chemistry special effects video
Objective: Wen are starting our year in chemistry out with a bang! In this project, we had to make a video about any subject that includes at least 3 chemistry events in the film. The movie it self had to be at least 3 minutes long and either an extended director's cut scene or a personal explanation of the chemistry behind it all.
Plot of our film: Our movie is called Rad Brad. It is about a teenager named Brad who got radioactive chemicals spilled on him. He starts to see visions from around the world of dying animals and endangered habitats. Brad becomes very concerned and he writes to his mom and takes off in his plane to go save the endangered species.
Characters:
Bryan Blair - Brad
Rachael Peterson - Brad's mom/ Director/filmer
Rosalie Urban - Camera filmer
Nick Bergo - Brad's classmate
The science behind it all:
Flammable bubbles: We filled a beaker with dish soap and water. We then filled the beaker with natural gas. The gas is trapped inside the bubbles. We then light the bubbles on fire; this causes a bubbles to burst exposing the gas to the fire and causing a chain reaction while creating a large flame. The flammable bubbles in our video were used to kill the many habitats that Brad is seeing in his visions.
Liquid modeling clay: The mixture we made was a colloidal mixture of cooking oil, flour, corn starch, and food coloring. This mixture when heated makes a goo which is easily manipulated and when cooled, it feels and acts like play dough. We use the mixture in its liquid form to be used as the chemical spill onto Brad's arm in the video.
Elephant toothpaste: We took a 100 ml graduated cylinder and filled it with water, dish soap, hydrogen peroxide, and raw yeast. This chemical reaction caused the rapid production of oxygen bubbles to rise out of the graduated cylinder creating a large amount of soapy texture. We used this effect when the volcano irrupted and came down the mountain killing the animals.
Reflection: I really like the group I was working with because they were very open and friendly. They made this video project a lot of fun to do. I liked how that within a few weeks we came up with an excellent video to show to our classmates. This video was a lot of fun to film and perform the special effects. I give a shout out and a great thanks to Airward Aviation and to my flight instructor, Dwight, for allowing me to fly with Rachael in the back filming. This was a great big project to kick start the year and I look forward to a year full of chemistry explosions and awesome projects!
Our final video is below:
Plot of our film: Our movie is called Rad Brad. It is about a teenager named Brad who got radioactive chemicals spilled on him. He starts to see visions from around the world of dying animals and endangered habitats. Brad becomes very concerned and he writes to his mom and takes off in his plane to go save the endangered species.
Characters:
Bryan Blair - Brad
Rachael Peterson - Brad's mom/ Director/filmer
Rosalie Urban - Camera filmer
Nick Bergo - Brad's classmate
The science behind it all:
Flammable bubbles: We filled a beaker with dish soap and water. We then filled the beaker with natural gas. The gas is trapped inside the bubbles. We then light the bubbles on fire; this causes a bubbles to burst exposing the gas to the fire and causing a chain reaction while creating a large flame. The flammable bubbles in our video were used to kill the many habitats that Brad is seeing in his visions.
Liquid modeling clay: The mixture we made was a colloidal mixture of cooking oil, flour, corn starch, and food coloring. This mixture when heated makes a goo which is easily manipulated and when cooled, it feels and acts like play dough. We use the mixture in its liquid form to be used as the chemical spill onto Brad's arm in the video.
Elephant toothpaste: We took a 100 ml graduated cylinder and filled it with water, dish soap, hydrogen peroxide, and raw yeast. This chemical reaction caused the rapid production of oxygen bubbles to rise out of the graduated cylinder creating a large amount of soapy texture. We used this effect when the volcano irrupted and came down the mountain killing the animals.
Reflection: I really like the group I was working with because they were very open and friendly. They made this video project a lot of fun to do. I liked how that within a few weeks we came up with an excellent video to show to our classmates. This video was a lot of fun to film and perform the special effects. I give a shout out and a great thanks to Airward Aviation and to my flight instructor, Dwight, for allowing me to fly with Rachael in the back filming. This was a great big project to kick start the year and I look forward to a year full of chemistry explosions and awesome projects!
Our final video is below: