In The Frighteners there are numbers carved into the
victims foreheads for reasons you will have to find out by watching the movie:). Anyhow, in the
spirits of Halloween since it is coming up, I am going to teach you how to make
a cut in your skin.
There
are a few different ways to do this but I am only going to tell you about a
few. Since it is just around the time when Halloween stores start to open and
general stores start to get their holiday things out, it should be a little easier
to find some of the stuff I am going to talk about. You can either use single
ply tissue or toilet paper (no design), liquid latex, moisturizer, a cheap
paint brush, tweezers, fake blood, and general Halloween colors for your skin
tone that you can find in any Halloween store, OR you can go the route of using
theatrical wax/fake skin, foundation for your skin tone, a dark red blush, an
even darker deep red, a spatula for sculpting clay or even a butter knife (BE
CAREFUL!!), and a small paint brush.
First I
am going to go with the liquid latex technique. You want to moisturize everything
you are using in terms of skin and stay away from any hair! After you
moisturize, and I mean moisturize well keep in mind, you can put liquid latex
in a petri dish or something you can easily peel the latex off of, grab your
brush and apply one layer to the area you want this lovely gash to go on. You
want to do all of these steps pretty fast so that it won’t dry while you are
trying to apply. Put your first layer of tissue or toilet paper over the wet
area of latex. Repeat this step until you have the thickness desired. After it
has dried for a little while you can take your tweezers and create a small
hole. When you have this small hole it will make it very easy to create a line
or whatever shape you please. When you get the length desired, you can role the
latex outward and sculpt it to the shape and width you want. You can now let it
dry the rest of the way. Be careful with it because it will rub off if you hit
it on something! After it is dry you can apply color. You want to make the
outside of the cut match your skin tone with a hint of red near the cut to show
irritation. You can then add a black base in the cut with red and fake blood
over it. You now have the cut you want!
Otherwise,
if you are looking for a quicker, thicker cut or slash, you can use the fake
skin or wax technique. Keep in mind you still want to moisturize, especially at
the finger tips of the person applying so that the wax does not melt and become
this unpleasant sticky mess. You can take a bit of this fake skin or theatrical
wax and mold it to a small sausage shape. Time to apply it to the area you
want, still trying to stay away from hair. Now that you have it in the area you
want, you can smudge the wax into your skin. Try not to take too long or it
will melt. Here is the part you need to be very careful while doing. You need
to make a cut across the wax making sure that you do not cut yourself!!
Assuming that you successfully did so, you can push the wax back a little to
make the depth and shape you want. Then you can use your foundation to make the
wax blend into your skin. Next you will want to take the lighter of the reds
and dab a little on the higher parts of the wound to also show that it is
really inflamed and irritated. Then you can make it even darker inside the cut
and even add plastic glass elements and fake blood running from it to give it
the exact look you want.
Of the
two techniques if you are looking for something quick you should go with the
wax method. This also tends to look more realistic, but may be more expensive.
The tissue and liquid latex method will take longer but it can be any shape and
thickness you want due to the fact that you can apply exactly where you want.
For the movie The Frighteners, you would probably want to use the tissue
method.
There ya go!:)
Dramatic exit—Director J
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