Chemistry Special Effects Movie: Furious 101
Chemistry Concepts
Flame Bubbles:
The fire seen in this video was created with some dish soap, water and natural gas. This combustion effect was created by mixing dish soap and water until bubbly. Then, instead of making bubbles with air, a tube with natural gas flow was inserted into the mixture and thus created bubbles filled with gas. the the bubble were ignited and set off a reaction chain of bubbles to create a large plume of fire.
Dry Ice:
The dry ice effect was created by mixing dry ice and water. The water is melting the ice, but since the atmospheric pressure is not great enough to hold the ice in liquid form, it goes through a process called sublimation, that transfers it straight from a solid to a gas. This gives of a smoke effect.
Blood Splatter:
The blood in the blood splatter was created using water, corn syrup, flour and red and blue food dye. The flour was mixed in to the wet water and corn syrup mixture to give it a thicker consistency of blood. This mixture is a colloid because the flour particles, though evenly dispersed, have not bonded with the rest of the mixture nor settled to the bottom. The red food dye made themixture look like blood and the blue was added in to make it look darker and more realistic.
The fire seen in this video was created with some dish soap, water and natural gas. This combustion effect was created by mixing dish soap and water until bubbly. Then, instead of making bubbles with air, a tube with natural gas flow was inserted into the mixture and thus created bubbles filled with gas. the the bubble were ignited and set off a reaction chain of bubbles to create a large plume of fire.
Dry Ice:
The dry ice effect was created by mixing dry ice and water. The water is melting the ice, but since the atmospheric pressure is not great enough to hold the ice in liquid form, it goes through a process called sublimation, that transfers it straight from a solid to a gas. This gives of a smoke effect.
Blood Splatter:
The blood in the blood splatter was created using water, corn syrup, flour and red and blue food dye. The flour was mixed in to the wet water and corn syrup mixture to give it a thicker consistency of blood. This mixture is a colloid because the flour particles, though evenly dispersed, have not bonded with the rest of the mixture nor settled to the bottom. The red food dye made themixture look like blood and the blue was added in to make it look darker and more realistic.
Cinematic
Black Screen Technique:
All of the chemistry effects in our video were created by a black screen technique. This technique utilizes a black background behind a moving image. When an object is placed in front of the background then there is a clear color difference between the black and the object. The editing software can then differentiate this border and key out the black leaving only the solid effect.
All of the chemistry effects in our video were created by a black screen technique. This technique utilizes a black background behind a moving image. When an object is placed in front of the background then there is a clear color difference between the black and the object. The editing software can then differentiate this border and key out the black leaving only the solid effect.
Conclusion
This project was extremely fun and mixed my interests of filming and chemistry. Our group did really well at staying on task and creating a quality project. On the other hand, we spent too much time on certain parts and did not manage it in a desirable order. Otherwise our group worked very well together and I would love to do this project again at a greater and more knowledgeable extent.