Head Explosion

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 8:37 pm

I'm putting a small explosive in a melon filled with blood and knew if I put a mask on it or something else, it might not rip through it when it exploded. Does anyone know if it woud look good if I chroma a picture of a guys face infront of the melon then have it "dissolve" away when it exploded?

ct_bullet · Post by **ct_bullet** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:00 pm

i think you should just give it a go, be experimental, it'd be interesting to see what it looks like if it works or not

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 9:52 pm

yes DEDFX be an explorer and try for yourself. Then post or talk about the results. Build your own knowledge banks and then share your research

Vor · Post by **Vor** » Sun Oct 30, 2005 10:29 pm

a cantaloupe with a wig and once editing comes just get the part where its already busted, that way you dont notice there wasnt a face.....

maj_barnes · Post by **maj_barnes** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 12:44 am

I'm not sure about the whole dissolvethe head thing will work because you'll still see a bunch of green stuff everywhere. You could try painting the watermelon white (skull!), or red (misc gore!).

UFProductions · Post by **UFProductions** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:02 am

I'll say this: liquid latex is a film-makers best friend.

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Mon Oct 31, 2005 4:23 am

All of Troma's movies that have an exploding head or head crushing scene in it use the honey melon filled with hamburger/fake blodd covered in foam latex method. I didn't try it because I don't want to waste all my firework powder but I guess I'll try it, and post the results.

Mr.Anderson · Post by **Mr.Anderson** » Thu Nov 03, 2005 12:46 am

You could weaken the mask with cuts scattered on it, that might make it easier for an explosion to rip all the way through.

AlphaQuagmire · Post by **AlphaQuagmire** » Fri Nov 04, 2005 10:07 pm

or you could just fil it from behind, glue some hair on the back and blow it to bits1

AlphaQuagmire · Post by **AlphaQuagmire** » Sat Nov 05, 2005 3:35 pm

sorry i meant to say film it from behind that way you dont have to worry about a face or mask

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 12:27 am

I know a lot of people may know this but I found this out today. For fake blood splatter or adding bullet shells flying all you need todo is make a blue background in Flash, make your animation then export is as an AVI or Quicktime. Then just chroma it in, its better than paying a lot for those animation programs that do the same thing

Vor · Post by **Vor** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:12 am

flash does cost alot though....

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 2:23 am

download it free for 30 days, and you can do that forever!

Vor · Post by **Vor** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 4:18 am

you can try, i have had the program for seven years...

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:20 am

iv had it for like 3

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:20 am

iv had it for like 3

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:21 am

iv had it for like 3

the_satanic_COokie · Post by **the_satanic_COokie** » Sun Nov 06, 2005 5:28 am

sweet irony...

pdj · Post by **pdj** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 12:59 pm

I can't help but put that pic up from dawn..

DEDFX · Post by **DEDFX** » Wed Dec 28, 2005 5:38 pm

Yeah that worker perfectly in that movie, only problem was the blood in the movie, made by the 3M company, the company that makes office supplies.....

zomada · Post by **zomada** » Wed Feb 22, 2006 10:45 pm

a sweetness pic i say that you could allways use good'ol black powder,in a -------- bag wit a wick(string soaked in turky fat,lol) cut a hole in the back of the water mellon, stick some ground beef,hamburg,ext than poot the black powder in (make shur u have a space 4 the wick) and plug it. if u wont a good face u can allways go buy eather a can of spray paint,or get an air brush and make a base colour.than get a good paint brush(1$+ us) and some acrillick paint,and oil paint.and paint a face......or make laytex skin (1 cout) and paint on that and amagen that! all that came from a 13 year old :devilfire: and to top it off........none of my freinds like making movies...

well happy to help

windog · Post by **windog** » Fri Feb 24, 2006 10:43 pm

i feel sick.....

aaronv2 · Post by **aaronv2** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:24 am

your head wouldnt explode like that tho its a total movie stereotype that p*** me off... havent you seen the jfk assasination?

maj_barnes · Post by **maj_barnes** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:38 am

No, it would explode like that:

GRAPHICNESS
http://poetry.rotten.com/cab-driver/cab-driver.jpg
http://poetry.rotten.com/shot-au/0001/shotau1.jpg
(I thought I should link these because they're pretty bad)

Besides, Oswald was firing 6.5 x 52 mm, which would blow your head apart, but not to the degree of a shotgun.

If you look at the back of JFK's head, his skull is blown everywhere.

aaronv2 · Post by **aaronv2** » Sat Feb 25, 2006 4:47 am

if you held a shotgun right up to someones head it would tear your head apart true. but in movies where zombies get shot in the head and they just explode its just lame.... if you frequent rotten.com you can look at the kennedy autopsy pictures and see that its only the exit that is kinda big.

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