PYROTECHNIC SFX

Mention ‘special effects’ and everyone thinks of EXPLOSIONS! But this is a fraction of what our Pyro special effects team do here at AGOG. We safely facilitate all forms of fire effects, from explosions to strafing sequences, body, blood, bullet and squib hits to fire and flame effects for tv, film and more.

Explosions often appear as one large BANG! but running large pyrotechnic effects as smaller, controlled explosions, milliseconds apart, minimises shock waves and ground vibration. This prevents structural damage to surroundings, improves safety and allows for creativity within the explosions themselves. We’ve invested £20k in computer controlled firing systems to get millisecond timing and digital encoded remote firing boxes for pyrotechnic special effects that can’t be wired. We can use this with high explosives, tiny squibs or on-air systems when safety concerns rule out pyrotechnics. We have self-contained personal hit boxes too, using compressed gas or air mortar systems.

We’ve created ‘silent’ visual explosive effects… built a string of 20 Chinese crackers / Bangers, that Emily Blunt lit whilst in her mouth cycling along a sequence in the movie Wild Target filmed outside the National Portrait Gallery, where loud noises were not prohibited, let alone explosive bangs!