Make-up Exploration
'Sleep' - BU Graduate Film by Iona Smith (2015)
'Tehzeeb' Graduate Short film by Myriam Raja (2015)
For this project i was approached by the director to make some special effects and props. although not strictly makeup i thought i would include it in my blog as it allowed me to experiment with a material i had never used before.
This was her message to me:
"I'm shooting my grad film next week and there's a scene where the main character peels an orange and the orange bleeds, she then opens it completely and theres a small human foetus inside This is super special effects orientated, so i wondered if you had any idea how i should go about making that haha?"
For the Makeup in this film, I worked with some third years, they made all the prosthetics and on set on the day I helped apply all the pieces and I was also in charge of painting the puppet face and the body of the actress who played seduction.
Character - 'Puppet'
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Foetus at 11 Weeks:
Sculpting the foetus
Baking the Sculpey
Extra Projects and Experimentation
For this project i had two different ideas about how to create the probs.
1st would be to sculpt the foetus out of clay, eithe Le Beau Touche or monster clay. (i would have used monster clay probably because of how small the piece is and how it would be less sticky and more managable that LBT)
Originally i wasn't sure if the blood would make the baby gunky enough. i was thinking about also making up some jelly, or using hand sanatiser to give it that extra wet look. But in the end this blood worked really well. I love the Bloody Marvellous blood and i think it is the best one i have tried. When testingthis out i also tried a cheaper store bought halloween blood, and because it was not nearly as thick it looked a lot less realistic and dramatic and how the director wanted.
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