Smoke Machine

Today we looked at and tested the smoke machine equipment our course has, whenever you need fog, mist or smoke in your production this machine will be your best option. The machine can be operational inside or outside but for the purposes of a demonstration we tested it inside in our studio. To use it inside the studio we had to follow precautions so there are no accidents or misunderstandings during the time we're using it, first thing to be aware of is to warn and alert the university and the building managers that you will be using the smoke machine as well as the fire department in case any alarms go off. To make sure the alarms don't go off we cover them with plastic caps that block the smoke from reaching the alarm. When using this in a production you want to make sure that none of your cast and crew have anything like asthma that will cause harm to them on set, there are different settings to the smoke machine and different intensities you can use to get the right smoke you want so it's best to know what you want for your shoot before hand or to experiment with the machine before the day of the shoot to be able to know how to operate it for when you want. We did a few tests with the smoke machine to see how it looked on camera and to see how effective it was, we incorporated lighting as well to see the different styles and effects it can produce and it was great experimenting with this equipment that could have so much potential in our future productions.