Tape 1: rain, snow, steam - details creation of various weather effects. Tape 2: smoke, fire, chemical effects - includes discussions of building interiors/exteriors, recreating torches, fireplaces/camp-fires, and extinguisher types and usage. Tape 3: flying - includes explanation of riggings and harnesses for people and objects. Tape 4: non-pyrotechnic effects - weapons and stunts, manufacture and use of firearms, real and blank, including bullet and missile hits; design - construction and use of non-firearm weapons, including directing for optimum effect and safety factors; planning and directing stunts for maximum effect; working with stuntpeople. Tape 5: pyrotechnics and assorted special effects - planning and creating explosions; creation of molds and prosthetics; mechanical devices.
