Not as a post production effect, during filming after a nuclear explosion I want for one of the characters who has been slightly exposed to the blast to be smoking due to the heat from their clothes and hair etc.
Anyone know of any good ways in which this can be done?
1. If you live in a cold area, or have access to a cold location, simply cover your actor in hot (not boiling for obvious reasons) water right before you start rolling camera. If you have a lot of contrast between the steam and the background this should turn out great.
2. I'm not sure how much this character is smoking but if you use some tight close up shots a smoke machine should do the trick.
Hot water is not the best idea, since water starts to steam near 150, but anything near 100 (like a hot tub) won't steam for very long.
Smoke machines are good for this kind of effect but you could also rig up something with dry ice, but that might give you more of a dry ice look than smoke. Your situation is unusual and rather difficult. I might try the smoke thing, or go for something different.
Fog machine and tubing through the clothes. Or get a small tube that is capped on one end, then stick some incense in it. Now hide it in the clothes. Be sure to wrap the tube in leather or something to insulate the incense from the actor. Or right before you roll have several people blow cigar smoke on him. I have seen all these effects used and they all work well.
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