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Hoses on tall frames spray water downwind so it lands inside the shot. The figure is taken from BFI, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.

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Film rain falls from towers and nozzles

Hoses on tall frames spray water downwind so it lands inside the shot Rain is usually made with rain towers or bars: pipes fitted with nozzles and aimed to fall through the frame. Backlighting the water makes the drops read on camera, and wind machines angle the fall. Drains and pumps keep the set from flooding. It sits in Mondo's movies & tv collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: Hoses on tall frames spray water downwind so it lands inside the shot. The figure is taken from BFI, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a movies & tv fact?: Yes. It sits on the Movies & TV shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.