Lesson on horror make-up and gore

In class we were given some lessons in gore to help us while filming our trailer so that it looked as realistic as possible.  We were taught how to create action fight sequences and hide the punches, how to use weapons and props with match on action editing to make them look more realistic and mainly, how to use make up to create wounds and gore.  

We used latex, black paint and grenadine to create the wounds, I made a long cut on my forearm which you can see above.  We used latex to create the main wound, the size and depth, we then used the black paint for the inside and to define the wound and to make it appear deeper, and then grenadine as it looks like blood.

We also were shown how to fake being sick, however we didn't need that for the trailer which we did, although was fun to find out.

While filming our trailer we did use grenadine as it does look like blood and it is easy and cheap to use.  We used it in the only sequence when the victim hit his head on the wall.  Sean put the grenadine in his mouth and spat it on the wall when he hit, we could do this as grenadine is a syrup which is often used in cocktails, we couldn't have used it so effectively if we had used paint or other substances as blood.