Smoke Machine & Cool Lights

In today's lesson we learnt the proper use of the smoke machine, first off protection and hazard awareness. The smoke machine may not reach such high temperatures as the redheads and blondes but it still has the capability of burning the skin. To stop this there is a plastic handle that you can grab to move the machine when it is switched on. You will need some form of socket to switch the machine on but once it has heated up you can unplug it and move it around whilst still spewing smoke at the same time. Another thing to note would be once used the smoke machine will still cough smoke up to an hour after it has been switched off so make sure you have a well ventilated spot to keep it. The use of a smoke machine can cause a number of different effects and there is also a toggle on top which allows you to change the density of the smoke. 

Other safety precautions that should be taken into effect when using the smoke machine is having the smoke detectors capped, but you also need to remember to take them off once you have finished using the smoke machine other wise the fire department will not have the notice of a fire in the building. When using the smoke machine you also need to take into account any asthmatics in the room, outside use of the machine is not great if the wind is high but can be used still. 

We then moved onto the cool lights which can be used as fog lights to brighten the backgrounds, because the cool lights use less power you can power more of them then you could with the redheads which is helpful when trying to brighten up larger areas. The cool lights have a dial which can be turned to brighten and darken the volume of light.