How to Fake a Realistic Gunshot on a Low Budget

[Kim Welch]

What if I just want to shoot someone in my film and I want it to look real? That should not cost too much, right? I am sure there is a way to do it that will get the best result. Where would I get the gun and the blood?

 

[aPerfectCircle]

One word, four letters... eBay

Squibs and blanks is all it takes.

 

[MarkG]

However, you can kill people with blanks and squibs if you don't know what you're doing: so be sure you know what you're doing, or find someone who does.

 

[Guest]

If you don't want to get all fancy with it, or you don't have the money to spend, an air compressor works just as good. You can pack a plastic tube, (aquarium tube works pretty well) with corn syrup, red food dye, and I throw in chunks of styrofoam into the mix for effect, then just feed it through a small tear in a shirt, or wherever, and there ya go, instant gunshot wound.

 

[aPerfectCircle]

Oh, by the way, that last post was mine, just in case anyone wondered, just forgot to log in

 

[DannyG]

What exactly is a squib? I assume it is how you simulate the impact wound somehow? I too am interested in shooting an action sequence involving some death-by-firearm.

 

[gwyddion]

squib

squib

Basically it's a small explosive charge in a bowl...used to simulate bullet hits in a wall or body, or whatever...

 

[gwyddion]

Actually

Actually

The Squib is just the explosive device...not the device+backing combo that I had originally thought....