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Rigs and devices, often using the incredible Berkey System! 

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Continuously pouring wine for a still shoot. Once it's set up, no resetting and no cleanup! See behind the scenes here... The Art of the Wine Pour...
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Showing just where the chocolate is going to splash...
See the video here... The Chocolate Splash
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Using the Berkey System to drop pancakes precisely on target.
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A backpack rig to puppeteer a chicken through the streets of Chicago.

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Flying a boy and a bike!

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A quick shot off the monitor, for a still shoot.  It involved an array of millisecond sequencing timers, solenoid valves, pressure tanks, air valves, and regulators. See some of the "behind the scenes" of this rig here....
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The newest addition- a continuously operating tankless water heater. Hot showers all day long, nonstop, for those shampoo and soap spots! (I can't find the recent Dove spot it was used on... but here's another in the series. Dove Shower Ad )
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A Gain Detergent ad in San Antonio. Dozens of vacuum formed parachutes were let down on fishline, for a gentle, repeatable landing.
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A custom lifeguard's chair with a "weak knee" joint. When hit with a baseball from the slingshot rifle, the leg collapses, and sends the stuntman flying to the ground!