We are equipped to perform all gunshot effects, from simple blood hits, to bare skin shots, to suicide head shots. Complicated pyrotechnic hits using steel body protectors to blow-gun steric acid shots can be performed.
We are equipped
to perform all manners of gas gun plastic capsule effects using state of the
art and industry standard (Sweeney-Strub) gas powered guns. Spark (Zirk) shots,
dust shots, glass gunshot effects using glass shots and trunnion guns as well
as gel-capsule blood shots using automatic gas guns.)
WE ARE A DELAMARE-FREE OPERATION. NO DELAMARE PRODUCTS ARE USED IN ANY OF OUR
EFFECTS SO YOUR INSURANCE RATES WILL BE LOWER!!!
Point of Reference:
One movie
effect we often get asked about is creating bullet-hits on an actor’s body.
The effect, in case you’ve never seen an action movie, is that part of
the actor’s shirt or jacket explodes, spewing blood and making it look
for all the world as if he’s just been shot. Even on film, this is a potentially
dangerous effect, as it involves attaching an explosive charge to the actor
and setting it off. To protect the actor, a plate of body armor is fitted between
the charge and the actor’s body. On a movie shoot, of course, there’s
time to set all of this before starting the cameras. On stage, however, the
body armor would make it hard to move about and act.
An older and much simpler
way of creating the effect of someone being shot is to simply have the actor
clap a hand to his chest and drop to the stage. For most stage plays, in fact, this
is really all that’s needed as the gunshot itself isn’t a major plot
point; who did the shooting, and why, is usually more important. If you need
a bit more realism you can make “blood-bags” from water balloons or
plastic baggies. (While the blood bags used for movie effects are usually constructed
from condoms, they are also intended to be burst by an explosive charge.) Fill
the bag with a small amount of stage blood - either bought from a stage makeup
supplier or made from scratch - and tape it to the actor under his costume.
Now, when he claps his hand to his chest, he should be able to burst the bag,
causing some of the blood to seep through his shirt.
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