Wounds Practical

Practical-Cuts/Bruises

Prior to doing this practical, I used several tips and methods which I could find useful, from different YouTube videos. 

What I used:

• PVA Glue
• Tissue/Tissue paper
• Red Lipstick
• Eye-shadow
• Scissors
• Sponges

What I did:

1. Firstly, I put a layer of tissue paper on the area which I wanted to use with a thin layer of PVA glue to stick the paper down.
2. When this layer had dried, I repeated this step twice more (using a hairdryer to speed up the process when need).
3. When the glue had set, I pealed some of the tissue and glue away from the hand so that I could cut specific areas.
4. Using a make up sponge, I applied a bronze-like coloured eye shadow around in area which had been cut away from the skin, whilst adding black eye shadow around the remaining areas.
5. After this, I broke down a bright red make up stick and applied it on top of the bronze eye-shadowed area (leaving some lumpy bits of the lipstick).
6. At this point, I felt as though I had too much tissue paper, therefore I decided to cut out the parts which hadn't been coloured as I found it hard to blend the skin tone to the tissue/glue. 
7. With the remaining, I covered in red lipstick to mimic blood whilst lifting some parts of the glued down tissue paper in order to try and make it look more realistic.

Evaluation:

 I think that the wound may look a little too gory for a supernatural horror, as I feel that in most supernatural horror, wounds may often be a scratch or bruises. As well as this, if I were to improve my final result, I would try and make the outline look as though it is bruised so that there is a better transition between the normal skin and the wound. Also, I would also work on making it look more realistic by using a liquid (possibly fake blood) in order to make it look more realistic.

Final Result