fake water

[lilflip]

how can i make it look like water is falling from the ceiling without using water?

[NickJones]

Projection, Gobos & Gels, Special Effect Lights,
All will work, what's your budget? What's the set like?
Nick

[Les]

Hmm, tie lots of heavy gauge fishing line to all the battens and anchor it to the floor. Then project rotating gobos on to it.

I've never tried it but it could work! Dangerous, but effective (how would you like to walk through THAT dark stage?

[derekleffew]

Typing "rain" into the searchbox yields approx. 260 returns: http://www.controlbooth.com/forums/s...rain&sa=Go#901.

[lilflip]

its for the wedding singer and we have not started the set yet

[NickJones]

Well, if you can arange to have a solid wall where you want the rain to be, then projection is by far your easiest option, although I do like Les's idea.
Nick

[cdub260]

Saran Wrap and gobo rotators.

You'll find an example of this effect in the photo gallery on the Pageant of the Masters' website.

[icewolf08]

One of the most interesting solutions that I have seen for this problem is to buy unfilled gel-caps (like for medicine or blood capsules). Put them in a dispenser above the stage much like a snow drum and drop them. They are light and they sparkle, and when they hit the deck they sound like rain. You can drop them into a container to collect them and the strays can just be swept up.

[lilflip]

what is a snow drum?

[Van]

Drill a bunch of 1/4" holes in a 6" diameter PVC pipe. Fill the pipe with rice. < that's funny I just typo-ed and the sentence said fill the pope with rice.> When you rotate the pipe like a snow drum the rice will fall out and tinkle onto the stage. It's a lovely effect that's been used for years in Singin in the rain. It's a good idea to build a trough area to catch the rice. or use the effect at an act break so you can clean up the stage, but it's a great sound and look.

Use Dereks suggestion and search too. It's a great tool. Now I have to go see if Snow Drum is in the wikki.....