The Cinematic History of Fake Blood

[@thurmandal]

I just want to shed some light on what may be a misconception. I’m not sure that you all know this, but John does everything in these videos. So (and I’ll go out on a limb without John’s permission) if he ran credits, even on this one, you’d see his name under every single aspect of this lesson- basically performing as a one-man-band. His cast and crew, for the most part, is “John P. Hess” on all of his lessons. Lately, from time to time he may have one or two helpers/friends in studio assisting him, but for years he been alone in the office writing, the studio filming, and editing bay working to make these lessons great. This particular lesson was a huge undertaking and required assistance on the day of the shot, but otherwise John did everything- concept, preparation, research, writing, storyboard, directing, filming, acting, CGI, editing, etc., solo. And this one was his “maiden-voyage" into CGI, while again, learning it on the job, all on his own. As for me, I just show up and do my thing and/or help a little here and there because we’re friends and true friends help each other out, we enjoy each others company, and I respect and support him as a professional and a friend. He worked for weeks to make this lesson informative and entertaining, but unique for his filmmaking family out there. Thanks for all of your kind words and continued support. DylerTurden2

[@Pauldjreadman]

I kind of gathered that, considering the time they take to put together

[@tenchimod]

Great performance, Thurman. I recently ran into John's videos and they're incredibly informative. The guy pours his heart and soul into them!

[@derekwallace4687]

Great effort. Appreciated this info.

[@danwroy]

That's amazing

[@Fellinline]

I have no idea how your videos can get so little views. They're so informative and interesting.

[@rdecredico]

+Daniel H Do you see the other popular KZbin vides? They are vacuous and shallow and cater to mental midgets. The masses are asses. Quality is more importantly than dumbing it down for the masses.

[@Fellinline]

+rdecredico lol, I watch those videos as well. I am part of said "masses of asses"

[@rdecredico]

Life is too short to eat garbage seeing that good food is readily available.

[@Fellinline]

+rdecredico lol, nah. I just watch what I like. Like Filmmaker IQ.

[@rdecredico]

Good for you.

[@BasicFilmmaker]

Great video John. This must of taken an enormous amount time to make. Thanks for all you do.

[@Rilumai]

This was an amazing episode. The whole American Psycho bit was hilarious!

[@vaclav_fejt]

+Rilumai With that There Will Be Blood addition.

[@ronpetersen2317]

Make more please!!! This is what passes for my extended film education. Anyone and everyone that is in video/film production or even has more than a casual interest in it should be sure to watch all these videos!

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Ron Petersen We have 4 or 5 more already in the can and even more in the planning stage. Stay tuned. ;)

[@Agherr08]

+Filmmaker IQ i'll sure will

[@ronpetersen2317]

Filmmaker IQ I definitely have my rabbit ears pointed to tune you guys in. Can't wait for those cans to be opened!

[@landscapedetective4064]

Back in 2013 I was an extra on the 'Macbeth' film with Michael Fassbender. Assuming the role of a bloodied Scottish warrior, I and about 100 other male extras, were daily dosed with some kind of fake blood that was so damned sticky that it leaked into our costumes, the result being that some days I was actually stuck to my costume. In between each take the make-up and effects crew would do the rounds, adding blood to our fake wounds (I had a wicked prosthetic scar down the right hand side of my face) as the stuff was solidifying pretty quickly. A messy, tiring experience, but damned good fun too. You're right about the shaving cream though - it really does help to get the blood off. I don't recall it tasting of peppermint though, it tasted more like a cheap corn syrup. Anyway, thanks for your videos. Utterly fascinating and I learn something new every time I watch one. Cheers.

[@seahawk124]

8:08 - 8:52 Fantastic 'American Psycho' parody.

[@myrpok]

And then a hint of the milkshake line from There Will Be Blood, which is deliciously on topic.

[@alexpskywalker]

Cool vid, bro. I feel like your production value keeps on the up and up. I put this on when my 7 year old brother was in the room, because I figured he would get bored and leave half way through; but the watched the whole thing and said it was "entertaining".

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Batman Thanks. I'm so glad Thomas Wayne Jr. liked it. ;)

[@CharlesTheClumsy]

I only needed to watch 35 seconds of this video to realize this episode is going to be good.

