In movies where there's shooting involved, there's always someone who gets shot (obviously!). What trick do they use to make the scene look realistic? I'm mainly refering to the part in which the bullet hits the victim. I'm almost sure that they have a package of red liquid hidden under the jacket. But what I can't imagine is that how is this package blown.
Also in the movie Godfather, when this Vegas guy, Moe Green is shot in the eye, there's blood coming out of the wound. But how did they manage to make a scene like that? There was no jacket to hide this 'red liquid' under. It doesn't seem like someone poured the fake blood on his face either. So... what's the deal?
2006-06-28 20:15:27 · 5 answers · asked by ready_to_rumble 1 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Movies
Thanks. I know what 'special effects' are, and I wasn't referring to them. In a movie that was recorded in 1972, when there were no 'special effects' you could see these scenes being executed perfectly (as in Godfather).
2006-06-28 20:28:43 · update #1
There are several tricks to this:
The general style is to use blood packs and explosives (equal to a firecracker) to rip the clothing. The guy is wearing something like a bullet proof vest underneath to keep the explosive from tearing into his chest. The explosives are set either by wires that run down through the clothing and out a pant leg or by remote control.
To get more realistic they have:
Used people with injuries, such as people with missing limbs. So a guy that was missing a leg could play a soldier that gets his leg blown off by a mine.
They use a fake body made from rubber in between the before and after shots or for the rest of the shot. A scene where a knife goes through a guys head would be the first style and a scene where a guy's head gets blown clear off would be the second style.
They use CGI (which is probably what they used in Total Recall when the two main characters find themselves on Mars's landscape without proper equipment.
I would say that they used a fake head or partial mask in the Godfather scene.
2006-06-28 20:35:05 · answer #1 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They use something called a squib. Its a small explosive that does in fact blow out the red fake blood.
They hid a thin plastic tube in some light makeup. The blood is then squirted through the tube using a bulb filled with the fluid.
2006-06-29 03:20:39 · answer #2 · answered by sshazzam 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nowadays,they could just use computer clusters to animate the effects.
2006-06-29 03:19:00 · answer #3 · answered by changmw 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
its called special effects
2006-06-29 03:21:51 · answer #4 · answered by _ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More violent, vulgar movie magic. No wonder our society is so violent...thank liberal Hollywood.
2006-06-29 03:17:27 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