JerseyMatt
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Hey guys,
Our community theater is doing a production of Election Day, and there is a scene involving a finger getting cut off with a kitchen knife (one character tosses the knife to another, who misses it, and the finger is cut off as the knife hits the table). II'm the tech guy and I've done stage effects but honestly I don't know anything about prop limbs. They need for it to bleed a bit and I have a vague idea of what I'd do there - micro tubing painted/made up skin tone with a small bladder that the actor could squeeze in his armpit - but I haven't a clue what to do with the finger itself. The hand will be covered by a towel quickly after it happens, so I guess that doesn't need to be made up, but the finger needs to fall on the floor (the actors actually fight over it).. So how would we accomplish that?
Thanks for any guidance you can give me!
Our community theater is doing a production of Election Day, and there is a scene involving a finger getting cut off with a kitchen knife (one character tosses the knife to another, who misses it, and the finger is cut off as the knife hits the table). II'm the tech guy and I've done stage effects but honestly I don't know anything about prop limbs. They need for it to bleed a bit and I have a vague idea of what I'd do there - micro tubing painted/made up skin tone with a small bladder that the actor could squeeze in his armpit - but I haven't a clue what to do with the finger itself. The hand will be covered by a towel quickly after it happens, so I guess that doesn't need to be made up, but the finger needs to fall on the floor (the actors actually fight over it).. So how would we accomplish that?
Thanks for any guidance you can give me!