Sk-etchbook

Ah yes...
I thunked about the brief and the pros and cons of each idea. I was also hablaba con amigos about old style special effects & props used for shows like red dwarf.

These makeshift special effects definitively take more effort & set up but they also have their own set of appealing characteristics. And... it's more fun getting your hands dirty and bagging together a blue peter style tracy island to blow up.

Anyhoo here's the pros and cons of my first few ideas...

Fear - The nail/claw scratch could both be done in one studio shoot, i could hammer together some props myself and I have a friend who has done FX makeup before so this is a plausible option. The branding iron idea would require more expenditure when it comes to getting a branding iron made & heating it up etc.

UFO - Similar thing re. could be done in one studio shoot with props when it comes to the bright light concept. Little bit of smoke, spotlights & cardboard could do wonders. Think the crop circle idea may be difficult to pull off as it has passed harvesting time and it may upset farmers if I intend to stampede all over their crops!