Special Effects, Special Effects Makeup, and Special Effects Suppliers

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Buy it!	Baygan, Lee. 1988. The Techniques of Three-Dimensional Makeup. New York: Watson-Guptill Publications.
Buy it!	Corson, Richard. 2000. Stage Makeup. Second Edition. New Jersey: Prentice Hall.
Buy it!	Fleming, Bill. 1998. 3D Photorealism Toolkit. New York: John Wiley & Sons.
	Rickett, Richard, 2000. Special Effects: The History and Technique. New York: Billboard Books.
Buy it!	Tarassuk, Leonid and Blair, Claude, eds. 1982. The Complete Encyclopedia of Arms and Weapons. New York: Simon and Schuster.

Cinefex, The Journal of Cinematic Illusions, P.O. Box 20027, Riverside, CA 92516. Fax 800-434-3339.

Online

Chris Hillman's Robotics/Animatronics/SPFX links page has lots of good sites.

The Journal of Pyrotechnics

Special Effect Supply Co., supplies and information.

The Student Club of Realistic Effects, Animatronics and Make-up (SCREAM) dedicated to students interested in special effects.

Arjan's Show-Biz Centre  According to Eric van den berg, they sell all theatrical make-up made by Kryolan, special effects, pyrotechnics, fake teeth, magic tricks, Kabuki confetti cannons, Spider-flex backdrops and many other cool products. World-wide mail-order service.

The Truly Dangerous Company is made up of two people—Trey Stokes and Maija Beeton—to provide production and design services to the entertainment industry. Good articles.

VFX Pro^SM

Visual Effects Headquarters

Visual Effects Society

Visual Effects Resource Center

Organizations

Alliance of Special Effects & Pyrotechnic Operators (ASEPO) is a nonprofit created to promote the science and improve the methods of special effects and pyrotechnic operators.

Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF)

Stunts

STUNTNet

Stuntwomen's Association of Motion Pictures Inc.

Compositing and Mattes

Chris and Trish Meyer have ongoing articles in DV.com that will tell you everything you need to know to do compositing and matte work for DV.

Steven Bradford's Blue Screen Page

Earl R. Thurston's neopix page

KinoFlo has a helpful page

Philip Williams has a helpful page, too.

Special Effects Makeup

Matthew Mungle

Society of Amateur and Professional Special Effects Make-up Artists (SAPSEMA), maintained by Bill Barto, is a fun and interesting site.

The Complete Eejit's Guide to Film-Making has a section on blood and bullets for no-budget shows.

Special Effects Makeup Suppliers

Many of the online suppliers have how-to articles about their products.

ADMTronics

Anatomical Supply

Burman Industries sells foam latex kits, ultracal, clay, alginate, sculpting tools, silicone, gel effects, foam latex, trauma, aging and character appliances, Pros-Aide, training videos and books, and much more. 14141 Covello St., Suite 6A, Van Nuys, CA 91405. Phone 818-782-9833, fax 818-782-2863.

Cybergraphic Designs, sells materials and videos on special effects makeup. Cybergraphic Designs, 3202 Center Drive, Cleveland, OH 44134. Phone 440-888-8548, fax 440-888-6638. E-mail customercare@getspfx.com.

GM Foam Company, makers of GM Foam, which is ideal for prosthetic makeup appliances and animatronic creature skins. GM Foam, Inc. 14956 Delano St., Van Nuys, CA 91411. Phone 818-908-1087, fax 818-908-1262.

Michael Davy Film & TV Makeup

Factor II, Inc.

Mehron, Inc.

Monster Makers, 7305 Detroit Ave., Cleveland, OH 44102. Phone 216-651-SPFX, fax 216-631-4FAX. E-mail sales@monstermakers.com.

Nightmare Factory

Gafquat

Reynolds Advances Materials, 1339 Bennett Drive Unit 145 Longwood, Florida 32750. Phone 800-328-8786 or 407-331-0023, fax (407- 331-5387. E-mail info@moldmakingmaterials.com. 

Lenses and Artificial Eyes

Lenses Online

Custom Colors

Hamilton Eyes, Inc.

Oculo-Plastik, Inc.

