Making a piece of flesh a Zombie could bite?

[William_Robinette]

Hey guys,

I'm going to start poking around the internet to figure out what I can but I figure I'd throw this question out here too to the special effects gurus in the meantime. I have a shot in a film I'm making where a Zombie leans down and bites someones neck/upper shoulder area. It will be a pretty tight shot but I would like to see his actual teeth sink in and rip into the skin exposing red muscle and tissue underneath. It will be a short shot so I just need to sell it for a second before I cut out wide.

So I guess there are two issues, what to make the material out of so it is safe to be bitten, and how to incorporate it into the actresses neck area? Anyone do anything like this before or have any ideas? I have attached a (rather bad) picture that kind of shows the set-up. Camera will be filming the back of two people standing side to side and for the bite I will cut into the smaller box area. The shot will be even tighter then that box is though.

 

[kevinottawa]

You can try to make some extra thick gelatin fx skin, maybe with a red blood liquid core, and for good measure, some sliced turkey meat on top for the top layer of skin.

 

[klas]

Not entirely the same thing but I painted a thin layer of latex in a bowl and encapsulated a small piece of wood into it(so that the zombie actor would have something to get a grip on between her teeth). The zombie has to hold it in place though, as if holding the victims neck. It worked out alright.

 

[maranfilms]

I say get some real raw beef. mmmm Then when your finished, you can give it to craft services to cook up.

On a serious note. I use a lot of liquid latex for that type of stuff. It works well when you mix it with tissue paper, shape it then let it dry. from there you can keep adding as you need or stretch it. Then put a wet layer on the stretched area, to dry, which should hold it in place it give a pulling stretch effect/.