Air bladder effect

This article is about the special effects technique. For the organ found in many fish species, see Swim bladder.

An air bladder effect, or simply a bladder effect, is a visual special effect to achieve the appearance of bubbling or peeling skin in motion pictures, particularly horror movies. The effect involves plastic or latex balloons—known as "bladders"—which are concealed beneath the surface of foam latex or similar prosthetics. Attached to the bladders is a system of tubing that allows them to be inflated. When the bladders are inflated underneath the prosthetics (often skin prosthetics), it results in the prosthetics appearing to shift, bubble, swell, or pulsate.

This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.