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Re: [TCML] Fringe Tesla Coils
TCML,
You guys all know this but many TV folks new to the "magic" of Tesla coils
do not: it's harder than it looks. ;-)
Ripley's Believe it or Not had to Photoshop arcs too... on TV
Wild West Tech injured a performer with arcs from the head (read: brain)!...
on TV
Criss Angel used the "Biggest coil in the World" that only made five foot
arcs... his shark suit separated and he got shocked... on TV
They all called me first but chose to use non-professionals and ended up
getting hurt or producing less than stellar effects.
Producers... ask yourself this question...Am I producing a professional or
amateur program?
Moral: Use a professional (any professional, even if just a consult).
Jeff (end: rant)
p.s I am of the opinion that enhanced TC images diminish us all (I'm not
talking about Peter Terren's wonderful, colorful artwork - but video
compositing offered as reality).
----- Original Message -----
From: <jhowson4@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "tesla list" <tesla@xxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 8:44 AM
Subject: [TCML] Fringe Tesla Coils
I watched that episode on line and was able to freeze frame during the
tesal coil part.
There is something not quite right with the sparks. first of all i would
think that the sparks would be hitting the metal magnet thing that is
right in between the 2 coils. its almost like they were superimposed and
modified somehow. in slow mo you can see ionization and st. elmos fire at
some points on the matal magnet thing but like i said something is not
quite right. its is almost like they took a video of sparks, made them
bigger, and photoshoped them. at the same time i dont think that it
sounds right either.
on a side note the coils look like they are the medium size coils from
information unlimited.com
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