Introduction: Decapitation Effect
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You'll Need:
1. test dummy
2. fake head (we used styrofoam)
3. foam
4. liquid latex (preferably in a skin color)
5. garden sprayer
6. valve
7. 6 bottles of food coloring
8. balloon
Step 1: The Head
Cut the neck off of the Styrofoam head, and hollow out the head.
Make some fake skin out of some foam and liquid latex (we used a skin color). Attach this piece to the top of the neck, make sure it measures up to fit into the head (but do not connect them).
Cut out a hole through the neck, for the fake blood to come through.
Cover the rest of the head and neck with more of the liquid latex, to make it look like skin.
Next cover the inside of the neck and the head (where the two will be separated) with red paint.
Then using some basic make up and some plastic eyes, give the head more detail
Step 2: The Blood
Fill the garden sprayer with a little bit of four, 6 bottles of red food coloring and about 2 1/2 gallons of water.
Mix it up, and you've got a ton of blood.
Step 3: The Set Up
Attach the garden sprayer to the valve, which attaches to a nozzle, which is attached to a red ballon.
Put the nozzle and tube up through the clothed test dummy. Attach the neck piece, so that the balloon is on top. Then put on the head on and make sure the balloon is inside the cavity you dug out of it.
Then, pump the garden sprayer, and the balloon should inflate with the fake blood. When you decapitate the head, the balloon will explode and fake blood should fly everywhere.
Step 4: Conclusion
This is an excellent way to execute this amazing and bloody effect for under $50. And I promise you will get awesome results for your Indy film!
25 Comments
Question 9 months ago on Introduction
Doing a documentary about a retired hitman and in one of the scenes is where the actor cuts of a characters head even tho this is a documentary we need it to be as real as possible we want the ordinance to feel and be shocked at the Exstream situation filming time total of five minutes edited down to 2 minutes for best views and angles I need to know if this can be done and cost and if you have a location we can agree and perform as our film locations are confidential until film release yours sincerely TLM Studios
Question 9 months ago
I wonder how you make the test dummy):/ but either way THIS IS AWSOME!!!!!!
13 years ago on Introduction
I'M A HUGE FAN OF INDY MOGUL BUT COULD YOU MAKE A IRON MAN SUIT OF ARMOR THANKS :D
13 years ago on Introduction
Is thge guy who gets his head chopped off nar willams from science of the movies?
15 years ago on Introduction
I don't quite understand how to pull this off do you actually cut it or what?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Apparently. Watch the vid.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
it seems so
14 years ago on Introduction
That's kind of creepy
15 years ago on Introduction
My head hurts.lol X_X
15 years ago on Introduction
.....ha ha ha...nice
15 years ago on Introduction
You feel that? It's me, humping your leg. This looks totally awesome.
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
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15 years ago on Introduction
that was nice vid, could use less laughing
15 years ago on Introduction
You rock! I can't what to explode some heads! How does Maddness the movie sound! Death to all strofoam dummys!
15 years ago on Introduction
The little clip of the effect would be a lot better without the canned laughter, but pretty great effect otherwise!
15 years ago on Introduction
Sweet! I'm so gonna do this!
15 years ago on Introduction
Awww man, thank you for this.... My first post, woooooooooooooooohoooooooooooo
15 years ago on Introduction
Oh. man.
Gotta try this.
I'm the kinda guy who sees scenes like that of "Hot Fuzz"(namely, where one guy gets demolished by a falling pointy brick), and laughs my ass off in awe, while pointing at the screen like a 3-year-old.
Have you ever tried a decapitation by explosion/gunshot effect? I saw a clip on MAD TV where a hardware salesman (played by Will Sasso), while showcasing a tool security system, inadvertently launches either a flare or 12 gauge round into his head. You can see where the video was cut off before a dummy was put in place of the actor, at which point the entire head blew up into nice, meaty chunks, spraying blood all over the room.
Yes, my jaw dropped at that too. :D
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
Hot Fuzz did that by filming the blood squirts on gree-screen and then editing them together. (Check your extras _-)
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
Couldn't check extras, only time I saw the movie was in theaters. :D