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Topic: fake wall
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protoCall7
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posted 05-30-2000 02:59 AM
ok, It has been a while, but the proto man is back with another great film, I need a character to lean agianst a wall and another character to run up and start making out with him, then the wall must collapse. Havnt got the money to remove any real walls or build fake rooms, so i was thinking about putting a fake wall over a doorframe without a door, but how to make it? any help would be appreicated.------------------
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shawnm
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posted 05-30-2000 04:23 AM
use that packing foam stuff or use this stuff called foam core which you can buy by the sheet, cut it up as you want and put it back together from bechind using paper stuck to it. |
Lordlour
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posted 05-30-2000 12:08 PM
It's probably already occured to you but: Be sure to remove all of the trim around the door frame, hinges and such too. Otherwise it'll look like a door frame.  |
Jeff F
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posted 05-30-2000 01:56 PM
Foam core is available in art supply and office supply stores. It is hard to find in sizes larger than 30 x 48 inches, and a bit on the expensive side.Try styrofoam insulating sheets found at building suppliers/home improvement stores. They are usually around 4 feet x 8 feet, but need a primer to hold paint. You can use Kilz or other stain blocker-primers, but an old theater trick is to water down white school glue (like Elmer's Glue) 3 parts glue to 1 part water (depending on how old & thick the glue already is) and paint it on as a primer. Now you can paint it with the cheapest flat interior house paint that you can find. ------------------
Jeff F - Magic and FX
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FXMan
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posted 05-30-2000 03:18 PM
Just as an addendum to Jeff F's post, and before anyone makes mention of this again, the sytrofoam insulation doesn't always mean that white beaded insulation either. I know there was recently some concern raised about it showing white and breaking off in those little white beads of insulation. But there are more dense NON beaded styrofoam insulations you can purchase that can be sawn through with hand saws, drilled, sliced and all manner of things. And if what you're worried about is seeing edges that show once broken, why not go the route of having an actor break through the sheet you're going to use, scoring it for ease of breaking through, painting the broken edges to look like wallboard, then reassembling it lightly with a light adhesive and maybe a piece of wall paper as someone had already suggested to hold it all together. Then along with scoring the back and it already being PRE-BROKEN as it would when they'd hit it during whatever stunt you plan to do, then it should break through easily.Just some crazy ideas, thinking, thinking. FXMan |
opperman
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posted 05-30-2000 07:16 PM
Well couldn't you have a shot of them making out then cut to a close up shot of them making out so that the camera wouldnt see the door frame just the wall collapsing and the hole it creates..or you could just have a small portion of the wall break..have the rest of the wall stay in tact around the door frame....------------------
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lyvewyer
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posted 05-30-2000 08:20 PM
balsa wood, lotsa balsa wood.------------------
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Tonka2bad
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posted 05-31-2000 09:45 PM
Just use drywall and score it before you shoot it.------------------
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