[@ronpetersen2317]

+Charlie Clumsy I watched enough of these videos I just need to see a new posting is up to know its going to be good. :)

[@l.u.k.e-s5128]

These videos are just so clear, detailed and entertaining throughout the whole 20 mins

[@ve2vfd]

Great video! I've been using the corn syrup recipe for many years to teach the local boy scouts basic first aid, but I never thought of adding peppermint to the mix... good idea! As the wound make up only has to last a few minutes, we use skin toned home made playdough to make the fake wounds and drench them in fake blood. The kids really enjoy it, and in the process they learn what we're trying to teach.

[@GrimReacts]

Always a pleasure seeing your new videos in my sub page. Excited for you to hit 100k!! You and everyone behind this channel deserve it. Taught me a lot!

[@DeltaVisionOFFICIAL]

Would you ever consider doing a history of sci fi episode? I know you've touched upon it in episodes like the slit scan one, but if you made one which touched upon things like Plan 9 from Outer Space, Logans Run, THX 1138, Soylent Green, and the War Of The Worlds, that would be extremely interesting and you'd definitely find ways to make it very entertaining

[@Magic_Journeys]

This was awesome!! Great production value!

[@ChristopherKaltSrVideos]

Another great episode. I appreciate the time you put in to your research. It really shows through in the final product.

[@tylerwarren5219]

I'm a magician and the cards and coins aren't doing it for me. Like many of you I enjoy entertaining. But the feeling I enjoy most is freaking people out. So John, I want to thank you for broadening my insight to this awesome history of gore and demonstrating what each looks like and how effective they are. I just subbed... So keep up the good work Buddy. Your comedic aspect are hilarious.

[@paladin1147]

Man This Couldnt Get Any Better

[@AdamMcDermott]

Another excellent video. So informative, interesting and well-made. Also, loving the new setup.

[@JeiKyu]

Nice work! Not to mention the shawshank redemption homage was awesome too hahaha

[@dano9516]

ok im gonna start spamming these videos everywhere, this deserves more views

[@MileyonDisney]

That's a beautiful set in the opening. Love all your videos. Thanks!

[@SFaPiL2]

This was genuinely a bloody brilliant lesson from an already excellent channel. Kudos

[@epon1357]

That was genius, especially the Shawshank reference. Now I know how to make the violent films I've always wanted to make...

[@PogieJoe]

Your production values are reaching Level 11. Love it.

[@MattMadoni]

Guys, this is freaking awesome. Keep up the amazing work.

[@detlefmolt2112]

John! Great vid! I was wondering how this would turn out, and you did not disappoint! Can't wait to see what comes next!!

[@_atinsy]

Loving the new shooting style Great video as always

[@RosieBarton]

This is my favourite channel. Keep it up dude!

[@guillaumeerard]

Wondeful lecture as always. Regaring bloog clotting, I think you should have said "drying" instead. When it is outside the body, I reckon that drying, a passive process, will be much more significant than clotting, which requires a number of enzymatic reactions to occur.

[@thebrandonkm]

I love this channel so much

[@LukaBelle]

Wow, I was wondering how you were going to make 20 minutes of talking about fake blood interesting, but you did it.

[@peterkoorbusch2039]

Such amazing and informative videos! Just found this through reddit and I am about to go on a binge spree of your channel! Awesome video, man!

[@angelocollini8404]

I am new on youtube and only have two videos rn but you guys are great to watch for tips...Thanks guys!

[@BjoernarEricSven]

I just bought the Blu-ray of a little '70s flick called "Swashbuckler". It's one of my childhood's guilty pleasures, and it uses the most fake looking blood imaginable: it's luminous red and completely opaque.

[@slinkyatrest]

What a fun little thing that was thanks for making it!

[@JamesBrophy]

Always entertaining and informative.

[@AANasseh]

great stuff John. Really good!

[@SpanglySundew]

This was a really great episode!

[@eddievhfan1984]

Another fake blood formulation that deserves a shout-out (despite not working out so well) is the stuff they used on the original Dawn of the Dead. IIRC, Tom Savini said they used a special 3M formulation for fake blood, but it turned out that the colors were too bright and it flowed too easily compared to real blood. Romero was OK with it, though, as he came to feel it gave the film more of a lurid, "comic-book" type of look and feel.

