Machete in the Head

First of all let's do a fun one, the machete in the head. I used a picture from "Dawn Of The Living Dead". For this one what you do is take the camera shot of the guy swinging the DULL machete at the person's head (or whatever) then you cut (the camera that is). Then you place on the actor an identical DULL machete with a hallowed out space that fits the actor's head (or whatever). To keep the appliance on you can use a latex piece that fits on the head that looks like the wound or you can use a wire that is out of site of the camera and lots of blood. In this case another actor is still holding the machete so the machete does not need to be bonded.

 Cut in Half

Hmm... Let's see... a man cut in half? Sure sounds like fun. But how do you do it? This blew my mind when I found out how easy it was. I felt like an idiot for asking. But what you do is have a fake torso of the actor with guts and crap hanging all over the place. Then you have the actor's head and arms connected to it.

Where is the body? Under the floor of course.

Make a hollow floor or something and have the actor put their legs and body in there. If you want his spine or something moving have the actor's legs connected to wires that control that. This picture is also from "Dawn Of The Living Dead".

I'm sorry I don't have pics for this one yet, but here's how you make a zombie come out of the ground. This one is a little trickier so I'll do it step by step.

Materials needed

1. Dig a hole big enough for the barrel (Keep the grass in one piece)
2. Place the barrel in the hole
3. Fill in the area around the barrel
4. Stretch the spandex around the ring and staple it on.
5. Make a small incision about 1"-3" (this is how the actor gets out)
6. Put the actor in the barrel
7. Place the ring on the barrel
8. Put the grass on the spandex (make sure that it is broken up a little so the actor can get out, but not so much as that it shows on camera)
9. You may want to give the actor a walkie talkie so he knows when to pop up

Eye Popping

Jamming something into someone's eye has always been a hard trick if you want to see the little probe ever so slowly dimple into the eye and having it puncture (like on Star Trek: First Contact). Well this is easy if you do it my way; you just need then to be good at make up and latex or gelatin. I don't think they did it this way in Star Trek but this is a very realistic looking way for us no-budget moviemakers. What you do is make a replica of the head with latex, gelatin, or what ever, but you leave the eye socket open. Next is the gross part, run down to your local slaughter house and ask for a couple of pigs eyes (pigs eyes are the same size and have the same range of colors as humans). Then pop the eyes in the head and away you go. I find that it works better if you zoom in on it so you only see a small piece of the face (that way they don't see as many mistakes)

Throat Slitting

Prodecure:

1. Obtain a DULL knife, fake blood, tape, and a pipette (plastic eye-dropper type thing).

2. Fill the pipette with fake blood and tape it to one side of the knife so that when sqeezed, it will squirt the blood out at the blade.

3. Hold the knife so that the end without the pipette is facing the camera. Sqeeze the bulb of the pipette with your hand as you drag the knife across the victim.

If done right, the effect should look like you are actually cutting into skin. MAKE SURE THE KNIFE BLADE IS DULL!!! You don't want to actually cut someone up. I can't stress this enough. Before you try this, MAKE SURE the knife can't cut anyone!

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Well I have to think a little for some more stuff but be sure there will be more!