We like to have "surprise" moments in the Royal Edinburgh Military Tattoo. In this particular one we emulate a violent multi-bike collision by the totally unsubtle use of large quantities of simultaneously fired maroons on the bikes. It's very loud and makes the audience scream and jump with such simultaneous force that the whole lighting gantry makes a strong "whump" sensation. Awesome!
My camera auto-muted the violence of the actual explosion despite me putting a bit of tape over the microphone to try and cut the sound levels down.
My camera auto-muted the violence of the actual explosion despite me putting a bit of tape over the microphone to try and cut the sound levels down.
This makes me miss working for a venue just a little bit.
Anything could have happened in the next 22 seconds….STINGRAY STINGRAY
you guys have ALL the FUN!!!
You're all still fired and you'll do my laundry.
Here I was expecting you to turn the lights off :p
They're maroons fitted on the bikes in small mortar tubes and fired by the riders.
I'm loving these videos, thanks for taking the time to do them. Quick question though: were these explosives mounted on the bikes or the floor, and were they controlled by the riders, or by someone else?
Cheers.
I wish I could have a job like that 🙁