{"id":179460,"date":"2021-02-16T15:16:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/how-they-shot-the-head-explosion-scene-in-scanners\/"},"modified":"2021-02-16T15:16:00","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T12:16:00","slug":"how-they-shot-the-head-explosion-scene-in-scanners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-head-explosion-scene-in-scanners\/","title":{"rendered":"#How They Shot the Head Explosion Scene in &#8216;Scanners&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f35f5a68b3\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2f35f5a68b3\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-head-explosion-scene-in-scanners\/#Howd_they_do_that\" >How\u2019d they do that?<\/a><ul class='ez-toc-list-level-3' ><li class='ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-head-explosion-scene-in-scanners\/#Long_story_short\" >Long story short:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-head-explosion-scene-in-scanners\/#Long_story_long\" >Long story long:<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-3'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/how-they-shot-the-head-explosion-scene-in-scanners\/#Whats_the_precedent\" >What\u2019s the precedent?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#How They Shot the Head Explosion Scene in &#8216;Scanners&#8217;<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\">\n                <\/aside>\n<p><!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 3.7.9--><em>Welcome to <strong>How\u2019d They Do That?<\/strong> \u2014 a bi-monthly column that unpacks moments of movie magic and celebrates the technical wizards who pulled them off.<\/em> <em><em>This entry looks into the head explosion scene in Scanners.<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>Much like its infamously explosive setpiece, the making of <em><strong>Scanners<\/strong> <\/em>was a real headache. <\/p>\n<p>With director <strong>David Cronenberg<\/strong> hot off <em>The Brood<\/em>, the abnormal time pressures of the Canadian tax-shelter era rushed <em>Scanners<\/em> into production without a <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>. With only two months to wrap principal photography, Cronenberg was forced to write and shoot the film simultaneously, all while managing a hectic production with his biggest budget to-date.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, Cronenberg\u2019s notorious sense of calm prevailed, and <em>Scanners<\/em> was a box-office success. As close to a standard sci-fi thriller as Cronenberg ever came, <em>Scanners <\/em>dodged the genre marketing practices that had consistently worked against him in the past to deliver his first mainstream hit.<\/p>\n<p><em>Scanners <\/em>concerns an anti<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> derelict named Cameron Vale (Stephen Lack), who is recruited by the mysterious ConSec research agency as one of the world\u2019s few hundred \u201cscanners\u201d \u2014 individuals born with remarkable telepathic and psychokinetic abilities. A ConSec doctor named Paul Ruth (Patrick McGoohan) tasks Vale with eliminating the megalomaniacal Darryl Revok (Michael Ironside), a powerful scanner who intends to subjugate humanity, and all scanners who oppose him, with his gifts.<\/p>\n<p>Set alongside the obsessive grotesques of Cronenberg\u2019s earlier work, <em>Scanners <\/em>is a relatively tame entry from Canada\u2019s Baron of Blood. With one explosive exception: a notoriously gory and shockingly visceral setpiece in the director\u2019s career-long mind\/body discourse.<\/p>\n<p>Early in the film, we\u2019re invited to a ConSec marketing event. A scanner (Louis Del Grande) gently declares that he will \u201cscan\u201d every person in attendance, one by one. From behind his thick mustache and even thicker glasses, he calmly explains that the process has been known to hurt a little. With that enticing caveat, he calls for his first volunteer. The people in the crowd exchange hesitant and doubting looks. Finally, a man in the back raises his hand. Unbeknownst to the lecturing scanner, and to us, this man is not supposed to be here. Not only that, this man isn\u2019t just a man. This is Darryl Revok. <\/p>\n<p>Revok descends towards the stage and, with a subliminally menacing air of faux-ignorance, follows the lecturer\u2019s instructions. He focuses his mind. And it quickly becomes apparent that\u2019s not all he\u2019s doing. Something is terribly wrong. As Revok\u2019s face contorts in concentration, the lecturer gasps for air and pounds his fists in discomfort that quickly escalates to agony. The pressure mounts and mounts until finally, abruptly, the lecturer\u2019s head explodes. His face balloons outward, his eyes pop forward, and horribly viscous gore erupts in all directions; a scarlet mushroom cloud of skin, brain, bone, and flesh.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"447\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion.gif\" alt=\"Scanners Head Explosion\" class=\"wp-image-363315\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion.gif 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion-768x429.