Florence's Coursework Blog

These are the fake scars that we created with red food dye, corn starch, a teabag, staples, water, flour and a black eye liner. We experimented with the different materials to see which combinations worked best. The top photo was our first attempt, we tried to make it look like a deep cut in the middle of her hand. For the blood we used cornstarch, flour and red food colouring but we found that it was to light and orange so it looked unrealistic. On our second attempt we chose to use only food colouring for the blood, and for the darker inside part of the cut, we cut a tea bag open and mixed it with the red food dye. This made the cut look much more realistic and gory which was our aim. After, we put staples into the wax so that it looked like they were hanging out, this made it look more effective and painful as well as realistic, our third and fourth attempts were the best because we understood how apply the wax and blood so that it looked realistic, and I think we achieved th...

I chose to cast Maddy because she showed the best character expression and movement, which I knew would be one of the most important parts of my film as I had planned not to use a script or any dialogue. Therefore, I knew that she would be good for the role, and could improvise for the majority of the film, with my direction. I also chose Maddy because she suited my aesthetic, her hair is dark and so represented the mood, she was the right age that I had imagined and she was confident and comfortable in front of the camera. I had interviewed a few other people for the role to ensure that I had chosen the right actor: some weren't as comfortable in front of the camera, others weren't as good at conveying emotion through their character expression, others looked too old or young and some just didn't suit the aesthetic of the film.