Assign 13 – Make up, foley and technique research

Sam Qureshi

Purpose

To gain a better understanding of how to apply effective make up and foley to our OTS. We will use technique research to aid us. By doing this, the mise-en-scene and sound effects of the characters will become more realistic and believable towards the audience. This goes towards our planning for our horror OTS.

Here are some examples that I chose…

Zombie make up• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CtNYaXAGuyY (zombie make up

effects) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JMZ994SQeLE (zombie bite mark)• We could apply this to our zombie OTS which would make the zombies’

mise-en-scene look more realistic in terms of make up. • This can make the zombie look more grotesque. For example, making the

zombies’ skin peel, or give them huge infected pusses. • We can show zombie bite marks on the humans as well, to show their

infection. This shows show the violent extent of zombies, and can make our horror OTS look more scary for the audience.

Horror foley sounds• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-LXBFmNRDwU (montage of

different foley horror sounds with vegetable and fruit violence) • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqkT9Q6iKZI (creating and editing

foley sound at home) • We could make the sound of a zombie breaking bones (or a vampire) by

snapping celery in half. Or by beating a tomato to make in sound like someone is being beaten to death e.g. zombies beating (attacking the human characters).

• To use these sound techniques, upload them onto garage band to make them sound even more effective, or edit these sounds to make a situation sound more dramatic.

Technique – camera tricks • https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbeVSx1Gf4k• To make fake violence look realistic, which will ultimately make the

audience believe that characters are really getting attacked, which they are in the story but not in real life (our intention is not to physically hurt someone). This intensifies the OTS.

• For example, using the technique from this video, we could use the over-the-shoulder camera technique. This is where you use an over-the-shoulder camera shot, and is where it looks like one character is hitting another, even though no hitting is going on. For our OTS we could use this technique except a zombie is slashing a human around the face with its sharp fingernails, and the human falls down, and we see a close up of the human with blood. The shot will have to be quick though.