Headshot?

davidmalyn · Post by **davidmalyn** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 12:36 pm

Hi all before i ask my headshot question i guess i'll let you know a little about myself. I'm a 17 Year Old Filmmaker currently on an official holiday from West Thames College in Middlesex (Greater London) & have so far only made one complete short film - a british gangster piece called Gangland which was 16 Mins long!. Well now thats out the way here is my question. How do you make a bullet hole in the head? What i mean is in movies when someone gets shot in the head (for instance Resident Evil) you see a shot of them firing a gun then you cut the next shot & the victim already has a bullet hole in the head and just fall back like they've just been shot. What i'm wondering is if anyone knows how to create a good looking bullet hole in the head. I was thinking of possibly attaching a button then putting some fake blood on or something? Does anyone have any other ideas?

Spike · Post by **Spike** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 1:29 pm

That depends how tastefull your headshot should look

I think i've seen that button thing u refered to in severel movies, so i guess that would look good!! There is several of recepies for fake skin and wounds, which you could use to make the headshot wound look more realistic!!

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 2:17 pm

he is right about tastfulness. I would go and get some of that makeup putty, whos name is escaping me, and mold it into the shape of a small wound, (Little crator) then attach it to the head with sprit gum, then cover that sucker with blood.

It seems to me that audeances exspect lots of gore from a head shoot, and I would give it to them. What would be cooler, would be to show the exit wound. with some hanging brains (esaly done with beef) Hope that helps.

davidmalyn · Post by **davidmalyn** » Sun Jul 13, 2003 6:14 pm

cheers guys i'll try the button thing then. Foxwood are you talking about Morticians Wax?

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 1:45 am

use the air compressed method of shooting out blood that has been discussed here in the past

foxwood · Post by **foxwood** » Mon Jul 14, 2003 2:19 pm

that sounds about right, it probably has a diffrent name over there in England, but ya just theater wax.

GITPF · Post by **GITPF** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 1:18 am

you can buy bullet hits at haloween trick stores (in America at least?http://www.pjstrickshop.com/hal_specialfx.asp you'll have to contact them to see if they ship to England, I don't know if they do.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Sun Jul 20, 2003 9:46 am

Is it the type of bullet hole that you'd poke a stick through, just to make sure that the bullet didn''t get lodged in at the front?