[@c2ashman]

Another stellar episode. Great job.

[@goldenretriever6440]

Filmmaker IQ remember never to piss you off

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Golden Retriever Don't worry, there's plenty of trolls where that.... SQUIRREL!!

[@goldenretriever6440]

Filmmaker IQ Good to know

[@dethklok21]

I loved every second of this! looking forward to more!!

[@Agherr08]

Great Great Vid!, Love Filmmaker IQ Vids, very complete and instructive I hope you can some day do a video about continuity and storytelling in a film.

[@DavidGossettMusic]

I can never look at B&W Hitchcock films the same now that I know that blood is really chocolate syrup... Always love the cool informative stuff you guys put up.

[@Pauldjreadman]

Wow, that was a jump up, bloody hell. Nice video. I will keep watching as soon as they go up :)

[@jonnypanteloni]

Cool John! :) Fun to watch, thanks for entertaining us haha

[@SpookNukem]

You could you could use strawberry sauce (The kind you put on ice cream) Its basicaly a red chocolate syrup but slightly transparent (so up some red dye in it)

[@n.i.c.k.f.l.e.t.c.h.e.r]

This episode was fantastic!

[@condorseven7968]

Informative and VERY Funny!! Best one yet!

[@robertmillward2758]

Love the American Psycho and The Shawshank Redemption references, great video

[@NilsOberheim]

i love your new style :D

[@AttilaGasparetz]

Really great subject!!! I can't even imagine shooting without fake blood :D When we start playing with that everybody gets super creative suddenly! :D Now I'll finally know more about it's types! Thanks!

[@GeneSavage]

Kensington gore always looked like bright red paint to me... not sure why since you used the same colors. Fascinating video!

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Gene Savage Modern digital video captures colors a bit more "naturalistically" than the color film of the late 50s - but yeah, so much of Hammer Horror had a very red paint look which you can kind of emulate with the right mix of corn starch ;)

[@counthopkins9380]

Thanks for the information and insights! Love, Love, Love the ending. #Sweet

[@MarkyMatey]

Will you ever do an episode on The History of Western films ?

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+Mgen Strange We have talked about doing a course on Westerns for a long time. The problem is it's such a large genre. The trick is finding a hook into the subject where you don't fall into a rabbit hole where you end up with a watered down overview that doesn't have much value. We are working on some ideas where we can take small bites out of the apple over several videos where each can stand on its own. So stay tuned. ;)

[@ZootWorld1]

+Filmmaker IQ Maybe narrow it down to sub-genres, like the history of Spaghetti Westerns

[@michaelkaminski8339]

How about 'The use of the American Western as a tool in advancing the 'American Excepcionaism' therory expanded in all our brains for the entire 19th and 20th centuries?'

[@ditarf85]

Great set, great vid!

[@justintai8725]

Fascinating and brilliant video

[@aker2350]

Liked Before Watching This Channel is AWSOME

[@ernststavroblofeld1961]

Bah! Get some fresh real blood and pop some Aspirin in to prevent the clotting. Every good production assistant will be happy to donate a litre or two.

[@JiveChillin]

Excelent video!

[@robbwillz]

That misdirect with the American Psycho parody killed me !

[@j.thorgard]

Great video, a video on film blood that I actually learnt something in.

[@dkirk335]

Great Job! learned a lot as usual.

[@noahwoolleyfilms7037]

Just subscribed! Love what you’re doing!

[@mestuptim]

my favorite method that didn't involve going to the store was I would always make kool aid without a lot of water so it was a thicker consistency

[@ActiumFilms]

Like the new look! Might want to work on the green screening though.

[@jrtly3497]

Great video !!

[@Scixxy]

I work at a haunted house and our formulation uses caramel color to darken it.

[@ChrystianDanucalov]

Great as always!

[@TheKSChannel]

Excellent video!

[@lp-xl9ld]

Thanks for explaining the B/W cut in KILL BILL 1...I *did* wonder about that when I saw the movie on its original release

[@liquidjungle123]

How did you put a Animated 3d man in a room with you?

[@FilmmakerIQ]

Ctrl + Alt + CGI :p

[@liquidjungle123]

...

[@TotallyGoodatGames]

It was likely done in a 3D modelling and animation program like Blender.

