Fake wounds

Wounds practical

In our coursework we are considering using a fight scene as a flashback/dream which means there will need to be cuts and bruises which I am going to try out. To create these fake wounds I have found tutorials on YouTube.

Bruise

To create the bruise I used a make up sponge with little pieces pulled out of it to add texture. On this make up sponge I put red lipstick to get the general colour and shape of the bruise. After this I added detail using a dark purple eye shadow for the idea of veins. Finally I used green and yellow eye shadow to highlight the different colours in a bruise. To finish this bruise I went back in with the lipstick on a sponge to darken the bruise.

Here is the final product:

Cut

For the cut I had to make a wax to cut into for this I used Vaseline and flour. I also made my own fake blood so that it ended up exactly how I wanted it to look, for this I used treacle, honey, glycerine and red food colouring. To create the cut I started by putting the wax on my arm and spreading it into my skin so that where the wax joined my skin was hidden as best as I could, to hide this further I used a sponge to cover the wax in foundation to match my arm. Once the wax was hidden I used the blunt side of a knife to cut through the wax which would be the main size and shape of my cut. I then used more foundation and a sponge to smooth the edges of the cut. I then used a paintbrush to pool to fake blood inside the cut so that it would run like normal blood to make the cut seem bigger I used the brush to spread the blood around the cut. The video I have made will not upload so here is the tutorial I used (it is the first cut she demonstrates).

Here is my final product:

Evaluation

Overall these are the fake wounds I made. I think they look good and could be used in our coursework for after the fight. The bruise looks more affective from a distance as up close it is clearly make up however we could probably add more to it so it looks more real. The problem we would have while filming with this cut it that the fake blood is quite runny as you can see in the image below it is running down my arm, this adds to the realism as blood is runny however it could make a big mess while filming as it will run everywhere.

It is possible for us to use these fake wounds in our film opening as we plan to have a fight scene so having the fake cuts and bruises will add to the realistic side of our film opening.