Why Real Explosions Don't Look Like Movie Explosions



The most notable difference between a Hollywood explosion and a real explosion is that a movie explosion does not kill the protagonist. That's a given. We've seen how our heroes can casually walk away from explosions without even feeling the blast force -and it looks good because of the bright flames behind them. And that's the next difference- those colorful flashes do not happen in most real explosions of the same size. Nuclear bombs may be the exception here. Tom Scott shows us what's done to make them look so appealing. -via Digg


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That is not just gasoline. They glossed over the real ingredients because it must be proprietary. My guess is gasoline, kerosene, oil and a sooty carbon compound.
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That is so sad... (not that i think acting shouzld be dangeous) but I even prefer the simple miniature sets of the original Godzilla films or the low budget Adam West Batman special effects over green screen cgi... were blasts form explosions don't even affect the the hairsyle of the actors..
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