I'm in a bit over my head on this one. I'm about to lose my head thinking about it...
Get it? Funny right?
Anyway.
I'm shooting a scene where a young coed loses her head - literally. Now, throughout the rest of the film everything gory in nature has been approached suggestively or with "camera trickery", I want to keep all the nasty stuff offscreen so as to leave it to the audiences imaginations. Except for this scene.
I've been doing some prep work, trying to find a good substitute to actually slicing and dicing on my dear actress's throatal region, but nothing has really struck me as perfect. The closest I've found is a dressed up pig's hindquarter. Now it does resemble human skin in a way, but it's got a few drawbacks. First it's rather bumpy, and even covered in fake blood the bumps look like sever razor burn. And secondly, my actress doesn't like that her fill-in is a dead Wilbur's arse.
Anyone have any low-budget suggestions on what else I could use (I've already spent the majority of this project's budget on pzza, beer, and snoballs for the crew). I would like to have actual knife insertion, but what I would really hope to acheive is depth to the wound which will help play out the joke that follows - yes, post-severed-head jokes are funny in Ohio.
thanks!
Nic
Get it? Funny right?
Anyway.
I'm shooting a scene where a young coed loses her head - literally. Now, throughout the rest of the film everything gory in nature has been approached suggestively or with "camera trickery", I want to keep all the nasty stuff offscreen so as to leave it to the audiences imaginations. Except for this scene.
I've been doing some prep work, trying to find a good substitute to actually slicing and dicing on my dear actress's throatal region, but nothing has really struck me as perfect. The closest I've found is a dressed up pig's hindquarter. Now it does resemble human skin in a way, but it's got a few drawbacks. First it's rather bumpy, and even covered in fake blood the bumps look like sever razor burn. And secondly, my actress doesn't like that her fill-in is a dead Wilbur's arse.
Anyone have any low-budget suggestions on what else I could use (I've already spent the majority of this project's budget on pzza, beer, and snoballs for the crew). I would like to have actual knife insertion, but what I would really hope to acheive is depth to the wound which will help play out the joke that follows - yes, post-severed-head jokes are funny in Ohio.
thanks!
Nic
