Mini-Pyro Tests: Collapsible Model

Using my trusty Casio EX-FH25 camera shooting at 240 frames-per-second, here are two tests of a collapsible model building being blown up. They are experiments aimed at eventually producing a shot of a bunker exploding inside a large (and somewhat strange) building (hence the weird arched structure), and are for a friend's full-length film which is nearing completion. These shots used a model brick wall made from rigid polyurethane foam cast in a generic brick wall mould I had left over from an earlier project; the rigid foam is relatively easy to cut up into small pieces. The second shot was an attempt to simulate a night-time look, as per my friend's original live-action footage. The massive cracks in the model's walls are a result of my not having devised a suitable framwork for the walls to be built on, something I'm working on for my next tests. As with other clips I've shot, the flickering is due to the lighting but as I'll be shooting the actual footage on 16mm film and can adjust the frame rate more finely, I should be able to eliminate this.

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Entertainment

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• mini-pyro
• vfx
• miniatures
• miniature pyrotechnics
• pyrotechnics
• Casio EX-FH25
• mini pyro
• casio ex-fh
• excilim
• high-speed
• slow-motion