2mojo2
Active Member
We are running Guys and Dolls this Spring and will need a breakaway wine bottle for the brawl scene in Havana.
I assured the students that it would be no problem, I would just order prop bottles.
We will need 4 for performance plus at LEAST 2 for rehearsal.
I am a little shocked to see that they run $20 apiece, sold in packs of 6.
One source suggests that I buy three times as many as I will need because they are so fragile.
I would hate to have only one left for the last performance (Murphy's Law, you know).
That gets us up to about $400 for a one-second effect.
I looked into the process for making the mold and sugarglass.
It looks do-able enough but fairly labor intensive.
The district safety office would go ballistic if I had the students do it, but they (the students) might enjoy the challenge.
What is your experience?
Has anyone gone to the length of making the mold and the bottles?
Is there a less expensive source?
Do you really need so many spares?
I assured the students that it would be no problem, I would just order prop bottles.
We will need 4 for performance plus at LEAST 2 for rehearsal.
I am a little shocked to see that they run $20 apiece, sold in packs of 6.
One source suggests that I buy three times as many as I will need because they are so fragile.
I would hate to have only one left for the last performance (Murphy's Law, you know).
That gets us up to about $400 for a one-second effect.
I looked into the process for making the mold and sugarglass.
It looks do-able enough but fairly labor intensive.
The district safety office would go ballistic if I had the students do it, but they (the students) might enjoy the challenge.
What is your experience?
Has anyone gone to the length of making the mold and the bottles?
Is there a less expensive source?
Do you really need so many spares?