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[Nick Napper]

Hi all
I need to make it look as though bullets have been fired into a flipchart at the front of a large lecture theatre (apparently from a [toy] pistol 5 metres away across the stage).

The plan is to have something under the top sheet of paper that fires through making it look like a bullet hit. I spoke to the Le Maitre rep & she suggested half load microdets, but I think these might be too powerful, plus a little large to hide under the paper.
I thought about De la Mare D80 bullet hits, but these have proved hard to locate (and do they need an explosives licence?)

Any ideas how I could achieve this effect?

thanks
Nick

[Arthur Brown]

A flipchart is thick and sturdy so you have room to "prepare it" BUT how far away are your people likely to be. It's easy to prepare and fire a hit in a thick board concealed behind a sheet of paper. NOT so easy to ensure that there is no injury risk.

[crystal palace fireworks]

I believe this website sells a `non fragmental microdot` for stage effects, ask them for advice on what you are trying to achieve!.

www.kave.co.uk

[Arthur Brown]

Assuming that you are in the UK (please put some detail in your profile) Any Le Maitre distributor will supply you with 1227 A or B microdets which MAY be suitable. The only way to see of they will be suitable is to do tests in a realistic manner.

The big hazard is "will there be anyone near the flipchart at the time" there has to be a safety distance with NO-ONE inside before you can fire anything. For performance art it is essential to determine the safety distance and observe it when firing.

[Nick Napper]

Hi all
I need to make it look as though bullets have been fired into a flipchart at the front of a large lecture theatre (apparently from a [toy] pistol 5 metres away across the stage).

The plan is to have something under the top sheet of paper that fires through making it look like a bullet hit. I spoke to the Le Maitre rep & she suggested half load microdets, but I think these might be too powerful, plus a little large to hide under the paper.
I thought about De la Mare D80 bullet hits, but these have proved hard to locate (and do they need an explosives licence?)

Any ideas how I could achieve this effect?

thanks
Nick

Thanks for your reply - what I had in mind was for the effect to be only beneath one sheet of the chart paper, ie the top sheet