It's about to get bloody!

We have started to film our opening but before we started to film we wanted to make our blood and heart so they'll be ready for use. In today's post I'll be telling you how we made our blood. We made our blood by following this recipe:

1/2 cup of red fruit punch
1 cup of corn syrup
2 tablespoons of red food coloring
1 tablespoon of chocolate syrup
2 tablespoons of corn starch
1 tablespoon of cocoa powder

The recipe called for red fruit punch but my group and I decided that it wasn't necessary and just substituted it with water. Adding the water gave the blood a thinner consistency but not too watery. We combined all of the ingredients in a bowl and mixed continuously until all of the ingredients were well incorporated. The darkness of the blood came out better than we expected. We thought it would need more red food coloring but it was not necessary.

On Tuesday, March 19, we were going to start spreading the blood around the set, but before we could start using the blood we realized that it was already so late and we came to conclusion that once we start using the blood we will need to spend that one day and one day ONLY for the blood. The blood will stain and take a little while to clean up.

I left the blood out on my counter because I was afraid that if I put the blood in the fridge it would either become thicker or possibly freeze. My group and I plan on using the blood this coming Wednesday, March 27th. We will also be filming most scenes on that day as well as Thursday, if necessary.

OH! One more thing...THE BLOOD IS 100% EDIBLE!! I personally wouldn't eat it but if anyone wants a taste let me know. I'll hook you up with the best shot of blood!

Stay tuned for my next post about our HEART