I think it ended up being a really good experience for the actors, in that it forced them to be really conscious of their movement - always a good thing to practice. That way, if one or the other failed to set off the cotton (the igniter was similar to the rotating flint on a lighter), the effect still came across.
Both the witch and scarecrow had one and the 'throw' was a pair of detonations - first the witch with throwing motion and then the scarecrow right in front of her torso. We used a flash cotton effect - a palmed device. Pyrowizard™ Double Shooting Flash Gun Home
Thank you, and I hope your 2018 is inspiring, productive, and full of storytelling! So, perhaps ideas that don't just revolve around smoke would be quite helpful. We are producing The Wizard of Oz for our spring musical this year, and I'm struggling to figure out how to manage to get fire on stage? I might be able to work around the 'explosions' the script calls for every time the Wicked Witch enters and exits (although I'd be open to cool ideas for that, too), but the Wicked Witch needs to throw a fire ball at the Scarecrow and (even more difficult) the Witch's broom needs to be on fire in order to justify Dorothy throwing water on her to kill her in the end.Īny ideas? I'm still finding out if I can have any sort of smoke on the stage.
