It's basically a water based oil that's heated up (which would hang or rise in the thermal currents of the lighting) but is pumped through a big water ice store so that it's cold and falls.
something like this
http://www.djanddiscostuff.com/prodpage.asp?prodid=1767
but above the stage to make a falling effect
I could be wrong.....
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that took ages to type.
On video's differentand i don't have a clue!
It's behind the talent so you'd need to create a matte or key it out and insert a video of the effect I guess
do you think this effect was created on video or live?
i want to do it however they did it to make it look as good!
dont think it was the dry ice technique tho
it looks to me to be a live effect but you tube does things to the video so it's hard to tell.
I've seen falling smoke used live before and it's similar
yeah - fog machine - you can get 'em online for as little as £20. If you're planning on using it in a similar c/u shot you probably wouldn't need one that's too big anyway.
I've used a mid sized one for a card game and ghostly flashback scene in a large room using a series of mid shots and close ups and it's not easy to achieve continuity if you're aiming for a thick, swirling fog/smoke effect, easier if you dissipate the fog for a lighter effect. It's effective when used in low light with creative lighting.
You can also get a free plugin for FCP/FCE if you're a mac user called 'Silk and Fog' but the fog effect isn't too convincing.
but its more of a rainy effect than a fog effect dont you think??
i'm gonna check out the fog machine and see what they do
It may be something as simple as filming smoke and then rotating the picture 180 degrees.
robo
It looks like the person in front of the smoke is superimposed in which case you could just film some smoke and pan through it.