Cutting off hand

pan-modo_pictures · Post by **pan-modo_pictures** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:22 pm

Does anyone have the sound effect chopping off a body part, or know where I can get one? A pirate gets his hand cut off with a butchers knife.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:51 pm

well would there be much of a sound. More of such a sharp chop noise. Maybe combine a wooden bang with a squelch? That is what i would do

pan-modo_pictures · Post by **pan-modo_pictures** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 3:00 pm

Well you don't actually see it cut off, that's why I need it. It's a pirate chef and he's chopping a carrot. You hear a chop hit wood, a chop hit wood, and then the slice. I would get use anything, but you hve to know he cut something.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 4:18 pm

Get a Lamb roast joint, and hack away at that with your butcher's knife! You'll have all the sounds of realism you can get, after all, you'll have flesh and bone to contend with! When you're done, add some garlic, cover with foil, and throw into theoven for a couple of hours! Serve with a nice redcurrant and mint sauce, and vegetables! YUM YUM! Hmmm, I'm getting hungry now, going to put supper on!

"No animals were hurt during filming, they were killed before instead"!

Gyro · Post by **Gyro** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 2:10 am

I searched www.findsounds.com and I do agree with camclub that youre going to have to make your own sfx for this one.

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:23 am

Go to the slaughterhouse and ask the owner or whoever if you can record on of their butchers hacking into a cow whether live or dead, you can also try the local butcher, the independent butcher mostly, they would be more willing.

El Brenty · Post by **El Brenty** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 11:52 am

Problem with that is that they use different tools, often motorised ones. You wouldn't get them hacking into a live cow, that's an animal rights violation. The cattle have to be "humanely" killed first - Often by electrocution, and this is done at an abbertoire. The carcass is then split up and sections are then distributed to wholesalers, then onto the butchers.

You really woudn't want to go to one of these places, it's not a pretty sight. Most people would be grossed out by it.

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:56 pm

Well I was saying have a butcher or someone who is will take a butcher's knife to a DEAD cow or meat product which still contains blood and such, which would then convay the noise needed/

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:19 pm

a very dull thud, maybe slick crack of bone and faint squelch noise

pan-modo_pictures · Post by **pan-modo_pictures** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 1:44 pm

I got it off sounddogs.com. That site has everything, including tons of gore effects. I had to have it done quickly, otherwise I would have waited a couple days until we had a roast

pdj · Post by **pdj** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 12:30 am

Well, IÃ¢â‚¬â„¢m having a roast lamb this Sunday for Easter. We go down to the farm and literally watch the preparation process from start- the killing-the skinning- then we prep it up with salt etc and put it on the spit- I would be more then happy to attempt to record a few sounds for you-

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:27 am

Record chopping a chunk of meat in half.

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 10:30 pm

That is what I said above^

Epsilon · Post by **Epsilon** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 2:36 am

Indeed. I was simple reinforcing the idea!

Themovieman44 · Post by **Themovieman44** » Sun Apr 11, 2004 12:34 pm

Okay well your point has been acknowledged and reinforced

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Fri Apr 23, 2004 5:43 am

When trying to make a head imploding SFX a few months back (Don't even ask, LOL) i hit a ripe watermelon with a mallet, hammer, 2X4, and finaly with a hatchet. The hatchet produced a sound that we immediatly thought of as an arm being lopped off. We re-shot the scene just to incorperate this. The file was sadly lost in the great Norton Anti-Virus purge however :banghead: . Try it for yourself though.