[@liquidjungle123]

cool

[@FilmmakerIQ]

This goes through a lot of our process: kzbin.info/www/bejne/m6muiYScetVrpMk

[@Albanez39]

Blood in the The Godfather was ridiculous. Remember the scene where Michael orders his henchmen to kill all the bosses? There is one particular guy with glasses having a massage; They shoot him in the forehead, and a squirt of PINK blood drops out of it. That scene was very comic...

[@forfluf]

Whom ever did the animation for the faceless head guy should learn the animation term: floaty Otherwise, nicely done, and if you go into aspects of making props for movies that opens up a lot of possibilities for future episodes.

[@StevePotgieter]

blast to watch. as always.

[@miguelrealp]

Hi, do you have another channel for movies reviews< I'd love to hear yor opinions about some movies

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+miguelrealp We used to do some but the copyright trolls kept hitting us that we couldn't get any traction on it.

[@JackGracie]

+Filmmaker IQ Well KZbin is now implementing a fair use initiative to help creators with false claims. My film review channel is constantly bothered with those problems, but in the last two weeks or so it seems like the process has sped up ten-fold. Love your technical videos, and would be interested in hearing more personal opinions too!

[@Asgaia]

We used chocolate milk and old food color powder from the GDR my mother used for baking for a video made in high school. We never could get comparable food color later in the super market. So we tried different stuff e.g. liquid food. But it never looked as good as the chocolate milk an color powder. With chocolade powder you could adjust viscosity and darkness. I think we used ketchup as well but not as intended initially for blood itself but to create "crusty blood" for wound.

[@noahmorgan2007]

Amazing, very informative!

[@chrisrodriguez6899]

That dylerturdan2 bit was hilarious 😂

[@zusurs]

Nice video, as always, but seriously - I must say that old presentation style with black background and not so over-the-top effects and montage was lot more appealing to wider audiences and looked more academic and professional.

[@gudeandi]

Simply awesome!

[@LaMaisondeCasaHouse]

This video sure made me hungry...

[@mr.rabbit6664]

A lot of British movie effect channels seem to use the Kensington Gore. Just an interesting thought.

[@RightNowMan]

Great stuff!

[@TheDavidN]

Shaving Cream = use good ol' Barbasol. Not because they're paying me, but it seems that there might be some alcohol or something magical that acts as a good make up & gore remover. And shaving gel with moisturizer works well too.

[@june.bubbles]

The content is brilliant, the humour... yeah.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+J. Haller Productions Do you like Huey Lewis and the News?

[@jojagro]

amazing video!

[@scrimbo1034]

thanks film makeriq i have this project of one thing film of blood thanks! :D

[@marktubeie07]

Can you inform me if the 'library music' soundtrack you used (Hanna Barbera used it extensively) available on CD?

[@Hombreafro]

i f*cking love your videos!

[@DandyDon1]

I'm curious now as to what Mole Richardson imitation blood was made of. I just looked and don't see it listed on their website.

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+DandyDon “Xerox6085” A lot of the commercial fake blood that is inedible use forms of glycol like Propylene glycol and mix in some thickening agents like Hydroxyethyl cellulose and Triethanolamine. Commercial blood also uses a lot of those anti-bacteria chemicals like Methyl Paraben and Imidazolidinyl urea. Not sure what Mole Richardson blood was, if it was runny it probably was a mix of something like that...

[@flippert0]

Lol, love the 'American Psycho' references!

[@spillow762]

you have upped your game John

[@Microbex]

Great videoes guys

[@invisibletriangleproductions]

Thank you! Now I want some chocolate syrup!

[@DilbagSingh.s]

I first time used fake blood in my short film and its super exciting , sometime i forgot to action and the person is still breathing..... but working with blood is fun..!!

[@MariuszKuszaj]

This new form is great :D

[@Rattrap007]

Good video. Wish you had talked about the fake blood types that look like paint. Think it was in Dirty Harry. Lots of 70s stuff. Was very bright red all the time.

[@BoostedInline6]

What's that small vacuum tube amp to your left at the beginning?

[@FilmmakerIQ]

+BoostedInline6 It's the FIQ phone box which lights up when the Big Kahuna is calling :)

[@KnobberProductions]

These are great!