Scotts' Ocularists of Florida

Fangs

Davis Dental Supply Company sells dental acrylics, plaster, alginate, bandages, clay, and other useful material. Davis Dental Supply Company, 13120 B Saticoy, North Hollywood, CA 91605. Phone 818-765-4994.

Special Effects Suppliers

Alfonso's Breakaway Glass, 8070 San Fernando Road, Sun Valley, CA 91352. Phone 866-768-7402, 818-768-7402, fax 818-767-6969. E-mail info@alfonsosbreakawayglass.com.

American Science & Surplus sells really great stuff. American Science & Surplus, 3605 Howard St., Skokie, IL 60076. E-mail info@sciplus.com.

Edmund Scientific sells wonderful science equipment and optics. Request a catalog.

FX Warehouse has supplies and how-to's. FX Warehouse Inc., 3500 Aloma Ave. #F17, Winter Park, FL 32792. Phone 407-679-9621, fax 407-679-5609. E-mail info@fxwarehouseinc.com.

McMaster-Carr Supply Company sells all sorts of hardware and materials for many different tasks. McMaster-Carr Supply Company, P.O. Box 740100, Atlanta, GA 30374-0100. Phone 404-346-7000, fax 404-349-9091. E-mail atl.sales@mcmaster.com.

Special Effects Unlimited, 1005 N. Lillian Way, Hollywood, CA 90038. Phone 323-466-3361, fax 323-466-5712. E-mail seuefx@aol.com.

Tri-Ess Sciences has all sorts of supplies for many kinds of special effects. Tri-Ess Sciences, 1020 W. Chestnut Street, Burbank, CA 91506. Phone 800 274-6910, 818-848-7838, fax 818-848-3521. E-mail science@tri-esssciences.com.

Fake Body Parts and Animatronics

All Effects, 17614 Lahey St., Granada Hills, CA 91344. Phone 818-366-7658, fax 818-366-3768. E-mail: eric@allfx.com.

Animal Makers make puppets and suits. Animal Makers, 12473 Gladstone Ave, Sylmar, CA 91342 Phone 818-838-3440. E-mail mailto:info@animalmakers.com.

Backstage Prosthetics, Phone 800-977-8749, 416-977-8703.E-mail mail@backstageprosthetics.com.

Bodytech Special Effects Makeup, 13659 Victory Blvd. #145, Van Nuys, CA 91401. Phone 818-342-6886, fax 818-342-2337. madamec@bodytek.com.

The Character Shop is an award-winning special effects company working in animatronics, makeup effects, puppets, and robotics. The Character Shop, P.O. Box 4777, Chatsworth, CA 91311.

Weaponry

Creative Effects Inc. rents firearms. Phone 818-365-0655. E-mail ceifx@creative-effects.com.

IAR, Inc. offers collectible replica firearms and blank firing guns. IAR, Inc., 33171 Camino Capistrano, San Juan Capistrano, CA 92675. Phone 949-443-3642, fax 949-443-3647. E-mail sales@iar-arms.com.

Imperial Weapons has a selection of swords, knives and martial arts equipment. Imperial Weapons, 40 Casey Jones Lane, Suite 1, Jackson, TN 38305.

Iron Wolf Armouries provides props and equipment for the entertainment industry. 9540 Assiniboine Rd SE, Calgary, Alberta T2J 0Z6, Canada. Phone 403-371-4439, 403-255-9163. E-mail ironwolfarmouries@home.com.

Superfoots, from Bill "Superfoot" Wallace, is an online martial arts supply store selling rubber knives and other weapons. Martial Arts Enterprises, Inc., 2225 E. Weldon Ave., Phoenix, AZ 85016. Phone 602-840-8776. E-mail admin@superfoots.com.

Tactical Edge Group is a motion picture production services company specializing in firearms rental and safe handling to the film and television industries. Tactical Edge Group, 2911 Winona Avenue, Burbank, CA 91504. Phone 818-361-5569. E-mail movie.guns@gte.net.

TherionArms sells antique and reproduction arms and armory. TherionArms, 2002-A Guadalupe St. #123, Austin, TX 78705. E-mail therion@therionarms.com.

Western Stage Props is the premier source of Australian and American whips, bullwhips and specialty whips, Western stage props and instructional books and videos, blank firing guns and blank ammo, and more. Phone 800-858-5568. E-mail wsprops@aol.com.