The Throat Slitting Effect

On the 25th of March, I started work on the throat-slitting effect

Shopping List:

• 2 Litre bottle
• Clay
• Plaster of Paris
• Liquid Latex
• Heat shrink tubing
• Fake Blood
• Plastic Syringe

To make the mold I took the 2-liter bottle and drew the shape of the appliance in the center, next I took some clay and sculpted a barrier around the shape, next I mixed up the plaster with water, for the first layer I applied a thin bit of plaster, then I let the rest drizzle on the sides.

Once the plaster was dry I removed the clay and the plaster was dry, I removed the clay and the plaster created the mold exactly the way I wanted it.

The Appliance

Next, I took the mold and started applying the latex, I started by applying a thin first layer until it dried I repeated this 7 more times and waited 15 minutes between each layer. Once all 8 layers were dry I peeled off the appliance using baby powder.

The Effect

To prepare the effect, I flattened down a piece of heat shrink tubing, sealed one of the ends and cut a line by the seal (this is were the blood actually come out of), next I attached the heat shrink to my neck using liquid latex (to dry it quickly I used a heat gun and at a distance tried not to burn my self), once the tubing was applied I then added on the appliance with more latex to help it blend in, after drying it with a heat gun I then applied some flesh tone make up foundation to help it blend with my skin color, next I filled a plastic syringe with fake blood and connected it to the tubing. To film the effect the timing had to be right, so when I’d drag the fake knife across my neck I’d pushed down on the syringe so the blood pours out at the right time. It was a decent success, the problems were the timing and the thickness of the blood, the next time I tried for the actual movie I watered the blood down a little bit more.

Note: In order to improve the quicker blood flow, I had to keep the tubing straight to prevent leaks and blockage, before filming the actual scene I tested it out on a stunt dummy I built and used water, this proved to be helpful, so when we finally filmed the scene it was successful.