Marcus Parks
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Our guys on this movie engineered this blood cannon that looks like
a drone out of, you know, star Wars that has all these holes cut in the side and these kind of fins that stick out of it.
And they hook it up to a big pneumatic pneumatic tank and just like fire air through this thing, fill it with blood and fire pressurized air through it.
And it's, I mean, there really is like a feeling of excitement on set.
Those events are the reason you show up, you know, it's, it's,
What's your blood?
What's your blood mixture?
We use the same mix on the last few movies.
And it's a mix of Karo syrup.
And then they sort of thin it out for the blood cannons because you want more projection.
And then the stuff that we use on...
the actors is just a more viscous because it, you know, it's, it stretches better.
Like you get the webbing and all of that, you know, that great effect that feels really cinematic.
And so you can kind of water it down.
You put, sometimes they put dish, dish detergent in it, like dish soap.
Yeah.
Also help it not break, break up.
So there are a bunch of little tricks, tricks of the trade, but it's a few times.
He was so lovely, though, like just the sweetest guy.
And like was like, I really like the way you run the set.