We are currently shooting an ambitious major moving picture and we'd need to master the art of creating more realistic vicious scenes.
2006-12-21 07:24:48 · 18 answers · asked by tearaway_weft 2 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Theater & Acting
My sister uses fake blood all the time in her digital art she does. This is the best recipe she has found for makeing it. Looks very real!
Hope it helps.
How to Make Fake Blood
Other than breaking into your local bloodbank, heres an effective way to make realistic fake blood...
making fake blood can be trick, if you want it to look realistic. There is nothing worse than seeing a film which looks like the actor has been covered in tomato ketchup, so make sure to get a realistic look. Also, don't go overboard. Using tons of blood pouring from peopel will just make your film look tacky and amatuer, so be sparing with your blood!
Ingredients:
1 pint of clear corn syrup
100 drops red food coloring
1/4 cup of water
1/4 cup sifted flour or corn starch
8 drops blue food coloring
First remove about a 1/4 cup of the corn syup, and replace it with an equal amount of water. Add the food colouring and mix the blood by gently shaking.
Now add the sifted flour (or corn starch) to your mixture, and gently mix it all again. If you use flour, you may get small lumps forming at the top of the mixture, if you do, then wait about a minute and they will float to the top where you can remove them.
You now have a bottle of realistic fake blood! You can experiment with the amounts of ingedients which you feel gets you the best "blood like" consistancy.
You must be aware that this mixture may temorarily stain skin, and may permanently stain clothes. Because of the use of natural sugar in the corn syrup, this fake blood will not keep long. You can extend its shelf life by simply storing the blood in a refrigerator.
2006-12-21 07:28:42 · answer #1 · answered by Trisa Z 1 · 3⤊ 0⤋
For a film, you'd really be best off buying professionally made stage blood. You can make stuff that works well enough for a stage audience, who bring a lot of suspension-of-disbelief with them, but it's going to look fake in an "ambitious major moving picture".
http://www.fxsupply.com/bn_catalog/bn_blood.html
If you want to make it yourself, I've seen recipes using corn syrup, peanut butter, and detergent, plus red food coloring. Fiddle with the proportions until you get the effect you want.
http://chemistry.about.com/cs/howtos/ht/fakeblood.htm
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/theatre/stagecraft/faq/section-33.html
2006-12-21 07:30:03 · answer #2 · answered by jfengel 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Check out my website for tips and recipes. A very good but sticky mix is corn syrup red food coloring and caramel to give it depth.
Good luck with the gore!
2006-12-21 13:19:47 · answer #3 · answered by FX_Make-upArtist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try clear syrup Karo or Kyro mixed with lots of red food coloring its thick and if you get the mix right it looks wicked real.
2006-12-21 07:33:57 · answer #4 · answered by crawler 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Corn syrup is good, but use RED and CARAMEL food coloring. When the two are mixed at the point of use, the effect is startling.
2006-12-21 07:32:26 · answer #5 · answered by Marvinator 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Heinz 57
2006-12-21 07:26:17 · answer #6 · answered by Rowdy Yayhoot 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Clear Karo syrup and red food coloring is the simplest.
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2006-12-21 09:40:13 · answer #7 · answered by producer_vortex 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Blend pomigranite seeds and strain thru a filter for the juice. Heat the juice on warm and blend yeast for the right consistency. Careful, it will stain.
2006-12-21 07:29:18 · answer #8 · answered by JAMI E 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I've heard that hollywood just uses corn syrup and food coloring
2006-12-21 07:27:58 · answer #9 · answered by Matt 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I know you can use KARO Syrup and anything to color it red....although that can lead to very sticky situations. Best of luck to you on your picture show.
2006-12-21 07:29:31 · answer #10 · answered by B-Dub 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