We have all used smoke machines on sets, they’re great, they create mood and help enhance lighting. We have all seen those amazing light beams.
Most beginners when they get a smoke machine just blast the smoke onto their set, it will be very heavy or as some refer to it as patchy, like diffused light you want to spread it out and fill the set evenly, I knew I wanted to write this article so I had Scott show a fanning technique they often use.








He’s using an applicator kind of like a big paddle to spread the smoke out. As you can see the smoke is evened out and looks a lot better. Here’s another method F/X will use:
Now with smoke be it from a machine or a good Cuban cigar:
Thanks for reading this.
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