The Community College I work at is putting on Willy Wonka. If you remember from the movie there's a room with the Fizzy Lifting Drink where there are bubbles every where and Charlie and Grandpa Joe start floating up.
After refusing to have anything to do with trying to lift two actors by just attaching them to a batten, we are going to do it all with effects. And bubble machines were thrown out because of how they make the floor too slick.
The look I'm trying to create are bubbles that are floating up that will be seen on the curtain above the actors, than as the actors "float up" the bubble images will lower, (or additional lights would be turned on) and be seen on and around them. My director would really like to see the motion of the bubbles going up.
I have six VariLite 2500 Spot units that I know have a dots gobo and that when placed with the rotating Prism, and slightly out of focus can look like bubbles but I'm not sure it will give me the upward motion I'm looking for.
Not sure what is out there as far as F/X accessories are concerned that could help me with this.
Luckily I was informed by my director that we have some money to throw at this problem.
I'm really open to any suggestions and am looking forward to the replies.
(addition: I also have 3 ClayPaky Alpha Spot HPE 300s and a lot (30) of i-cues at my disposal. As well as plenty of SourceFours to attach accessories to.)
After refusing to have anything to do with trying to lift two actors by just attaching them to a batten, we are going to do it all with effects. And bubble machines were thrown out because of how they make the floor too slick.
The look I'm trying to create are bubbles that are floating up that will be seen on the curtain above the actors, than as the actors "float up" the bubble images will lower, (or additional lights would be turned on) and be seen on and around them. My director would really like to see the motion of the bubbles going up.
I have six VariLite 2500 Spot units that I know have a dots gobo and that when placed with the rotating Prism, and slightly out of focus can look like bubbles but I'm not sure it will give me the upward motion I'm looking for.
Not sure what is out there as far as F/X accessories are concerned that could help me with this.
Luckily I was informed by my director that we have some money to throw at this problem.
I'm really open to any suggestions and am looking forward to the replies.
(addition: I also have 3 ClayPaky Alpha Spot HPE 300s and a lot (30) of i-cues at my disposal. As well as plenty of SourceFours to attach accessories to.)