May 15, 2015
Developed for a project that subsequently never went ahead, this simple shot was actually created completely in-camera, using a whole bunch of incense, some carefully positioned lights, and a pre-programmed lighting cue played out of QLAB and QLC+ that simulated the explosion. This was even just filmed in the front room of a house! The trick that sells it is the carefully programmed 'flickering' of multiple light sources for the explosion, as well as the smoke creating a sense of depth to the 'explosion', which is actually contained in about a one metre area. Of course, the amount of work the sound design does to make the image look better is easy to overlook - as sound design often does.