Fake blood

When thinking of the props, that suited our story line, we felt that as the girls have been kidnapped and their teeth were being taken out, it would be relevant to involve blood. However, a lot of the fake blood that is traditionally make, does not actually look right, either being to bright red, or the wrong shade of red, or being too runny in the liquid. The fluid of the liquid needed to be solid enough for it to be realistic. This, when we came to a conclusion as a group, meant that we would have to make some fake blood our selves, so we were satisfied enough that it would look realistic.
To start off, I researched ways in which fake blood could be make using everyday substances, or that we could easily get our hands on.




Ingredients or checklist:


A pan
A kettle
Plain flour
Red food colouring
Cocoa Powder
A wooden spoon




The example that we followed and slightly altered was as follows:




1. Put a pan onto the stove and heat up, with boiling water inside.




2. Add flour, depending on how much mixture you want to make, if a lot, then use about 5 heaped spoons of plain flour.




3. Mix the flour and the water in the pan until it is all mixed in as one solution and there are not too many different clumps, as this would make it look fake.




4. After, and depending on the shade of red, slowly add the red food colouring into the mix, constantly stirring. If it is a bright red you will not be needing a lot otherwise it will look light the wrong colour and be too light.




5. When you feel their is a decent amount, then add cocoa powder, to make the fake blood darker. Real blood is actually quite dark, and always darker then blood.



6. Keep adding red if the mix is too dark. If the mix is too light, then keep adding in sections more cocoa powder.