SQUIBS AND SPLATTER

Well if u don't know what squibs are there tiny charges behind a blood packet wich makes it look like your getting shot.
im offering my services here (Special effects ...uh kind of an expert)lol.
i mainly work with blood splatter and blood effects.
i have access to loads and loads of squibs and splatter equipment.
so if u have any questions or would like to get some feel free to ask.

-Arkter-

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Permalink Reply by Metaluna Mutant on August 6, 2008 at 4:32pm
is there any safe way to use one on a actors forehead?
Permalink Reply by Arkter on August 7, 2008 at 1:33pm
there is an old style that is almost like a blow dart but instead it shoots blood pellets.
Permalink Reply by ClericRuss on August 7, 2008 at 3:51pm
Combustible pyro on a person's head "can" be done- but almost always the charge must be hidden from camera view and the effect is aimed for a wall or other background element that shows off the FX...

Let me see if I can find the site- there's a way to make a CO2 "Popper" that's light-weight and can either fire a paintball with red fill or bust a condom with surrogate strapped over the barrel opening it may be small enough to fit behind an actor's head or at the very least back-mounted and in turn aimed to the set piece you want the gore to "showcase"...

If you want to see the bullet hole right in the forehead in full view of the camera- it's an old-school trick but I can't tell you how many people it still fools today...

Fishing line & a pre-made "filler" or prosthetic covering the forehead. The underside of the prosthetic is colored blood red or a ruddy brown [for a zombie- ruddy brown works best] and the portion of the forehead covered by the appliance is varying degrees of red, ruddy red, brown, dark brown & finally a very small portion of black all circling/blended into one another to teh center mass of the "hole".

Adhere the appliance to your "stunt ghoul's" forehead with spirit gum, pro's aid II or any other appliance application 'glue'- [the fishing line can be installed to the middle of the appliance using a needle & thread/fishing line prior to application- try to find as thin a gauge as you can find].

Place your actor at his/her marked position and set your camera position accordingly for the most dramatic effect; have an FX assistant stand out of camera [and shadow!] view ready to pull the line as sharp & hard as humanly possible when a call for "Cue Head Pop!" is called.

If you're using software editing suite of some kind, use dynamic footage of your hero grabbing their "shootin' iron" and then cut to a shot of your zombie with the appliance popping off a micro-fraction of a second after the reveal.

Add a smart sound effect of your hero's gun firing just prior to the zombie reveal and it'll be quite effective!

Used with a splatter effect against something behind your ghoul and then a quick cut back to your hero with the smoking barrel- followed by a medium "beauty" shot of your ghoul slowly dropping [or laughably undulating like a bad Michael Jackson "Thriller" ghoul] to the ground/floor will fool a LOT of people!

Yeah- it's a lot of cuts, shots, prep and footage to get roughly 10 to 20 seconds of footage but honestly, that's what it takes to truly grasp the craft of "FX Magic"...
Permalink Reply by Jason C. Thompson on August 7, 2008 at 4:03pm
Be careful in your use of them. They are considered explosives, and your local law might demand certification.
Permalink Reply by Metaluna Mutant on August 10, 2008 at 10:26am
I just remembered that I have a book that shows what they used to show someone being shot. They took an air tank and shot the actor with a spec of fake blood.
Permalink Reply by Visogoth on August 14, 2008 at 4:08am
That blowdart idea sounds pretty plausible, I wanna try it. Paintballs seems like a great idea at first, but Ive played and without even trying it with a red one Im pretty sure I won't get the desired effect for a gore shot. May be useful for a cut away shot though, like more about moving the clothes and getting a good reaction from my actor. Wonder what could doctor up a paintball for gore, or how could you make your own? A blood spout like I saw on Indy Mogul.com would help for over the top stuff.
Permalink Reply by Metaluna Mutant on August 15, 2008 at 11:33am
I remember seeing a commercial about a paint ball gun that is less destructive to your surroundings and is easy to clean up.

Safe Paint ball

I have never played pain ball of any kind; so, I don't know how to mod any paint guns; but, I think the toy version would look more real on film.
Permalink Reply by ClericRuss on August 16, 2008 at 12:20pm
A typical effect used by "Troma Productions" [Toxic Avenger, Hills Have Eyes, etc] for years in the 80s is the toilet paper soaked in fake blood trick...

Though deceptively simple, the brains and "yak" that smack the wall give a wonderful "blict" to any carnage you want the audience to be repulsed by.

What makes this equally wonderful is you can use a 1 to 1.5 inch piece of pvc pipe that you can blow it through!

I'd suggest getting an adapter [or a coupling] so you can load the tube & that you can then place over the pipe prior to putting it up to you mouth- just so you aren't licking that stuff all day long!

Well... Unless you're into that sort of thing... *wink*
Permalink Reply by Metaluna Mutant on August 19, 2008 at 5:10pm
You said "yak" in your post above; that got me thinking about Nickelodeon Gak. I'm wondering if it could be used (along with other ingredients) could be used for gore. There are also recipes to make your own.

Back on topic, in Dawn of the Dead (the remake) they used a sort of pipe that was connected to an actors back. They used it to splatter blood on the wall behind the actor. If you have the DVD, it's in the special features. The scene it self is close to the end of the film.
Permalink Reply by Wolfe4086 on August 19, 2008 at 6:59pm
I have been trying to find the empty paintgun rounds as well as the zirconium rounds (For the flash). However it is looking more and more like I will be using Final Draft for these effects. :(
Permalink Reply by Mark on August 19, 2008 at 7:47pm
Permalink Reply by Neos on September 2, 2008 at 10:39am
i think the last video looked more convincing kinda. and it seems pretty safe and easy to edit cuz there's no bright flash from the explosion.
thanks for sharing

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