Episode 022 - Fun with Knives and a Creepy Voodoo Dude

Ryan continues "Blood-tober" by dissecting Josh, give him an electric shock, chopping off his hand, and stabbing him through the neck. Yowza!

Episode Run-time - 11:11

Severed Hand Effect II
Originally titled "Cut an M'Effer's Hand Off." Also a second look at this effect as it was already covered in Episode 1.
 * Difficulty: Medium
 * Needs:
 * Compositing App (Adobe After Effects, Apple Motion, etc.)
 * Fake Blood
 * Willing Participant
 * Tripod
 * Cost: $0 (That's Free Playa!)
 * 1) Lock down your camera onto your tripod. Get a clean plate of your surface followed by the action of the knife coming down to said surface.
 * 2) Have your actor place their hand on the surface, where the wrist meets where the knife struck. Your actor should hold their hand still for ten seconds, then push forward about an inch.
 * 3) Import your footage into your compositing app. Mask below the wrist then add the footage of the knife on top. Add the footage of the hand moving forward.
 * 4) Add a shadow on the knife, a splat of blood on the cutting surface and a burst of blood coming out of the hand when the knife hits it.
 * 5) Using the pen tool, go frame by frame and mask around the knife as it comes down on the hand.

Neck Stab Effect
This effect is based on the Head Smash Effect seen in episode 21, sans the make-up and ground meat.
 * Difficulty: Medium
 * Needs:
 * Pumpkin or watermelon (which ever is in season)
 * Fake blood
 * A desire to waste food for the effect
 * Knife
 * Tripod
 * Adobe After Effects
 * Cost: $25 USD
 * 1) Get a ten second clean plate of your pumpkin followed by it getting stabbed from the side.
 * 2) Get a clean plate of your actor acting as though they have been stabbed through the neck.
 * 3) Import your footage into After Effects and layer your footage with the pumpkin on bottom and your actor on top.
 * 4) Mask around your actor to expose the bottom layer. Make sure you do not allow the pumpkin to show or you'll give away the effect.
 * 5) Add blood squirts coming out of the exit wound to really sell the effect.

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