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That Thin Red Line (cross forums post)
Dear Cows
Imagine a knife on the chest of one of the actors, positioned at a very open angle that without puncturing the victim’s chest actually manages to superficially cut the skin allowing a small ammount of blood to pop out.
I’d need a kitchen knife or even better a tradesman stanley knife. I tried to get it here in Sydney but wasn’t what I wanted. I’m ok even with a second hand unit if it looks ok. Is it possible to have a hollow blade where the blood can be squized out from the handle?I have a short film ready to go into preproduction but before I’ll go though with the cast (two actors only) I was thinking the best way to make something believable …… without sacrifising the actors work by using a prop that looks like a rubber knife. Can someone point me in the right direction such as a website would be fantastic!!!!
GrazieThanking you all in advance
Antonio Atzei
BABALOTTI PRODUCTIONS
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get 2 identical knives. On knife #2 you epoxy a fine tube from the tip along the back side of the blade and up the handle and beyond if necessary. Attach a bag to the end and fill with blood although a wider tube or hose would work too. Use knife #1 for all shots but the close up. When shooting the close up have some one stand out of frame and squeeze or blow through the tube to force the “blood” out. It may work with just gravity, depends on the thickness of the tube and your angles.
“thou can not stir a flower without crumbling a star” ……Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
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Rennie
Fantastic idea TXS!
Rds.
AntonioBABALOTTI PRODUCTIONS
SYDNEY
POWER MAC G5 QUAD SYSTEM
4.5GB RAM
1 TB OF MEMORY.
FCS 2
AJA KONA LHe -
I strongly strongly advise that the knife used in the close-up will have a rubber blade painted metallic. Even if you dull the edge it’s still a very thin steel blade which can pretty easily injure your actor badly if handled without utmost care. Especially if, as I suspect, none of the two involved has any stunt training and/or you don’t have a stunt supervisor around. Since a blade is nearly two-dimensional in picture (unless shot in extreme close-up) you can always replace it with the aid of tracking in post-production if you don’t think it looks realistic enough then. In all set-ups like this safety first is paramount, not perfect realism – trust me here: SAFETY FIRST!
cheers
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