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Hey everyone and welcome to the part one of our two part Indiana Jones special. This week, we are going to recreate a classic effect from Raiders of the Lost Ark, and then next week we are going to recreate an effect from the new movie -- The Sacred Whale!
This week, we are recreating the classic face melt effect from Raiders of the Lost Ark, but we were not the first people to create a backyard version of the Spielberg classic.
I am talking about Raiders of the Lost Ark, the adaptation. This VHS shot for shot remake we started in 1981 by three 12 year old friends. It took them seven years to finish. These guys with the epitome of Indi Mogul’s before I was even born, and now they are challenging us!
My name Eric Zala, Director Raiders Lost Ark, the adaptation, how we did the melting face effect?
Well, we are going to make a plaster mold, then, it did not quite workout so in facts, we have trouble of getting the outer plaster. But what we did instead was make a plaster mold of the mannequins head, and Jason, our special effect wiz mixed up this gorse concoction pack this hollow head.
We took that out to an empty filled and projected a photo of me into the face screaming and took a double barrel gauge shot gun and blew the head away and gorse splattered everyone, and that is how we did the effect of my head blowing up.
So Erik Beck, I challenge you to take to the next level.
Okay but before we get started; we have to spin the wheel to determine our budget. Dare me! Spin the wheel!
Two white gambles you can use his eyes, old crans, two in a half pound block of Amco Flex wax, red play dough, and of course a chip skull. We got ours from skeletonfactory.com.
I would say different thoughts and different ideas and obviously not a big corporate thing going on. Not the mainstream off just you know, hardcore independence, yes. Indi Mogul fun chip film making.
If your cheap skull has missing teeth like mine, just replace them with some plumbers epoxy and paint. The first step is to start filling in certain areas onto your skull with cheap red play dough. Focus on the temples, eye sockets, and jaw area.
The name of the game for this build is wax. We are going to be painting on layer upon layer of colored wax to build up a human face. In order to deal with a wax you need a double broiler, which is just a big pot half filled with water with a cook safe bowl inside.
Slowly, melt down your first batch of Flex wax. We are going to start with red but keep in mind that all colors were achieve by melting down crans in the mix. Paint on several layers of red including a red wax nose.
Next, hit up and applies several layers of white wax. For the inside of the mouth, I use some more red wax and made a wax tongue by dipping in a Play dough version into the wax and peeling it off. I also add a details like eyebrow or reduce some lips by needing some clear wax and sticking it to the face.
When you are happy with the shape of your face, add a few layers of flesh tone wax. Finishing touches include make up and create pair of your choice.
So now you got a meltable face but you need a way to melt it. We use the cheap hit gun that we have lying around the workshops but on the pinch, you could probably use a hair dryer.
The basic idea is to keep your heat source off camera, or use a green screening, crop it out and post. Either way, start firming with the fresh tape, melt away, and speeder up and post.
Okay, let us talk about the brand new IPhone. Now there are over 10 trillion first generation IPhones and service at this moment in time. That is more IPhone than people folks.
But despite the silence popularity, we found ourselves saying how can we make it better? So we inserted this, it is a grain of sand from the art of the covenant.
Every new IPhone will be shift with this tiny piece of the grail tablet inserted inside. With the power of God inside this new IPhone, they will be able to move mountains, crush armies, and shoot QuickTime video at 640 x 480.
But that is not all. You come up with the new feature we like to call iSmite. It allows you to unleash the wrath of God onto any person in your contact list. Simply select you everyone and make a swirling motion with your finger, oh God, oh Lord those are like “Aaaaaaaaaa”.
That is it for part one of our two part Indiana Jones special. Make sure and watch next week where we show you how to make a crystal skull. And you tell us what your favorite Indiana Jones special effect is by leave me a comment, down below, okay.
If you are shooting a short clip and do not have a tripod to keep you coming more still, just take a deep breath and (Inhale) hold it.
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