Evaluation of using Animal blood

We decided to use real animal blood for our stabbing shots in our opening scene. This was a really good idea, Josh did tests to make sure this looked effective however during our filming it was difficult to use. Filming the actual stab through the hoodie was really difficult as the hoodie was a really thick material so use couldn't get a shot of the knife going into the hoodie and making the blood pack explode in one shot. We then filmed Josh stabbing the blood pack further to show blood coming out of the incision. However it looked more like it was dripping out of the incision rather than pouring so we may need to re-film that shot if it doesn't look effective after we have edited the shots. After we filmed these shots Lucy then put on the jumper so that we could film her dead by the stream. However, by the time we got down to the stream the blood had slightly oxidised with the air and made it go a brown colour, making it look a bit like muddy water. However, this may still look effective when we edit it together because there is supposed to be a jump in time whilst the killer drags the victims body to the stream.

Overall, I think it was really difficult to work with the animal blood and it will hopefully look realistic once we have edited our scenes together. Another reason why the blood may not have shown through as much as we would have wanted is because the material of the hoodie was quite thick therefore not as much of the animal blood would have shown through.