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Coronation Street Fireworks - 5-Nov-2012

It is clear that my blogs are not regular, unless yearly counts, mainly because I cannot blog at the time I do the effects as we have to adhere to confidentially clauses. By the time our work comes onto TV I have often forgotten all about it. However while sat watching Coronation Street after a long day at work on Bonfire Night I suddenly spot the fireworks I fired over a few nights some ...more

Filed under: fireworks — Tags: , , , , , , — Darren Wallis @ 10:10 pm

Are you feeling lucky? - 9-Sep-2011

10 Secrecy and confidentiality often surrounds our work, especially on soaps such as Coronati ...more

Filed under: Explosion SFX — Tags: , , , , — Darren Wallis @ 7:56 am

A rainy day - 13-Aug-2009

As I suspect with most other eager youngsters my view of special effects involved  lots of setting fire to things or blowing them up or both. However, in reality for every caravan you blow up there are days and days of making it rain – it isn’t glamerous and you don’t get much of a smile from the crew. In fact there is a lot of water on TV that isn’t all that it seems ...more

Filed under: Mechanical SFX,Rain SFX,Random — Tags: , , , , — Darren Wallis @ 6:10 pm