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Summary: Learn how to make fake shards of glass with expert tips and advice on special effects makeup in this free video clip.
Brad Schecter has been involved with makeup effects for more than 20 years. He began learning about stage makeup as a child actor in community theatre. He became fascinated with...read more
"So, what I've done here is I've taken just a plain party tumbler. You can get them at Party City or anyplace. Or the grocery store, right? Grocery store, sure. Yeah. And what you want to do, you want to put on a glove, okay, because you don't want, oh, because it cuts, yeah you can cut yourself, okay, obviously, just for safety reasons, then what you do? And how about your eyes? Yeah, just kind of...should you look away from it? Yeah, I wouldn't like put it right in your face, people like that, just kind of start breaking, oh, okay...so it doesn't kind of...like that, see what I mean? And then you get what looks like shards of glass. Ooh, look at that. So, what I've already done is I've already broken some up, okay...some pieces that I like. You want like little small pieces, so they stick in really easily. You don't want like a huge, huge piece like that...no 'cause then they fall off right? It'll fall off. Exactly, okay. You want to be able to just stick it in the hot gelatin. So, yeah, just take a little and break them up until they look like that basically. They look so real. Yeah. Just little pieces like that. Wow. It's like snowflakes. They all look a little different. Yes. You know? I just dropped one there, but, so you could see how that is. Nice."
eHow Article: How to Make Fake Shards of Glass for Special Effects