Coloring bulbs

[Bob Cole]

Do you think it’s all about color, or more about control over the temporal qualities of firelight? I’ve used Magic Gadgets’ Shadowmaker and a similar controller by American-something-or-other.

Bob C

[Rick Wise]

I think it’s both.

Rick Wise
Cinematographer
MFA/BFA Lighting and Camera Instructor Academy of Art University
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.RickWiseDP.com

[Dennis Size]

This product is the newer version of the technology we were using 30 years ago to simulate the effect of fire on people’s faces:

https://www.gamonline.com/catalog/flickermaster/index.php

This is one of many solutions and there are certainly a dozen ways to “light the fire” but I’ve found using this device to control several mutliple colored light sources is the easiest.
DS

[Rick Wise]

B&H lists this Flickermaster as “no longer available.” I cannot find any version of it on the internet.

Rick Wise
Cinematographer
MFA/BFA Lighting and Camera Instructor Academy of Art University
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.RickWiseDP.com

[Bob Cole]

Rick, you may also want to look at the Shadowmaker from Magic Gadgets – especially if you can find it as a rental, because it’s rather expensive. But it’s very cool – has programmable settings for various kinds of lighting effects. I suspect DS has used one, and I’m curious as to whether he liked it.

https://www.magicgadgets.com/product/shadowmaker/

BC

[Todd Terry]

Everything in our industry is so expensive because… well, because it can be, I guess. This might bear looking elsewhere… at the Halloween industry.

One of my little joys in life is rigging up a bunch of spooky stuff at the house to scare Trick-or-Treaters once a year. I call it the Frightober Spooktacular Scare-a-bration (I really should trademark that).

Anywho, for that I buy a lot of stuff from a company called FrightProps… they make props, motors, actuators, controllers, lighting… etc. Well made stuff that is actually quite cheap.

I know I’ve seen in the past they have things like flicker generators and lighting controllers that might do the trick… there might be something usable there. https://frightprops.com

T2

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Todd Terry
Creative Director
Fantastic Plastic Entertainment, Inc.
fantasticplastic.com

[Rick Wise]

Thanks, Bob. Looks like $449 for the less expensive Shadowmaker.

Todd, yes, Halloween suppliers have some limited stuff. Frightprops has a $59 low-voltage flicker gen, https://www.frightprops.com/controllers-electronics/led-light-controllers/microflicker-low-voltage.html.

Rick Wise
Cinematographer
MFA/BFA Lighting and Camera Instructor Academy of Art University
San Francisco Bay Area
https://www.RickWiseDP.com