Dispatch - a Fat Monster film

FOR THOSE WHO HAVEN'T SEEN THIS, THERE ARE SPOILERS BELOW:



So you wanna make a monster movie and you want to begin the film with a woman waking up with a stake jutting from her chest. When we started this we knew that the entire short was reliant on the stake gag working and in order for it to work we knew the stake would require a lot of support to prevent it from becoming flimsy or moving too much when the actress moved. We also knew that whatever secured it needed to be nearly invisible and would have to be some type of harness.

So this is what we did:

- We went to a local Art store and bought some molding clay (This clay ended up being "sculpting clay" which was very hard and not pliable at all) in order to make a mold to use for a cast.

- We bought some foam to make the cast with and also some plastic for the actual harness. If you are interested I can get you the exact ingredients.

-Once home we formed a rough version of the harness out of clay and pressed it against the actresses chest so it would adhere to the form.

-We then used the clay and some foam to make a cast to pour the liquid plastic into.

-Finally, we poured the liquid plastic, cut holes for the straps, screwed the stake in and voila.

Of course this is the simplified version and it took a lot more trial and error on our part to get it right. We had never worked with casting materials, foams, clays etc and were actually quite lucky it all worked out. We were one day out from shooting, broke and out of ideas so this literally HAD to work and it did. I'll try and get some better pics.
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Great job! I'd love to hear the ingredients so feel free to post them (or PM them to me at your leisure). It was totally undetectable and very convincing, so your trial-and-error truly paid off. And I know what you mean about being one-day out from shooting... we were under the same kind of pressure with our makeup (painting the night before) - LOL!

It all worked out very well for you (and us as the viewers) so congrats on a job well done!

(ps. I did answer your questions about our makeup in our thread and posted more BTS pics for you).
 
Great work. This was an incredible looking movie. I wish you well in the fest. My vote is strong with this one. :)

Some of your framing alone sent shivers down my spine.
 
This was well done! It looks great (lighting), is framed well, has really good pacing... and the acting immediately pulled me into the story... and kept me there. (which is rare for indi-productions)... :thumbsup:
 
I thought this was shot on film or RED at least ,it looks so amazing,should be on panasonic official website but it will probably never happen because of gore.This looks amazing.
 
Thanks for the kudos everyone!

I've been busy but I have been reading your posts and I'm glad people seem to really enjoy it. Can't say enough about the people who helped me out.

Thanks everyone!
 
This is one of the best short horror films I've ever seen. Better than a lot of stuff I've seen screened at some festivals.

Great job, Nobelo.
 
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