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Post by S on Jul 24, 2008 8:21:24 GMT -5
Around 4:35 onwards, they show that 'lightning strike' that has been done a fair amount of times for Kane and Undertaker... doesn anyone actually know how they do it?
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Post by MondayRaw on Jul 24, 2008 8:24:59 GMT -5
Some type of cord or wire ?
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Post by S on Jul 24, 2008 8:26:18 GMT -5
Some type of cord or wire ? thats what i thought, but wouldn't it be completely straight instead of lightning like? |
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Post by Gazza on Jul 24, 2008 8:33:20 GMT -5
I always thought that it was just some type of pyro.
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Post by dxfan13 on Jul 24, 2008 8:43:11 GMT -5
i think the explosion afterwards is pyro but the lighting is computer generated i could be wrong though
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Post by alexgg on Jul 24, 2008 8:54:27 GMT -5
i have always wondered how so its not a stupid question ,but if you want a stupid answer i would say that they have superpowers .
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Post by 11 Bravo on Jul 24, 2008 9:21:51 GMT -5
its not computer generated. the lighting for the arena would be to hard to do for a live ppv/raw stream.
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Post by Gore on Jul 24, 2008 9:31:36 GMT -5
I remember hearing about a time when Taker used lightning, and the live audience saw nothing, but you could see it on the TV broadcast, so at least in some cases, it's computer generated.
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Post by albireo on Jul 24, 2008 11:05:13 GMT -5
Yeah, i always thought it was computer generated (in recent times anyway), it never looks real enough to be done in the arena,although i could be wrong.
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Post by Get A Rhythm™ on Jul 24, 2008 11:09:45 GMT -5
I've seen the lightening in person once before during a SmackDown involving Undertaker. I've always thought it was a wire or cord coming down from the rafters, very thin and invisible, but I didn't see anything, so it's hard for me to say. I have a feeling it's wire, and the lightening is just a type of pyro that shoots down.
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Post by flying-shorty on Jul 24, 2008 11:11:14 GMT -5
Id say it has to be computer generated rite? I mean theres no other way of it going from his finger to another object. From the ceiling to the floor perhaps some form of lightning. But in that sense with Kane using it I dont think it can be gernerated in real life thru pyro etc
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Post by Barrett on Jul 24, 2008 12:48:04 GMT -5
The lightning itself is computer generated. All the live audience sees is the burst of pyro that occurs because of it. There's been countless times where Smackdown spoilers have mentioned that something "suddenly burst into flames" or "pyro suddenly went off" where a lightning effect was later added for the broadcast.
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Post by thorney on Jul 24, 2008 13:01:19 GMT -5
all it is is a pyro going off and then when we watch it @ home, we see the lightning, whereas the people in the arena just see the pyro
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Post by Wrigley15 on Jul 24, 2008 13:30:32 GMT -5
i was at a sd when they use lightning. they have pyro attached to whatever it is and they use special effects for the tv audience. basically theres is a bomb that goes off no lighting when u are there live.
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Post by BcBlingin- Scooter Glenwood on Jul 24, 2008 14:23:24 GMT -5
The lightning is computer generated. I have been at a few shows that had this "lightning" and all the live audience sees is the pyro that follows.
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Post by chokeslamcena on Jul 24, 2008 15:23:17 GMT -5
When they are doing it on the stage, I'm pretty sure they just shoot a pyro off. Much like the Dudley Boyz' old opening pyro, except faster. You have to remember, all of WWE's pyro is silent. They use "concussions" to generate the noise. I'm pretty sure WWE magazine did an interview with their pyro guy before and he explained it. Here's a video, but he doesnt talk about the lightning in it  |
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Post by Blair on Jul 24, 2008 17:05:52 GMT -5
Probably something along with sensors that TV Cameras can pick up - Remember the NHL had the puck equipped with a chip to show it on tv?
I was at Smackdown when the case the title was in exploded...I saw the guy rubbing something on the post and the case..
Probably a few sensors around the stage to make it look like it's not straight up and down.
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