Wound: test run

After our first shooting session, we done a test run of the wound that we plan to use on the dead character at the end of our opening scene.
I planned to use the same method as when I practised on my arm, using face paints, some make up and theatrical wax, but at the time we didn't have any eyelash glue so the wound that I moulded wasn't sticking to Elyse's skin which proved annoying when trying to put foundation and make up on the theatrical wax as it kept lifting up from her skin and wouldn't stay down which made it look less realistic.
I think that the colours I used to create the blood/gore looked realistic and when filming the wound to see what it would look like on camera, the colours looked realistic, it was just the theatrical wax and where you could see the end of it that didn't look realistic. If we decide to use this wound within our scene, I will ensure that we have eyelash glue so that the wound will be firmly stuck to Elyse and that it will not lift up from her skin, this will mean that I can make sure that the ends of the theatrical wax are spread smoothly onto her skin so when covered with foundation, you will barely be able to where the theatrical wax becomes her actual skin.
The bottom photo shows how visible the theatrical wax was up close and this is what I want to avoid.

Wounds continued.

When researching tutorial videos/instruction links on how to create wounds, many of them used theatrical modelling wax so I ordered some and whilst waiting for it to arrive I decided to try and use eye lash glue again to attempt to create a bigger wound to see if it would work. I used 3 different shades of lipsticks as they were all I had at the time but because one was a skin tone just tinted red which made the skin around it look sore, I had a burgundy colour and a red one and tried to use them both together to make the inside of the fake cut look sore/bloody but I feel that if I could've had something a few shades darker, it could've made it look more realistic as the cut would've been made to look as though it was deeper. Up close it doesn't look realistic but I feel that with more makeup it could be made to. From a far I think that it does actually look pretty realistic and I used dark shades of blushed on my arms to make it look as though it'd been bruised/battered. 

When the modelling wax arrived, I'd also gathered together some face paints and foundation. I found the modelling wax really hard to work with as it wasn't really sticking to my skin so I had to use eyelash glue to keep it stuck on, it also kept peeling off at the corners, I used a spoon to smooth down the edges on to my skin to make it look as thought the fake skin was in fact my skin but it didn't smooth very well and kept coming off so I tried gluing it to my skin again using eye lash glue and it worked to keep the wax to my skin but the edges were still rough and were not going smoother, just breaking off. So I left the shape I'd made on my arm with the wax and moved on to using the facepaint to make it look bloody. I used black, green and red, mixing the black and red to make a darker shade of red, more of a bloody shade. I think that the colours look realistic, and from a far it could look believable but I think that the modelling wax was an issue as it wouldn't mold into a shape that was easier to work with without breaking. I feel that in the photo highlighted yellow is where this technique looks most realistic. 

I also tried creating scars with the eyelash glue and also the modelling wax, and I think that the eyelash glue looks more realistic than the modelling wax. I just covered the eyelash glue (right) with foundation when it was dry which made a raised line which could appear as a scar and looks realistic. I feel that the modelling wax (left) does look realistic but the foundation didn't stick to it as well and it still looks a different colour to my skin. 

Wounds 1

Using just things I found around the house, I experimented with what I could make that looks like something caused by pain. Because I used things that I found around the house, I didn't have materials such as liquid latex so I couldn't do big wounds so I focused on a small wound using lipstick, blusher, eye lash glue, one brush and some tweezers.

When the glue dried, it dried quite clear and not white which meant that it looked more like skin than glue. It stuck really well to the skin and when I used the tweezers to make a slit down the middle of the line that I had created, it was also really easy because the glue is flexible. I found different things that were in a red shade, different lipsticks and blusher and tried them to see which worked best or which would look most realistic and I think that using them all made it look most realistic but in my opinion, I don't think that the cut looks completely realistic when up close, more from a distance. I think that if the cut was smaller and maybe somewhere on the face, it would look more realistic. During experimenting with the cut, I tried to use fake skin but it made my skin rash, so when using certain products, I must make sure that they don't cause a reaction to the person that they're on.

I also found different shades of eye shadow which I tried to shade differently to create a bruise but the colours didn't very well and also I started off blending them on my hand, and a hand isn't really a place that a bruise would be effective, so I used my brothers face to see if I could make a realistic bruise but I feel that the colours aren't strong enough. The colours mixed and looked more brown than a greeny/purple that bruises usually are. When I have to resources, I will attempt to use other techniques to create bruises and cuts. 

When researching, I also came across two links which I would really like to try and adapt if I can get hold of the correct resources and both shouldn't cost too much.

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Create-Realistic-Cuts-Quick-Cheap/

http://www.instructables.com/id/How-To-Make-A-Zombie-Flesh-Wound/