A potion's a-brewin'

Zoe has concocted our witch's potion that will be used in the garage scene. We did research on different edible liquids that could glow and found that tonic water would be our best option. According to Scientific American, "Under an ultraviolet 'black light,' the quinine in tonic water makes the water fluoresce a brilliant, bright blue.."  We tried it and accomplished this magical result:

What kind wizardry?!

Zoe then added some green food coloring and got this:

What a magical looking bowl of liquid

We were also thinking of adding a boiling effect to the pot by adding a little bit of dry ice to it as well. Dryiceinfo.com says, "Dry Ice when combined with hot tap water can produce vigorous bubbling water and voluminous flowing fog." This is a common characteristic of witch potions seen in film, one example out of many being Disney's Hocus Pocus.

In the garage scene we also plan to switch from the previously seen warm tones in the lighting to a cool tone like blue. This will also blend well with the use of black light for the glow of the tonic water. Can I get an amen? AMEN

Buddies, Science. "Shining Science: Explore Glow-in-the-Dark Water!" Scientific American. Nature America Inc., 14 Aug. 2014. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. <https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/shining-science-explore-glow-in-the-dark-water/>.

"Dry Ice Fog and Special Effects." Dry Ice Fog and Special Effects. N.p., 6 Oct. 2015. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. <http://dryiceinfo.com/fog.htm>.

Hocus Pocus. Digital image. My Daily News. Disney, 4 July 2014. Web. 25 Mar. 2017. <http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/movies/tina-fey-star-witch-movie-disney-article-1.1855459>.