Category Archives: Self Initiated Project

Our goal for this workshop was to create 20 a5 images that related to our project These were the images I created during the workshop. I decided to take objects related to childhood and add a horror theme to them. I like how all of them came out however my favourite ones are the onesContinue reading “SIP_7 (20 pictures workshop)”

After experimenting with vinegar and baking soda, I decided to continue with the whole science experiment and fake blood idea. I came across a video in which the person used alka seltzer to create a bubbling effect. I decided to use this as the foundation of this experiment and started trying it in different ways.Continue reading “SIP_6 (Experiment 3)”

At the beginning of my research, I got a little stuck on what to do next so I decided to spend time creating sketches.

After experimenting with the vinegar and baking soda, I started to think of videos I could include it in. My mind automatically went to one of my favourite horror movies 1408. In this scene there’s blood leaking out of cracks in the wall. I thought I could use the blood eruption experiment to create aContinue reading “SIP_5 (Experiment 2)”

The use of blood is something that comes up constantly in the horror industry: I wanted to try out an erupting effect. I started to look into home science experiments that I could combine with fake blood and used this as the start of my primary research. I used vinegar and baking soda to createContinue reading “SIP_4 (Experiment 1)”

After looking into popular horror movies, I started looking into the practical effects used in them. I made a compilation of my favourite ones: The franchise I looked into the most is Final Destination (2000 – 2011). I watched many BTS videos and found out that they used dummies filled with Meat, Gelatine and FakeContinue reading “SIP_3 (Research)”

My first step included researching into the top Horror Movies of all time. In no particular order Alien Dawn of the Dead Psycho Rosemarys Baby The Exorcist The Thing The Shining Jaws Halloween The Texas Chainsaw Massacre I realised that 3 out of the 10 included children in their plot: Rosemarys Baby, Rosemary pregnant withContinue reading “SIP_2 (Research)”

For my self initiated project I wanted to focus on the Horror Industry. Growing up I was extremely interested in the dark side of things: All of the short stories I wrote in secondary school English were heavily focused on horror. At the end of year 2 I tried filming and editing for the firstContinue reading “SIP_1”