The Eye Rip Effect

On the 28th of May, I started work on the eye rip effect, for this effect I needed:

• A Styrofoam head
• A lump of clay
• Liquid Latex
• Fountain make up
• Black paint
• A small plastic bag filled with “blood”
• A small stone
• A piece of string

The Eye

For the eye, I took a piece of clay and rolled it up into a ball, then I glued a piece of string to the back, next I spray painted the ball white and hand painted the eye details and painted the string red.

The Head

For the head, I used a hot wire cutter to cut a piece from the back, then hollowed out the inside and the separate piece(to fit the plastic bag inside), then I cut a hole in the right eye deep enough for it to reach through. To help the blood pour out correctly, I took a lump of clay and made a curve to make sure it was going out the right way.

Before setting up the eye, I covered the head in a few layers of liquid latex to smoothen out the surface, after that, I applied foundation make up all over the head, finishing touches were painting on the facial hair to match the actor.

For the rig, I poked a hole in the bag, fed the string through and tied the stone inside, then I placed the eye in the right position and closed up the head.

Once we got into position I had Sam rip the eye out, the final result wasn’t what I had intended since the whole bag ended up being pulled out and the stone didn’t tear the bag completely, however, I believe the effect went well never the less, the best idea in future always have spare heads in case anything goes wrong

Note:

This effect was originally supposed to be an eye stab effect, but due to a few failed attempts I divided to go with something similar and have my own idea on how to pull it off

(The original idea came from watching a BFX tutorial)