Inspiration- Make up wounds

 Fake cuts

• A common feature of slasher horror films are the fake cuts. They are often used during a fight scene when the killer uses a weapon to harm a victim. 
• In order to create this wound:

- Using paintbrush paint a thin layer of glue on your hand.
-Place some tissue on top of the layer of glue and add more glue and water to the tissue.
- Add two more layers of tissue and glue making each layer smaller every time. Wrinkle the tissue to give the cut a 3D realistic look.
- Once the glue has dried create a rip in the middle of the tissue layer.
- The next step is to paint the wound to make it look as if though it is bleeding. Make sure to blend the wound into the hand. This can be done by adding cocoa powder.

Fake bruises

 

• Another common use of make up is for bruising. Also, often caused by the killer to the victim.
• To create this:

- Apply black eye shadow lightly to the area you want to look bruised.
- Blend in some purple eye shadow to make the bruise look more realistic.
- Use some brown blush over the top of the bruise to finish off the look.


Fake burn

 

• Fake burns may also be seen in slasher horror films
• To create this effect:

- Outline the area you want your burn to be with a brown pen.
- Colour in the area you outlined with light red paint.
- Using black paint outline the area you just coloured in.
- Using a paintbrush slightly merge the black outline and the red together.
- Paint a white line down the middle of the wound and blend this in to give it a highlight.
-Outline the burn with liquid latex.
-As the latex dries paint on some fake blood inside the wound.
-Once the latex has dried roll back the edges slightly to give the wound some dimension and the wound is finished.



Evaluation

• Most of these wounds are easy to recreate and the materials are not hard to source. 
• They also help to clearly show the genre.
• Some wounds may take a longer time to create than others.