This document discusses research into makeup, foley, and camera techniques to make a horror film more realistic and believable. It provides examples of zombie makeup that could make the zombies' appearance more grotesque. Foley sound examples are given that could mimic bone breaking or beating someone to death. A camera trick is described to make fake violence look realistic through an over-the-shoulder shot that implies one character is attacking another. The goal is to intensify the horror elements in the film without actually harming anyone.

1. Assign 13 – Make up, foley and
technique research
Sam Qureshi

2. 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.

3. Here are some examples that I chose…

4. 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.

5. 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.

6. 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.