Re: [TCML] Tesla coils in films, a little help wanted

[Dave Goodfellow <dgoodfelo@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don't forget "Frankenweenie" a short film about a boy's dog that gets 
hit by a car and is brought back  through the miracle of ultra high 
voltage.

There is a very short scene of one of Strickfadens coils in the movie 
"Brainstorm" on a trauma or nightmare video.

"Metropolis" from 1926 or so has some live high voltage scenes as well.

I think a list of films should be considered on topic because Tesla 
coils in films gave me, and possibly many more, the inspiration get into 
coil building. I remember when I was 7 years old, watching the sparks on 
the old black and white movies, thinking "I want one of those 
transformers"  Since the films were black and white, it occurred to me 
that it was old technology doing those voltages, and as such, might be 
within my reach as I got older.

Dave Goodfellow

Jeff W. Parisse wrote:
> kVA Effects provided arcs for:
>
> Film:
> XXX - Vin Diesel (Digital Domaign used an SG10-TC to "motion capture" 
> arcs and present them as CGI)
> The Prestige - Hugh Jackman (arcs were real and photo composited 
> (using Discrete Logic software) to get the "look").
>
> Jeff
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Tesla" <tesla@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 29, 2008 2:02 PM
> Subject: [TCML] Tesla coils in films, a little help wanted
>
>
> > Hi all.
> >
> > I'm in the process of making a list of MOVIES where Tesla coils 
> > appear either only the coil
> > itself, sparks from a coil or both. I would also like to know 
> > WHO(company/person) was
> > responsible for the effects/coils.
> >
> > At present I have the following movies on my list :
> >
> > The Prestige: AFAIK the sparks are computer generated but I'm not 
> > 100% sure.
> >
> > xXx: Sparks produced by kVA effects. I'm also not 100% sure about this.
> >
> > Star Trek:The Movie: I have no information on who produced the sparks 
> > here.
> >
> > The Entity: Sparks by Bill Wysock. No doubt about this information.
> >
> > Terminator 2: Roumors say that Mark Barton has produced the effects 
> > but in the end
> > titles a company called "The Artificial Lighting Company" appear and 
> > next to it the name
> > Ed Angell. I can find no verification if Mark was involved in this so 
> > I have to assume the
> > information in the film is correct.
> >
> > Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix: Sparks are "sampled" from 
> > coils by HVFX.
> > It says so on their site so I have to assume that information is 
> > correct.
> >
> > A Tesla coil also appear in an episode of "I Am Weasel" but as this 
> > is a cartoon, well....
> >
> > Any other films you can think of?
> >
> > All help is greatly appreciated. Please contact me off list as I 
> > think this is on the fringe of
> > being a valid topic here.
> >
> > Thanks!
> > /Matt
> >
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