How To Make Air Powered Blood Squibs For Gunshot Special Effects

Squib is a fun word to say, and squibs are fun to talk about because their name sounds so funny people can't help but ask "what the hell is a squib?!" when they hear it said aloud.

But filmmakers know squib isn't just a funny word- it's the secret to making gunshot effects look realistic on camera.

This tutorial video by John P. Hess of Filmmaker IQ shares a brief history of the squib and shows us how we can make our own air powered blood packs on a backyard movie budget.

-Via Laughing Squid

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they should just upload the ideas to a website and let the artists on the internet take a whack at drawing them, vote on the best or whatever, it would be neat to ask people to devote talent rather than money, plus it exposes other artists and gives it more of a community feel

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Thanks Larry! There are actually a couple other sites that do that very thing. I'm more interested in putting my vision out there.

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Wow! Amazingly I don't want one! =D

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I suppose it was too much effort to actually say "Dining Room Table"... *sigh*

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Egbert, it mostly likely has more to do with Twitter's 140-character limit than laziness.

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Here I am, about to leave yet another comment on Neatorama that's going to get me flamed into powdery ash, buuuuuuut...

Twaggie...? Really? You're going to call it that? Why not TwitWit? TwitLOL? TweetLULZ? TweetROFLZ? SweetTweets?

I could come up with a bunch more but I'm tired. I just gotta tell you, Twaggie rhymes with so many unflattering words I can't help but think a name like that would make it less appealing, knowwhutImean?

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