"Movie Night"

A young woman tries to hide a family secret from her new boyfriend

Released: [unreleased]

Director: Devin Dillon

Producer: Devin Dillon

D.P.: Devin Dillon

My Role: Practical Effects, Makeup Artist

This set was mainly a learning experience for me. Devin, who I met at the informal FX workshop in 2018, wrote in a blood gush from a pipe, and a face bashed in on a steering wheel, which gave me the chance to experiment with silicone appliances.

Before this movie, I had never taken a facial lifecast, but was sure to have one done of me when I first got to college, so I could help guide someone else through the process. We elected to make this lifecast with silicone (which helped us later on).

Once the silicone was set, I poured a plaster positive, sealed that with a water/mold-soap mixture, then sculpted on it with plasticine. We didn't release this well enough the first time, so the final prosthetic is a cast of the second sculpt attempt (Devin's)

We actually managed to match the color of our actor's skin pretty well when pouring the prosthetic, needing only a slight wash of blood color on the prosthetic's reverse side (made by thinning colored silicone with naptha). This picture was taken before that wash.

To paint, I first blacked out the gap where the eyes were missing, adding reddening around the edges with the naptha-thinned silicone. As it set, it globbed unnaturally when distressed, so I added this to create gore and torn muscle. I finished with a cut piece of white silicone as the broken nose bone.

On set, the prosthetic looked pretty good on its own. Unfortunately, we didn't add a thin enough flashing, and so were forced to try to blend the edges with nose wax, which didn't exactly work. The set was rushed, though, and we had to keep moving, so stage blood was added to hide the bottom edge.

The blood gush also didn't go exactly as planned. This blood was a thinner recipe made from orange soda and cherry drink mix. This helped it flow, but I learned the hard way simply blowing through a hidden tube did not give enough pressure for the proper effect. This screenshot is the best looking frame.

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Although neither effect went as planned, I still this consider this a successful failure, as I learned a lot from this set which has made me a better effects artist. And in the end, everyone had a good time on set.

FULL CREDITS

Andrew

Sandy

Jason

Mr. Turp

Movie Goer

Producer

Director

Writer

Director of Photography

VFX Artist

Assistant Director

Production Manager

Co-Director of Photography

Assistant Camera

Editor

1st Gaffer

2nd Gaffer

Boom Operator

Practical Effects

Makeup Artist

Sound Mixer

Composer

Key Grip

Grip

Special Thanks

Gerard Darris

Vicky Chen

Joey Sanders

Michael Beran

Tanner Craft

Devin Dillon

Ed Johnston

Joey A. Goldman

Cody Briner

Tim M. Sullivan

Matt Margulis

Logan Jordan

Chance Whitlash [sic]

Megan Sander

Wesley Curtis