BLOOD

Since our commercial shoot is requiring a bit a fake blood, I was assigned the task to research blood for the film. Fortunately there are several ways to make fake blood. From personal past experience, I found 2 recipes for fake blood.

1) The Classic Corn Syrup
Make as much as you need, usually it's about 9-12 drops of red with 2 drops of blood. If you need more of a darker look/older blood, add in coco mix. If it's too thick, you can mix in a little water.This mixture is great for a real blood look, since it's thick it has a nice texture. It's also used for whenever it needs to be in the mouth since its non toxic, and is great for set design. The drawback is that it can stain. To help with staining, some dish soap can be added which helps prevent staining (but becomes toxic!).

2) The Detergent
This mixture is awesome because it smells clean! Just like corn syrup, you buy a clear bottle of detergent, 9-12 drops of red and 2 drops of blue.  This is more runny texture, that sometimes makes red bubbles. But it works best for any splashing or spray that needs to be done (like in our case, when Rosemary falls and hits the bottom, and Mr. Knight being staked).

Make Up
at 9:20 http://revision3.com/filmriot/fakeblood
A mixture of corn starch, a tiny bit of corn syrup and red food coloring gives a nice thick wet look that's easily manageable with out it flaking off/running everywhere. Also, this washes off very easily as well.

Set design on blood
Unfortunately anything that has red pigment in it can easily stain wood if it's not sealed properly. From inspection of Astin Mansions floors, the wood has gaps in it which blood can easily stain, which we have to find alternative ways to get across these scenes.
Through suggestions in the group and forums, the best way is to use saran wrap and pour blood over it. If light catches the plastic, VFX can easily mask it out. Another alternative to saran wrap is parchment paper. As for walls, we plan on using a matte paper to "wall paper" the wall and add the blood smears to it, therefore the paint on the walls remain untouch. Our backup plan is if all else fails, Tyler has extensive experience in blood VFX, but only in worst case scenario. We sill want to limit his VFX work since there are other scenes that cannot be done without VFX.