Seems like they do! Just watch this amazing video, used to promote the new phones by SAMSUNG©. I love the idea; Lets shoot them annoying insects with a mini-pie!
Edit:
Just after I posted this article, I got an (automated) email from the uploader at YouTube©. The email learned me about how this has been created and it gives some funny information:
(quoted from an email from Claire Watson, to privateftw@gmail.com)
A bit of background …
§ Shot at Greenford Studios, Middlesex, a specialist team of production crew, cameramen and insect handlers spent three days using high speed photosonic cameras to capture the pie flinging antics on film.
§ The biggest challenge was creating enough light to achieve the required exposure. To ensure the insects were comfortable and under no threat of heat exhaustion, the light could only be switched on for up to 3 seconds at a time.
§ Even with the specialist equipment, the depth of field was literally never more than a few millimetres, meaning that the insects only had to move minutely before going out of focus, or for the pies to miss.
The pies ….
§ More than two hundred and twenty five miniature desserts, including Lemon Meringue pie, Coconut Custard pie and Cranberry Jelly pie, were specially crafted by an expert team of miniature props creators.
§ Although the pies in the final film are genuinely minute millimetre size desserts, the smaller insects were not hit with these directly in case this caused injury. Instead only the jelly, custard and meringue toppings were catapulted towards them.
§ The dessert recipes followed the usual format, with the only difference being that the ingredients were reduced down to milliliters and they were created under a microscope. (I have included a recipe for the Lemon Meringue pie at the bottom of this email … if you would like any other recipes, please let me know)
The insects ….
§ When asked about the insects' reactions on finding themselves in the middle of a pie fight, the professional insect handler told us that the insects were unperturbed by the flying pies and far more interested in consuming the spoils.
§ A total of three hundred flies, fifteen beetles, one Elephant beetle, six common spiders, one queen wasp and one hundred bees were present on set at all times.
§ No insects were harmed in the making of Millimetres Matter but some did get their just deserts!
