Independent research 2

In my opening scene we are going to be using fake blood in order to convey the shier brutality of a creature that haunts the forest. 

In this post I am going to be researching how to make fake blood, and the texture that best fits the victims death. 

There are different types of blood in the human body, so I will be researching the different variations of opacities and consistencies of blood. 

It is important to have a bowl with a wet towel or cloth in there to wash off the stickiness of the ingredients. 

 

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  First order of this will be to poor some of the syrup into a cup of any sort, this then will be accompanied with red food colouring.

 

• Blood isn't just a straight red colour so therefor a little bit of blue food colouring will be added, just a drop will do as you don't want to overpower the red colouring, drops of yellow and green can also be added to lighten up the red colouring.

• Measuring is not very important to making the fake blood because it is always better to have more than too little.

 

• It is also good to have a white surface alongside this as it can help you see what the blood is turning out like throughout. 

 

• If the blood beads up on the skin then you add some dish soap to keep that runny texture. 

 

• This creates transparent blood, which also looks good, but it isn't realistic as normal blood is not totally transparent.

 

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  Adding corn starch gives the blood a deeper red effect which looks more realistic, this will be mixed in gradually to avoid any clumps of it ruining the batch. 

 

• With each of these different textures you add them after the previous version

 

• The next ingredient that will be used is cocoa powder this will make the red colouring darker, this can be used as older blood

 

• Next step is adding chocolate syrup which makes the blood again even darker, this can signify a really deep wound.

 

• For the final texture I will be looking at I will be adding non-dairy creamer, this really clouds up the blood, this is great for capturing that more stylised type of blood

The next type of blood I will be looking at is gel blood, this is really good for little details and 

makeup application

• In order for me to make this the first step is to grab the transparent blood, which was the first one I talked about, the next ingredient to add would be Gelatin. 
• For the other consistencies of this fake blood include the ingredients,

• Hair gel 
• Toothpaste
• Petroleum Jelly 
• Flour 

• To make the blood even grosser you can add other materials to it like toilet paper, this creates a gross clumpy blood variant, the other two materials that can be used to capture this disturbing clumpy blood look would be: 
• Cotton balls which make the blood more stringy
• Clear glue can also be added to clump up the fake blood more, although this method dries a lot faster