"Bald Eagle" <cre### [at] netscapenet> wrote:
>
https://www.gateworld.net/news/2020/07/stargate-vfx-supervisor-creating-kawoosh-effect-sg1-early-days/
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> KAWOOSH!
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> amazing kawoosh effect on a TV budget and schedule. That iconic shot of the
> Stargate connecting a wormhole to a distant world has to look right.
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>
> ordered a special [tank] for the show, and it was one meter by one meter by one
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> tests, then we set the pressure at 50 pounds. So, we roll the camera at 120
> frames per second, the water is as flat as we can make it, you push the button
> and it lets the air go down the tube right into the water. Well, as it turns
> out, [the movie] used about 5 pounds, or 10 pounds. So 50 pounds just emptied
> the tank everywhere!
>

It's nice to see you guys again!

The reason I posted this in off-topic was a thought experiment on what would be
the easiest way to use the above method to make it for a man-cave? Instead of
the periscope which is too small, put a 45 degree mirror behind your stargate
model and a clear plastic tub of water above it. Then use a compressor to blow
air in.

The only issue is that the kawoosh splash won't go out into the room like in the
series, and the ripples will be way behind the stargate. Which is why I started
thinking of parabolic mirrors.

-Nekar Xenos-

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