Fiction adaption: Make up SFX

In order to prepare for filming i have been learning about special effects make up from youtube, one of my friends is keen to get into this industry but lives in wales and so has also been giving me tips on how to make it realistic.

Here are the videos i found useful:

Although this video was on the lip i found it great for finding out more on liquid latex, i think this is the kind of cut i will use for above jack's eye. 

I found this useful as it talked about how adding thicker blood will give your cut a more realistic look. 

I have previously created a black eye for my media studies project so i have some experience with this and so feel comfortable in this area. however as this black eye is a few days old, no swelling, and therefore more yellowy and fading slightly i wanted to see some videos for examples of this sort of colouring. 

The main thing to remember is to have reference photos so to try and make it as realistic as possible. This black eye video was the most realistic i have seen and so i felt this sort of make up tutorial was the most useful for me. 

Here are some reference photos for the kind of black eye i am going for:

In this picture you can see that their is bruising the other side of the nose, this is something i need to make sure to do when applying make up to the actor. 

this is a more subtle black eye, there is more yellow around the eye but i need to make sure that this comes across well on camera so may need to do a few test shots of this to see if it works.

Stay safe,

Helen