Hi everyone,

I am filming a great new script soon and while reading it over this afternoon, I realized that I'm not sure how many pies constitutes a 'pie barrage'? We're talking a realistic, rapid fire sequence here.

What would be your minimum threshold? Is five enough? Ten? Before you say '50', please consider that I'm asking 'realistically' - as part of a scene that has a lot of other stuff going on before and after!

Would love to hear your thoughts. Your feedback is greatly appreciated! Thank you!

Mrs. Bee

PS to keep it in the messy forum so the thread can get some traction, here are a few very vintage pics for your viewing pleasure. (Lordy, some of these are 15 years old...)

Frankly, I'm not sure I'd have guessed the age of the photos if you hadn't said.

Anyway, I'd count anything over five as a barrage, as long as they were in quick succession. I suppose you could have too many in one go (ten or more), in that beyond a certain point each new pie will simply displace the mess from the previous one, and so you wouldn't get the "full benefit".

Quite clearly a bakers dozen is the correct amount.

Eleven. The answer is 11.

The quantity might be less important than the overall effect. I think a true barrage requires pies thrown from different directions, from multiple throwers, in quick succession.

Great Pics Mrs Bee, a good question also.
Having only one assistant on occasion for shoots I've never received that many pies in quick succession lol
I did get the remnants of pies plastered all over me again at the end of the shoot.
I did love the effect lol
Good luck with your shoot xx

I believe in one of your videos you kind of chide Big Shipper for stopping the pies at 4 and you said that does not constitute 'a barrage'. I'll go with 10.

Hey Bee

I dont think the most important thing in a barrage is the number of pies but how many people are throwing at you. When I filmed barrages it was like 10 pies
but I had 5 guys doing the throwing so those ten pies took like 3 sec and the model was completely covered from every angle

BTW I ask you to use those Chef Pierre pies for this

Lenny

I don't think it counts as a barrage unless the pies are fired from a cannon.

Haha! Oh, my! I DID say that once, didn't I??

Bee

Excellent point and noted! Can I count on you to have said cannon constructed and delivered by this Sunday a.m.? Thanks for being so helpful, Regis!

Bee

Not sure what William Conrad has to do with this...

I think the number is less important than the fact that they're being delivered from multiple angles within a very short period of time... but for argument's sake, let's say 10 pies, thrown by four or five people if that's possible. (I volunteer to help.)

And for everyone else reading this thread... Let's all take a minute to appreciate the fact that not only is Mrs Bee willing to take a pie barrage -- she actually put time and effort into figuring out how to do it properly (as opposed to some anonymous person on Fiverr who charges you good money to take three paper plates full of melting Redi-Wip, one of which misses her entirely).

At least ten.

I like the dictionary definition an overwhelming quantity. a vigorous or rapid outpouring or projection of many things at once.

In other words it sounds like a little past the point where you think you have had enough.

I can't think of a better target.

Will Bigshipper be dressed like a clown?

I know you are so fond of them.

As some people already said: it's not so much the amount of pied that count as the different angles they come from and the interval between them.

5 to 10 pies in rapid succession and from all angles would count as a barrage in my book.

You'll know when it's enough.

The more the merrier of course, but as others have also said, to me the phrase implies the rapid fire nature of the bombardment rather than the volume. Three or more pies without pause would constitute a mini-barrage. Preferably 50 though.

Update on this: Blew my face off. Pie cannon delayed.

Until the target has been saturated or fully covered

hit me with your best shot

I'm not sure, either!

Bee

A thought popped into my head this morning. Going back to the definition. A barrage is diversion damn to change the course of the flow of water. The military use a barrage as an overwhelming relentless artillery volley to keep an enemy from advancing or retreating.

I see a nice bottle of Champagne on a table across the room and the lovely Mrs. Bee trying to get to it. Only to be delayed by a relentless barrage of pies! We all know that keeping Mrs. Bee from a bottle of bubbly is a formidable challenge! That would be fun to watch.

I tend to agree with most people on here as I believe you need to start with at 10 and I believe the key is the speed they are delivered and the damage they produce. Either way I'm sure the results will be great!

Don't hold your breath.

I've offered her a (laughably small) amount of money to do this. But,she won't budge.

50 pies...no less.

OK, OK....4-6 minimum...the sheer chaotic mess effect will be better achieved if real pies (with crusts) are used.

I did 50 a couple of weeks ago. It was more of a marathon than a sprint, so barrage might not be the best way of putting it.

Crap. I misread this post.

I just spent an entire weekend figuring out how many pies I could fit.....in my garage.

In case you were wondering....based on a 10 inch diameter (size matters) I can fit 7,639 pies in my garage.

Your mileage may vary.

Robby
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