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"David Presto" on Crystal Lake, Make Up and Practical Effects
Dave Presto is the Oscar-nominated makeup effects artist behind Crystal Lake, the Peacock series that brought back Friday the 13th with practical gore. His credits also include The Penguin, A Complete Unknown, The Beauty, and A Different Man.In this Bonfire Conversations episode, Dave breaks down how the exploding blood bag kill, the dangling jaw effect, and the real machete scene were pulled off. He also explains how his team built young Jason in just 13 days, how he makes fake blood that flows instead of beads, and why practical effects still beat VFX.In this episode:How Michael Jackson’s…
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