Leaves falling off a tree

[blackisthenewblack]

Depending on the form and size of the tree and its branches, you could make the branches out of something that can act like a filter on a vent, then maintain suction on all of the branches with an vacuum, stick the leaves to the branches, then release them by turning the vacuum off.

The leaves would have to be very lightweight for this to work and malleable enough in shape that they would contort to the filter and maintain suction between the leaves and the filters.

Plastic pipe of a general flexible plumbing variety, drill holes to your heart's content. Cover in painted muslin or scrim type fabric, attach vacuum cleaner and presto. Going to be ridiculously noisy, especially if there are any mics on set, but reset is easy. Just throw the leaves in the air, till they all stick

 

[Morydd]

Just through the leaves in the air, till they all stick

I was thinking the same could work with the electromagnet theory.

 

[Morydd]

Let's face every variation of how to do this is going to require an hour or so to reset and someone on the crew will hate you more and more every night.

I work in a high school, so the labor is free, and by tech week, they already hate me a little bit.