ozbiz Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Hi.. I have noticed some effects where bubble are filled with fog. There is a cheap toy on the market that does this called a Bubble Fogger flogged in the USA for $40.00 Has anyone been able to product this effect. I tried putting a rosco fog unit behind a bubble machine and even on the lowest fog setting, the bubble machine just "pulled" the fog through the unit and not into the bubbles. Any ideas? Thoughts? ThanksSteve Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 No ideas, but I would ask 'why'? Even in a small venue, I suspect that the bubble/smoke effect would be hard to distinguish, if not impossible, from just bubbles.... Which could be why it's not something that's on the market as anything but a gimmicky US toy... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozbiz Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 No ideas, but I would ask 'why'? Even in a small venue, I suspect that the bubble/smoke effect would be hard to distinguish, if not impossible, from just bubbles.... Which could be why it's not something that's on the market as anything but a gimmicky US toy... Why not.They appear as white snowballs (for want of a better description) and on popping, puff !! with smoke.Very nice effect and even in a LARGE venue, very easy to distinguish :-)The "gimmick" USA toy is the toy version of an effect that has been around for a couple of years mainly in Europe from what I gather. Also works well when you make UV bubbles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleah Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 No ideas, but I would ask 'why'? Even in a small venue, I suspect that the bubble/smoke effect would be hard to distinguish, if not impossible, from just bubbles.... Which could be why it's not something that's on the market as anything but a gimmicky US toy... Why not.They appear as white snowballs (for want of a better description) and on popping, puff !! with smoke.Very nice effect and even in a LARGE venue, very easy to distinguish :-)The "gimmick" USA toy is the toy version of an effect that has been around for a couple of years mainly in Europe from what I gather. Also works well when you make UV bubbles. oooo :huh: How do you make UV bubbles? :D EDIT: ;) :** laughs out loud **: sorry... just did a search Now, how do I delete this post?;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Why not.They appear as white snowballs (for want of a better description) and on popping, puff !! with smoke.Very nice effect and even in a LARGE venue, very easy to distinguish :-)The "gimmick" USA toy is the toy version of an effect that has been around for a couple of years mainly in Europe from what I gather. Also works well when you make UV bubbles.Hmmm...OK, maybe this is something that's passed me by, though it seems you have the better of me.Might be interesting to see such a beast in action... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GreatBigHippy Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 a Bubble Fogger flogged :** laughs out loud **: Sounds like the tongue twisters done by the actors before a show! These would be very cool. Used to do a similar trick when I was a smoker. You'd be amazed how entranced you can keep your average festival goer with this! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alpha Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 Hmm, I can see why this would be quite a cool idea, not too sure of any application for it though, however being open to new concepts I took a look around the net to see whats out there and I think the best thing I came across was this guy. http://www.5min.com/Video/Smoke-in-Soap-Bu...tistcom-2847005 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ynot Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 not too sure of any application for it though,Nor I, and out of curiosity I had a Google earlier, finding nothing really commercial at all... And from the video link above, those bubbles looked quite heavy with the smoke inside... Really struggling to think of a theatre application for this machine... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the kid Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 I tried it about 3 hours before the OP for our show. It works well but our smoke machine is just too powerful and we get more smoke than bubble. But the effect when they pop in the non smoke air is very cool, and better when rear projected. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oovis Posted February 11, 2009 Share Posted February 11, 2009 not too sure of any application for it though,Nor I, and out of curiosity I had a Google earlier, finding nothing really commercial at all... And from the video link above, those bubbles looked quite heavy with the smoke inside... Really struggling to think of a theatre application for this machine...Aha! We've got the RSC in at the moment and used just such an effect in A Midsummer Night's Dream for a bit of business with Oberon. A little fairy magic moment It was a power tiny fogger pumping into a cheapo bubble machine on a bridge producing a falling shower of bubbles. It took quite a while to set up but worked well in the end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ozbiz Posted February 11, 2009 Author Share Posted February 11, 2009 It was a power tiny fogger pumping into a cheapo bubble machine on a bridge producing a falling shower of bubbles. It took quite a while to set up but worked well in the end. So I gather the fog machine output is the key in being very low so that the fog does not "push through" the bubble machine.....is that what you found?thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wycome5 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 We did this when I was a kid with a very cheap bubble machine and a Soundlab Smoke machine. No real power coming out the smoke machine. Make sure the smoke is being sucked into the bubble air input rather than being blasted in. The UK toy is called Ghost Bubble (available at Hamley's). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex222 Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 Was just reading through this topic, looks very interesting. I have something coming up where I need bubbles to fall on an audience might give this a try as it could be interesting, and add some what of an unexpected element :blink: . And from the video link above, those bubbles looked quite heavy with the smoke inside...Whirls reading, that I was thinking, I wonder if it would be possible to use haze in the bubbles as that might make them lighter and therefor last longer :** laughs out loud **: .Anyone got a view / thought on that idea? Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
niclights Posted February 13, 2009 Share Posted February 13, 2009 I wonder if it would be possible to use haze in the bubbles as that might make them lighter and therefor last longerThat would only be true for mineral oil type. With water/glycol there is no difference - same fluid, same particle size. Concentration of fluid can vary but this only determines the amount that can be produced, depending on machine. I can see no way that mineral oil type haze could be integrated with bubbles. I've certainly had bubble and mineral oil machines side-by-side before and it just helps create worse residue that usual. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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