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EXPLODING TIRE - Shattering Effect.

Specifications:

Three- life-size tires shattered with sledgehammer blows.

 

Materials:
Plaster and joint compund mixture with dry ice for 'chill' effect.


 

Available with Advance Notice.

This job called for a tire to be shattered by a sledge hammer, as it would if it were frozen with liquid nitrogen. We molded a tire and made castings in plaster weakened by a generous addition of joint compound, then oven dried and painted. A real sledge hammer provided plenty of adequate force for the on set shatter. The effect was shot at high speed to capture all of these split-second performances in their entiety. We made four shattering tire castings, of which the last two takes were deemed as best.

EXPLODING TIRE - Credits

REEBOK 'Defy' commercial. Brian Beletic, director.

 

Service from behind the scenes since 1980.

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