Avoiding smoke

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Ace13

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Hey everyone, just purchased the 100B, and I had some questions concerning smoke. I recall one person on here mentioning that his 100A didn't like smoke too much when he was filming a bar scene. I have quite a few scenes involving smoke throughout my movie. I was looking to use Fog machine smoke as well as have a few scenes using firework smoke bombs to engulf smoke around actors. I wouldn't think the fog machines would post a problem, but I could see the smoke bombs being bad. The reason I wanted to use the smoke bombs as well is because I wanted to have colored smoke. I also have a bar scene in my film where I wanted to have people smoking, but after hearing about the trouble another guy had on the board having the camera around smoke, I guess I would have to look into housing the camera in a plastic case or something.

Sam
 
i wouldnt worry to much about it. its not like you are blowing a cigars amount of smoke directly into the tape transport or storing your cam in a smoke filled room over long periods of time. i have shot in smoke filled bars and even had a fog machine engulf me and my cam several times without a problem. if you are real worried about it maybe tape up your tape door seam. i hope you are using the smoke bombs outside?
 
Actually no, I'll be inside with the smoke bombs unfortunately. I'll place them in pvc most likely and just ventilate the room. I wish they made colored smoke for the fog machines so I wouldn't have to use smoke bombs.
 
You could also consider:

1. Making a 'smoke' look in post
2. Use a filter
3. Use a particle emitter in post
4. If you have to use real smoke (fog) could you use lighting to 'color' it?
 
I did a fire-fighting training video, and shot from a very dense smoke-filled room. No problems (and looked great!), but my clothes stank for weeks afterwards.
 
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