Spastic_Squint
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I am getting ready to work on a production of Mary Poppins and there is a specific effect in which Mr. Banks tears up the kid's "advertisement" and throws it into the fireplace. It is then sucked up the chimney and it is very important that the audience sees it because this is the first instance of "magic" in the show.
For our production, the fireplace is a rolling unit, and the best idea I have come up with so far is to have multiple sets of paper. The first one is torn up and thrown in behind the logs by the actor. The second one is pre-torn, strung together with fishing line, pre-set behind the logs, and pulled up for the effect. My fear is that this is going to look terribly cheesy. Has anyone else done this effect before/has an alternative ideas?
For our production, the fireplace is a rolling unit, and the best idea I have come up with so far is to have multiple sets of paper. The first one is torn up and thrown in behind the logs by the actor. The second one is pre-torn, strung together with fishing line, pre-set behind the logs, and pulled up for the effect. My fear is that this is going to look terribly cheesy. Has anyone else done this effect before/has an alternative ideas?