Experimentation With Makeup

I have considered using fake blood to create zombies for a film poster, i have chosen not to include zombies in my film opening so as to not introduce too many storylines to the audience straight away but instead i have chosen to use blood on Sam's hand and the window to stick to the generic conventions of horror films and to connote to my audience that something mysterious has happened instead of a carcrash.

When creating the blood we used the following ingredients:
* Red paint
* Blue paint
* Yellow paint
* Black paint
* Yellow food colouring
* Foundation
* Water
* Flour
* Syrup

I experimented with fake blood on a friend to create a zombie look and i feel this looked well as from one side it may look like there is nothing wrong with the person and then when they turn it is revealed that they are a zombie.

To add texture to the face we used a number of ingredients to succsesfully achieve the realistic look. To do this we added to the blood:

* Porridge oats
* Sugar
* Gritty lip balm
* Cling film
All of these ingredients were added to give the effect of bobbled, scabbed and falling off skin.

To Give the black eye (brusied) effect we simply applied the following everyday eye shadow colours:
* Black
* Dark blue
* Light blue
* Dark purple
* light purple
* Dark green
* Light green
* Dark brown
* Light brown
* Yellow eyeshadow

When creating the black eye effect the trick is to layer the eyeshadow to create a puffy effect, i wanted the brusie to look fresh therefore i had to use darker colours like the browns and blues rather than lighter like the light green and yellow.

Instruments we used to apply and mix the ingredients included:

* Bowl
* Large paint brush
* Small paint brush
* Make up brushes