Recreating the DOCTOR STRANGE "Fire Portal" | Shanks FX | PBS Digital Studios

After watching Doctor Strange at the theater I noticed that the fire portal effect seen in the film looked a lot like my "Warp Speed with Steel Wool" episode.
So I thought I'd take a similar approach on a smaller scale and use sparklers instead of steel wool.
The biggest thing you have to consider is how to capture the entire fire ring for each frame. Luckily my camera can shoot at different frame rates. But if you have a HDSLR, you can set your shutter to about 1/8 and use the quick burst setting.
Music by: Big Fok
In Association with: PBS Digital Studios

[@guidoassenzaparisi1088]

I love your FXs, they are sooo real!

[@RobertShaverOfAustin]

I love it! Always interesting. Always creative. You should get together with Adam Savage on his Tested channel and put some of your effects together with some of his props.

[@Danoby2]

As always great stuff. Gonna try to recreate the effect when the Hot Toys figure is released and I do the review!

[@maxboissiere4806]

Yes! Awesome!

[@ganimated8862]

After seeing the fluorescent and the tornado to Tutorial video, I thought what if you tried doing the tornado video again but with added two layers of effects such as the idea of layered ingredients and doing it from the facing up/down vertical camera position creating a hurricane style effect

[@BojanHaronMarkicevic]

How much do you need to make one video like this? So well produced. Lot of effort

[@DiogoAbreu87]

hey.. nice video
The soundtrack, whats the name of the song??

[@ofcourse88]

short of practicle fx?

[@gangigoo]

Ayy lmao First