Thai Style Pyro

In 2004 I worked on a film in Thailand, the local pyro guys were very good at making effects from everyday items, they had methods I had never seen before and taught me many great tricks of their trade.



They sourced a gum rosin which made a excellent dry fireball, but due to a language barrier and secret mens business the real idenity and other uses of this gum rosin was never found.

I have great respect for the way those
Thai pyrotechnicians could do their trade on a shoe string budget, every pyro device hand made just before the shot.

In return we taught them some of our safe methods, doing large explosive effects close to stunt personel and extras, also a quiet cannon effect was something we demonstrated.

Nearly every material we used was derived from the humble coconut, so we called it applied coconut technology, ACT.

Web links.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thailand
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_effects
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunpowder
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosion
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physics
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chemistry

Category:

Science & Technology

Tags:

• special effects
• pyro
• coconut
• pyrotechnician
• explosives
• stunts
• cannon
• film
• thailand
• fireworks
• khmer
• adobe
• powder
• boom

[Eso8911]

anyone else see the Thai singles dating site add to the side?

[leokimvideo]

@Eso8911 yes this video always attracts these ad's

i say adsense, no sense..!

[nisornt]

I'm a Thai living in AUS. I love Thailand, wish the country was more developed.

[leokimvideo]

@nisornt i actually like the way it's not developed, thats the real charm

what is sad is seeing all the western food companies setting up in Thailand, hell why would you buy McDonalds in a country which has some of the finest food in the world

I loved the street food there and the absolute hospitility of Thai people when they ate, I was so often invited to sit in on large family meals

The Pad Thai in Thailand is amazing, so different to the version you see in Oz

[Eklucky4]

โอโหกว่า จะได้ฉากหนึ่งลงทุนสูงมากๆ เลยนะ

[apirom77]

Thai Style Pyro 

[AsiaKiddo]

Can you tell me the name of the film ?

[leokimvideo]

@koblarb blocked

[zappaslur99]

ตำนานสมเด็จพระนเรศวร

[koblarb]

@sonofabitchpantamiid You think I GIVE A FUCK BOUT THAT I DON'T FUCKING CARE IF MY MOMS A WHORE OR I GOT A SMALL DICK BUT FUCK YOU ASSHOLE GODDAMN TROLLMOTHER FUCKKA IF YOU WANNA BLAME MY COUNTRY FOR A FUCKING HIV GO AND FUCK YOURSELF!

[Sinderking]

@doatlife No need to promote yourself too obvious, mate.

[gutwo1991]

ว๊าวววววว

เบื่องหลังหนังเรื่องไรเนี้ย

[sonofabitchpantamiid]

@koblarb whore country , one of whore is your mum , monkey small dick

[koblarb]

@sonofabitchpantamiid 1 word from me "Go FUck yourself". That's What you always think cuz you don't know us thai people.