The Making of The Prop Head

This is the creation of a prop head of me. When we were asked to re-film some parts of our film opening to include more shocking scenes for the climax, I decided that we should have one shot where the victim looks unconscious, but is actually decapitated. Here. I started off with a Styrofoam head, and moulded the base of my face with terracotta air drying clay. I left this for 24hrs to dry.

After letting the head dry for 24hrs, I painted on some liquid latex layers to give the appearance of skin. Using liquid latex is relatively easy, as long as you paint in very thin layers and allow each layer to dry before pointing another. I painted on about 20-30 layers across the entire head, then left to dry for an additional 12 hrs. After this, I used some spray paint for the back of the head, oil paints for the bottom of the head, and some acrylic paint for the details of my face. I left this to dry for an hour, then finished the prop with SFX makeup to make it even more realistic

This is the finished head prop. :)

Media Coursework

Storyboard Comparison

Age Ratings

A Study of Cannibalism (in the Media)

Secondary Survey

Filming day 4