Practical Task - Fake Wound

Practical Task - Fake Wound

Inspiration

I searched on YouTube to find a suitable tutorial and chose two videos that were quite different to learn about how to do it. As I have never created a fake wound before, I wanted to find a video that explained it clearly and also used materials that I already have.

The first video I found was a small cut on the back of the woman's hand and she explained the basic method of how to create a fake cut. I liked how she used eye-shadow to create effect on the cut because I have a lot of eye-shadow so I could easily re-create the look.

The next video I found was of a much more detailed fake wound but it still used the same materials and method as the first video so I could join my knowledge from both videos. This second video showed the girl creating a much bigger cut than the first video, which is what I wanted to create, so I took more inspiration from this demonstration than the last one.

My Fake Cut

To create my wound I used:

• Tissue
• PVA glue
• Foundation
• Powder
• Eye-shadow
• Lip gloss

To make the fake blood I used:

• Golden syrup
• Plain flour
• Corn flour
• Red food colouring
• Green food colouring

I tested out all of the eye-shadow colours that I have to find the best one and I found that these palettes contain a good range of the colours I needed.

I used an old foundation that I have, but it is quite orange so I decided to mix it with a pale BB cream I have to match my skin tone. The powder is one I smashed a while ago but it is a good tone on my skin and made the foundation more matte so it was necessary to include it.

I used a normal PVA glue and toilet roll to create the raised area on my arm. I ripped the tissue into random shapes, which is what the people on the videos did with theirs.

I didn't have any fake blood so I decided to make my own and these are the ingredients I used. I followed this recipe: How To Make Your Own Fake Blood

After preparing my materials, I started to create the wound:

First, I applied a layer of glue to my arm and then started to put the tissue on it.

I put a few layers on at a time, leaving a few minutes between putting on more layers to make it dry faster.

In the videos I watched, they said to build up the tissue more in the middle and I started doing that here, but it made it quite uneven. If I do it again I will start building the middle up earlier on to make it more gradual.

While I was waiting for the thicker, middle part to dry I started putting the foundation on the drier patches, which I regret doing because then I started going over the parts that were still wet, which probably slowed down the drying speed.

I ended up covering almost all of the tissue even with the glue still wet. I thought that if I created the actual cut and made the opening it might help it to dry. I used the sharpened end of a paint brush to make the incision because I didn't have any small scissors. 

After making the incision, I finished putting the foundation over the tissue and then covered it with powder to get rid of the shininess. However, I don't think it is the right colour for my skin tone because it doesn't match which makes it look less realistic.

I copied the way that the people in the videos I watched used eye-shadow on their fake wounds so I used many different colours to make the wound look more realistic. I put black in the cut because in the videos I watched they said to put black underneath to make the cut look darker underneath to make it more realistic.

I finished putting the eye-shadow around the cut so that it was all done before putting the fake blood on.

I made my fake blood quite thick so it would stay in the cut but I also wanted it to be coming out of the cut to make it look more dramatic so I put extra blood on it.

 

I really liked how the wound turned out but I definitely need more practice if we do this in our film opening because I think it looks obviously fake. To make it look better next time, I will use less tissue and a foundation that is a better match to my skin tone, then it would look more realistic.