Gore Effects

We had ideas originally to include a gory ending for the characters at the hands of the pagans that live on the island. I feel that including blood in our short film at the very end would shock the audience, as there is a moderately strong comedic tone established from the very beginning, and then these 'funny' characters are brutally murdered on an empty island.

If we are to use gore in our movie, these are the effects that we are going to use. The best tutorials that I could find on YouTube are shown along with a short description how they could be used in the movie.

The character's bloody deaths will be a very quick collection of shots, edited to be fast paced, one-after-another, probably only about seven or eight seconds total of gore. The screen would then go to black for a few seconds and music would fade in, showing the movie title. This leaves the audience a short while to almost reflect on what has happened to the teenage protagonists who they have watched throughout the short film.

Throat Slit



One pagan would use a blade, specifically a Celtic dagger as shown in the prop research, to cut one of the characters' throat.

Impale



One pagan wouldn't impale a character on a stationary object, but they would use a bladed / sharp weapon to stab right through one of the characters.

The reason why the pagans are able to kill the three main characters quite easily is because the sailor who owns the boat, Eamonn Cooper, gives the protagonists a drink on the boat which makes them vomit and unable to defend themselves when the pagans arrive to them at the top of the island.