special fx contact lenses?

mehnkle

mehnkle

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I have a few questions about special colored contact lenses for my zombie film. Do you have to have these prescribed to you or reccomended by an eye doctor first? and if you clean them well, can you use them for multiple people ( these are good friends so it wouldnt be weird switching them out.) My other option would be to do it in post but I was unsure how realistic that would look. Thanks for your help!

-johnny
 
try google, FX Contacts. you'll get a bunch of info, I know people that have used Wild Eyes. You still need to go in and get the right size and fitting from a doctor. they cost around $100-$200. And I'm sure the doctor will tell you to definetely not share them. if this is for a bunch of people and you dont have the cash I'd say maybe buy one pair for one person for close ups and do the rest in post.
 
yeah I googled it and came up woth some good results. I just wish it was easier to do with multiple people. So is that a no with sharing them? and does anyone know a good tutorial for this work in AE? Thanks

-johnny
 
yeah, i guess you could share needles with a junkie.....why would you think that you could share contact lenses? I have worked on low budget films where wardrobe wanted us to share the wardrobe. think about putting somebody else's underwear on, not too appetizing is it?
 
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You know, those special contacts can be quite expensive.. Learn how to digitally do it. It can save you money on your car insurance.
 
On Baywatch in '97. I was coordinating a water sequence in the tank (swimming pool, black bottom with set pieces for close ups). Water was about chest deep with a large set piece with a low ceiling, 2 feet above our heads. It was completely enclosed, supposed to be the water intake for a power generating station.
Anyway, I got to work and asked a camera assistant where the anti-fog was for our scuba masks. He tossed me a bottle of liquid and I used it.
3 hours later I got out of the water. It seemed to me that they had used quite a bit of smoke on the set because the stage seemed filled with it. I went outside, same thing, beautiful day but my vision was cloudy at the edges.
I called the set medic over and he gave me some eyewash.......didn't work. He questioned me at length and then put a blood pressure cuff on. Hmmmmmmm!
He dug around in his kit and put another blood pressure cuff on the other arm.....hmmmm again!
My blood pressure was off the charts, they took me to the emergency room, they thought I was going to have a stroke. I was in the emergency room for about 3 hours before my blood pressure started to go down to reasonable numbers. I proceeded to get an enormous headache.
Come to find out the reason for all this was the liquid that the camera assistant tossed to me.
It was Jet Dry, that stuff you put in electric dishwashers to make keep your dishes from spotting while they dry. It is basically hydrochloric acid. It had gone through my eyeballs (they are mostly water) entered my system and pretty much screwed me up.
Still have problems at dusk and dawn with peripheral vision, and have to take a mild blood pressure medicine everyday.
Don't screw with the eyes!
 
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