FX for making people look fat

man

FX for making people look fat?
any ideas?

monkeyfudge

Lots of pies?

It worked for DeNiro.

Stark

They usually use "fat suits". I think you can use CGI as well but it looks really crap (think Augustus Gloop from the new Charlie and the chocolate factory).

monkeyfudge

It is a very expensive thing to pull off.

I remember seeing a behind the scenes special on Little Britain a while back and the cost of the fat suit for Bubbles De Vere was stupidly high.

Freelancer

man wrote:

FX for making people look fat?
any ideas?

What are you odd special effects guy?

Look you cannot CGI it cheaply. Just cannot. Cannot be done. You've either got to superimpose your actors face over a fat persons body and have them act them out, which is bollocks, or.....look you just cannot.

As for fat suits, again thousands, loads a makeup, latex etc.

Alternatively I'd recommend the method used by Ralph Fiennes in Schindler's List (he had to gain about thirty pounds over the course of the film), his method, according to the man himself is "Guinness"

BlitzKrieg

any chance you could tell us what the scene involves and we could offer alternatives.

You could just hire a fat actor.

zombiepirate_13

BlitzKrieg wrote:

any chance you could tell us what the scene involves and we could offer alternatives.

You could just hire a fat actor.

Or you could just gain a few pounds to make you look overweight and then wear a fat suit. Same thing with Augustus Gloop(Philip Wiegratz) He was only like 30 pounds above average and they just made him wear a fat suit.

trendkill

Bubble wrap, that u get packages wrapped in ,,,, its great, stick it all around the body, torso, legs arms, then put clothes over it.... hoody's ..... a polo neck will make the face look fat...