{"id":68691,"date":"2022-01-14T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-01-14T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=68691"},"modified":"2022-01-13T10:03:42","modified_gmt":"2022-01-13T15:03:42","slug":"why-real-explosions-dont-look-like-movie-explosions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2022\/01\/14\/why-real-explosions-dont-look-like-movie-explosions\/","title":{"rendered":"Why Real Explosions Don&#8217;t Look Like Movie Explosions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nqJiWbD08Yw\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong>Tom Scott<\/strong><br \/>\nPublished 8 Mar 2021<\/p>\n<p>Explosions on film are made to look good: fireballs and flame. In reality, though, they&#8217;re a bit disappointing. Here&#8217;s how Hollywood does it. <\/p>\n<p>\u2022 Produced with an experienced, professional pyrotechnician. Do not attempt.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks to Steve from Live Action FX: <a href=\"http:\/\/liveactionfx.com\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/liveactionfx.com\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Filmed safely: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tomscott.com\/safe\/\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/www.tomscott.com\/safe\/<\/a><br \/>\nCamera: Simon Temple <a href=\"http:\/\/templefreelance.co.uk\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/templefreelance.co.uk<\/a><br \/>\nEdited by Michelle Martin: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrsmmartin\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/mrsmmartin<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m at <a href=\"https:\/\/tomscott.com\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/tomscott.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/tomscott<\/a><\/p>\n<p>and on Instagram as tomscottgo<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-14-at-10-02-54-Why-Real-Explosions-Dont-Look-Like-Movie-Explosions-Quotulatiousness.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-14-at-10-02-54-Why-Real-Explosions-Dont-Look-Like-Movie-Explosions-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"480\" height=\"270\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-71138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-14-at-10-02-54-Why-Real-Explosions-Dont-Look-Like-Movie-Explosions-Quotulatiousness-480x270.png 480w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-14-at-10-02-54-Why-Real-Explosions-Dont-Look-Like-Movie-Explosions-Quotulatiousness-150x84.png 150w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-14-at-10-02-54-Why-Real-Explosions-Dont-Look-Like-Movie-Explosions-Quotulatiousness-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/01\/Screenshot-2022-01-14-at-10-02-54-Why-Real-Explosions-Dont-Look-Like-Movie-Explosions-Quotulatiousness.png 854w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Tom Scott Published 8 Mar 2021 Explosions on film are made to look good: fireballs and flame. In reality, though, they&#8217;re a bit disappointing. Here&#8217;s how Hollywood does it. \u2022 Produced with an experienced, professional pyrotechnician. Do not attempt. Thanks to Steve from Live Action FX: http:\/\/liveactionfx.com\/ Filmed safely: https:\/\/www.tomscott.com\/safe\/ Camera: Simon Temple http:\/\/templefreelance.co.uk Edited [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":35193,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[28,15],"tags":[122,101],"class_list":["post-68691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-media","category-technology","tag-movies","tag-tv"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/favicon.png","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p2hpV6-hRV","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=68691"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":71139,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/68691\/revisions\/71139"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=68691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=68691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=68691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}