ZOMBIE MAKE UP

Yes, we know, our zombie is too green!

It’s almost Halloween and as Blunt Productions Zombie Make Up racks up the hits on youtube I thought I’d take this time to check out our competitors. Yes I know our zombies were too green but let’s see if anybody else made the mistake of over greening their undead to look like monster cucumbers? Although having said that our 1.5 minute film did pack in an intro on greasy actors, a tutorial on making your actor look like (a green) reanimated corpse and a zombie sitcom!
If you haven’t seen it yet you’ll find it here.

I’ve picked three random D.I.Y. zombie make up tutorials (if you know of any better ones out there let us know) to see how they match up.

Well let’s start watching…

HOW TO APPLY ZOMBIE MAKE-UP AS A HALLOWEEN COSTUME

This film is done by Mike the ‘How to Guy’, who also gives instructions on ‘How to build a bird house’ and ‘How to wash a dog’. He comes across as a happy clean cut boy. 1.5 minutes in and Mike has put on a bloodied T shirt and is applying some white basecoat. 3 minutes in and sadly no green make up has been applied, instead Mike creates some dark rings under his eyes while some annoying glockenspiel loop plays. Come on Mike get a move on! Finally it’s over 4 minutes in when Mike gets some fake skin and starts to make a cut for his forehead. Then he sticks some blood around his face and in the cut and that’s it. Generally Mike seems a bit too wholesome to pull this zombie look off and there’s nothing here that’s surprising but it’s ok if you’ve never attempted anything like this before. If you’re looking for something more hardcore though you won’t find it here.

Overall rating 4/10

ZOMBIES HALLOWEEN HOW-TO MAKE-UP: BFX

The original zombie make-up by Indy Mogul who has gone on to do further instalments and with a million hits you can understand why.  This is good stuff and at only 2 minutes really gets into it quickly using Super Time Lapse. Indy Mogul talks us through the whole process of applying latex and tissue paper. Still the end result is a little disappointing but later films improve on the tutorial adding larger putrid wounds.

Overall rating 7/10

HOW TO DO ZOMBIE MAKEUP, THREADBANGER

I like the way this begins with a 70’s style zombie homage showing some people fleeing from maurading zombies up a stairwell. Then we’re introduced to a couple of camp New York men who hold zombie parties, they in turn introduce us to their make up artist called Katie. She’s a proper make up artist and recommends a range of products (Latex, face paint, fake skin, sponges etc) to create your zombie look. She talks us all the way through the process which has been edited down to 4 minutes. Unlike ‘Mike The How to Guy’ she has a lot of good tips to give you during those 4 minutes. By far the best zombie but where’s the green? Tagged onto the end of this video after a wedding advert is an Indy Mogul piece about making zombie clothes.

Overall rating 8/10