Independent Research

Once the group decided on our concept and further developed the notion, we decided to utilise our resources and carry out some independent research. In the scene, the main subject of the scene comes across a mutilated body. So, for my research, I investigated how to make fake blood in order to make the scene believable. Film is unforgiving and so the massacre had to be realistic. 

I watched a tutorial with over 300k views by a channel on youtube that specialises in fake blood called 'RealFakeBloodFilms'. The video taught me step by step how to make the blood. The ingredients consisted of corn syrup, fairy liquid and food colouring. To make the blood you need to put the corn syrup in a bowl and then red food colouring. The red food colouring will sit on top of the syrup so you must stir the colouring into the syrup. Next, you should add a small amount of blue food colouring to the solution as real blood does not look as artificial in its hue as red food dye. As you continue the process, you should test the solution on a white paper towel or kitchen roll to ensure it is the correct colour. From time to time, the blood will not appear solid on skin and look almost like it's condensing, if this happens you should add a small bit of fairy liquid to solidify the mixture.

Another option, if you want to alter the opacity, you may add cornstarch to thicken the mixture. I feel that this research task really helped inform me of the elements of special effects makeup and will benefit the group when it comes to filming.