How do a simulate 'Earthquake/explosion"?
 

Hi people,
I am going on a shoot tommorrow and need some information. There will be a scene where a mini-van blows up, . . . or so I want the viewer to think it did. Is there a special effect in FCP that gives the frame a certain amount of 'shake' or vibration', or is this something where I actually have to shake the camera during the shoot? I will be 'shaking' the clip where an onlooker witnesses the carnage through his rear-view mirror. By the acting of the witness and the shaking of the camera and a little smoke I hope to 'sell' the scene.
Sorry if this question sounds very Rooky-ish. It is probably a very simple basic effect that I should know. Up until this point I have avoided camera shake like the plague.
jared

Hi Jared,
One way of getting the effect your after is by keyframing your image to move off point repeatedly however this can take a while and can be abit tricky to look convincing. There are plugins for this type of thing tho, like i know sony vegas uses a plug in called 'quake' which is actually a script and it gives you a good amount of control to simulate a 'shake' or 'explosion'. I hope this helps

shaking the camera worked for Star Trek :)