Mehrabi Ward, Practical task - Fake wound

Practical Task - Fake Wound:

My inspiration is a tutorial I found on Youtube. It is a woman showing how to create a fake wound on the arm without using latex.

I decided to base my practical task of making a fake wound on this video because I found it looked very life-like and effective.

First of all I got all of my equipment that I needed to make the wound, and set them up so they were ready to use.

The things I used were, three paint brushes, PVA glue, scissors, a sponge, concealer, fake blood, eye shadow brushes, and tissue paper. I also used an eye shadow pallet. 

This is an image I took of my mum’s arm, which is who I chose to use as my model for this practical task. As you can see I have started to layer on the tissue paper with the PVA glue sticking it down.  I did this with about 4 layers of tissue, tearing it up into smaller pieces and layering them on top of each other. This is the outcome of what it looked like after I had finished layering the tissue on.

The next thing that I did was to add the bruising onto the skin. The darker, more ‘purpley’ areas are where I made the bruises in the skin. I shaded inside the hole onto the skin, around the outside of the hole, and also on other areas of the tissue to make the skin look more real. I blended the eye shadow in using the smallest paint brush.

The next thing I did was I started applying the fake blood. I started slowly, because if I was to get it wrong then it would ruin it.  I chose to use a thick blood, to make it look like the blood was clotting, inside the wound which I thought would make it look more life-like.

I slowly started to add more blood. I found with this type of fake blood, that the more I smeared it across the arm, the redder and thinner it became, making it look like runnier fresher blood. Using this I used the stodgier blood in the hole (the wound itself) to make the clot and smeared the blood around the outside to make it look like the blood had run.

I then thought I’d add one final touch to make the wound look slightly more real. I decided to add the scissors in, by balancing them inside one of the layers of tissue. As you can see in the photo it caused the bottom layers of ‘skin’ (tissue) to droop/fold over slightly which makes the ‘skin’ look even more fragile, adding to the effect.    

Now that I know how to create fake wounds, I will be able to take this and use it to add effect when it comes to creating our own horror film opening.