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Pearls
Anyone know a way to simulate a shower of pearls.
Thanks
J. Williams -
4 Replies
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Maybe buy a bag of plastic beads. cheap money.
I’m not being sarcastic. but sometimes the real thing works.
I remember spending countless hours with buddies trying to figure out this complex video problem. To get this glowing shiny red wet look on this object. Then his girlfriend pipes up…..”Just spray it with water and point a red light on it”
I had to laugh.What exactly is your application with the pearls?
Zipedit
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thanks for the input zip. i’m sending some video pieces to big screens at an event. it’s a girls debutant thing. at one point in the program the girls will be described as precious jewels and pearls. i want to show pearls in some way on the screens to enhance this segment of the events. i have still pictures of pearls in shell an such but i thought pearls flowing like a waterfall might be effective but any creative ideas are welcome.
J. Williams -
In that case I would buy a bag of plastic pearl beads and get a few yards of lavender satin. lay the satin on a bumpy curved surface . like a small skateboard ramp.(have a catch at the bottom to catch the beads cuz it will take a few takes)
get the camera close to the surface pointing up the ramp.(the upwards curve keeps the satin in view blocking the set background.
Then pour the pearls. it will look like a flowing river of pearls that twist and wind around some of the smooth bumps. Getting larger as they approach the camera. set the focus a few feet out.
this way they will be soft as the go past the camera .
Just an ideaheres a link to a similar idea we did.
https://www.findingsinc.net/video/index.htmzipedit
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sounds like just the trick. a little Vegas slow mo and possibly a touch of blur and this method could have the impact i imagined. i visited the link…very nice work there. thanks again for the heads up. i’ll let you know how it comes out.
J. Williams
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