Film & TV
Emulating a war torn German village from WWII or an artic post-human dystopian future can prove to be challenging sets to orchestrate. With our services and products however, they’re made cheap and easy. Orient Snow make spectacular realistic winter, ice, snow and ash FX in movies, TV, commercials and stills. We have literally hundreds of products at our disposal in which to recreate a wide variety of scenes or landscapes with the greatest ease.
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Snow FX - Half Size
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Our snowFX range comes in a fire proof version for studio work or where the possibility of fire is a real risk. It has otherwise all the same properties as our chemical free range. Used here it has been applied using a K500 by a snow crew who spray it on at high speed from the machine with a fine mist of water mixed in to give it the ability to stick to the surfaces horizontal and vertical. A mix of full size and half size is used to create bulk and a fine powdery snow finish. The beauty is, like all the snowFX range - after takes it can be quickly redressed as needed - unlike real snow!
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Snow Base
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Snow Base is a wood pulp product milled down to particulates. It has a slightly more natural tone of white and is perfect for forest and woodland shoots. As it is wood pulp rather than milled down paper it also breaks down more easily and absorbs into the ground when clearing up, so any residue left beds down into the soil and acts like a mulch. Like all our paper based snowFX products it is chemical free and safe to use on soil, flora and fauna.
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Snow FX- Full Size
Case Study - Snow FX is perfect for dressing locations and comes in full size (FS) and half size(HS) particles. Here it is sprayed not only onto the ground and the car but the models also to create a realistic look for the product and the people. SnowFX is also perfect where you want to see tire treads in the snow or footprints as it takes the impression like real snow does. It can also be picked up and packed into a snowball to throw - just like the real thing. Environmentally friendly and chemical free for use on locations snow FX is installed using a K500 machine by our team and is easy to clear up after shooting.
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Snow Sparkle
SnowSparkle is a finely granulated, lightweight plastic snow. Ideal for top dressing other snow materials to give a shimmering icy look or excellent when used alone. Snowsparkle contains flame - retardents. This snow sparkles with good use of light to add highlights and detail to any settled snow display, but, unlike glitter, blends in perfectly with other snow materials when unlit. Easy to spread by hand. 100% Biodegradable after incineration. 500grams will cover 1 sqm for heavy cover and up to 10sqm for light top dressing.
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Polymer
Polymer snow is delivered as a dry powder. When mixed with water it expands up to 4000% producing a very realistic settled snow effect. Used predominantly for close up, detail work as well as top dressing over snowFX to create a realistic interaction with actors and clothing. Polymer is fantastic for creating impressions such as footprints, for dressing over ice effects where it can create a more slippery surface and can be used to create slush effects when over saturated. Care must be taken when using polymer as it is extremely slippery underfoot. Polymer is not a long term stable product and decay rates of this product are increased under poor weather conditions and strong UV light. Indoors the effect remains stable for many days. 20kg bag will create 2 cubic metres of snow.
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Ultra Ice
Case Study - Ultra Ice is used here on the actor to create frozen water on eyebrows, hair and jawline, with a dusting of snowsparkle to create a frosted look. For the hat this effect can be done by using display snow, snow sparkle or even our snowFX ideally if the hat has a fine misting of water first then the product will naturally stick into the knit.
Check out [display snow] & [snow sparkle] as well.
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Powder Frost
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Powder Frost is a fast economical way to 'white out' a large area on large locations or it is used specifically to create a hard early morning frost rather than snow. One bag covers 100sqm so it is an economical option. It is applied by a K500 machine spraying out the fine cellulose particles at high speed onto a pre wetted environment. It does not last under rain - so is not used for long term location applications.
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Icicles
[Case Studies] Our resin icicles come in sets, small medium and large. They can be cut and separated and applied by screw or glue to the set as needed. For close ups either wax or one of our other snow products can be sprayed over to join to the rest of the 'frozen' set
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Ice Wax White
[Case studies] Using our wax maxhines and our white wax product this setting was created by spraying the heated wax out at high speed over the set and props in layers to build up the textured frozen ice look. This effect cannot be cleaned off so is used for one time props and sets.
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SNOW FX COMPANY
We can work both small-scale and large-scale projects in a variety of locations including sets and studios. Our specialist location and studio products are certified safe for people and the natural environment. Our snow FX for TV and movies is our most popular product for location shooting and essentially uses recycled paper. This means it is safe to use on all plants and trees and as it is a natural material, any remnants left behind after clean-up can be considered natural mulch.
Why choose us?
Our team are experienced at working within tight deadlines and are meticulous in the cleaning up of sets and locations, leaving them pristine - even after the blackest ash FX for movies or TV. We have had extensive experience when it comes to transforming ordinary locations into winter war zones and ashen battle fields. We have an eye for detail which is second to none. It is this attention to the specific elements of our sets which have made our company industry leaders in providing fake ash and snow for movies and even window displays.
Benefits of using artificial snow and ash
hen it comes to filming on exotic sets, it can prove costly and time consuming to fly to artic locations for prolonged periods of time. Creating a snow scene with CGI is a possible alternative, but is immensely more expensive that simply using our products as an alternative. Having the ability to produce the same realistic result by artificial means is immeasurable in terms of keeping to strict deadlines and ensuring the budget stays under the red line. Modifications to sets can also be made with ease and allow for the manipulation of the snow environment depending on your requirements.