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The head explosion in <em>Scanners<\/em> one of the most alarming and, dare I say, mind-blowing special effects in <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/sciencee\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"5\" title=\"Science\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">science<\/a> fiction. It\u2019s a spectacularly corpulent setpiece and one of the most iconic shots in genre film. How the heck did they do it?<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator is-style-wide\"\/>\n<h2 id=\"h-how-d-they-do-that\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Howd_they_do_that\"><\/span>How\u2019d they do that?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<h3 id=\"h-long-story-short\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_short\"><\/span>Long story short:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The <em>Scanners<\/em>\u2018 head explosion was accomplished by blasting a stuffed gelatin head with a high-pressure shotgun loaded with kosher salt.<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-long-story-long\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Long_story_long\"><\/span>Long story long:<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p>The exploding head sequence was created by special makeup artist and foam latex expert <strong>Chris Walas<\/strong>, who would go on to work with Cronenberg on the creature effects for both <em>The Fly <\/em>and <em>Naked Lunch<\/em>. <\/p>\n<p>As director of photography <strong>Mark Irwin<\/strong> recalls in the 2014 documentary short <em><strong>The Scanners Way<\/strong><\/em>, \u201cThe trouble with pyrotechnics is a squib can blow something up but it shows a spark. And if you want this kind of \u2018mental pressure,\u2019 you don\u2019t want to see that there\u2019s an ignition\u2026we couldn\u2019t get it quite right.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>Special makeup artist<strong> Stephan Dupuis<\/strong> has confirmed this issue. \u201cWhen [the head] exploded with the explosive, there was a massive amount of smoke,\u201d <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/Vd9OMo-MrWY\">he recalled  to TIFF<\/a>. \u201cIt looked more like the Death Star than, you know, a human head.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As effects coordinator <strong>Gary Zeller<\/strong> recalls, the effect was not originally regarded as a standout setpiece. So the initial approach was pretty simplistic. Namely: make a head, fill said head with air, and give it a pneumatic discharge. \u201cWe got this ballooning head that just looked ridiculous,\u201d he remembers. <\/p>\n<p>The variations continued. \u201cWe did a plaster head,\u201d explains<strong> <\/strong>Dupuis. \u201cWhich, of course, looked like a plaster head. Of course, that didn\u2019t work. Then we did a wax one. That looked exactly like a wax head exploding. Although there was a lot of blood and gore.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion-dummy.jpg\" alt=\"Scanners Head Explosion Dummy\" class=\"wp-image-363318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion-dummy.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion-dummy-768x420.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Finally, they found a method that looked convincing. \u201cWe took a life cast of Del Grande and made a gelatin positive in the mold,\u201d recalls Walas. This was then fitted with a plaster \u201cskull\u201d that acted as both structural support and a vessel for all the goop you see on-screen. \u201cThat was packed with various materials\u2026 and sealed with wax\u201d Walas explains. <\/p>\n<p>The head was filled with excess materials from the lab, like latex scraps and stray wax. There were also pieces of gelatin \u201cbrains\u201d and, as Dupuis puts it, \u201ca bunch of corn syrup blood\u201d as well as \u201cleftover burgers.\u201d While I have my doubts, the rumors that the head contained animal entrails are not <em>impossible <\/em>considering Cronenberg would make full-use of butcher scraps in his subsequent film, <em>Videodrome, <\/em>during that film\u2019s explosive finale.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"433\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Videodrome-television-effect-finale.gif\" alt=\"Videodrome Television Effect Finale\" class=\"wp-image-358448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Videodrome-television-effect-finale.gif 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/Videodrome-television-effect-finale-768x416.gif 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>But, back to <em>Scanners<\/em>. Walas notes that they tried to find \u201ca lot of stringy stuff that we figured would fly through the air a little bit better.\u201d <\/p>\n<p>And speaking of the projectile-like nature of the explosion, at one point, Ironside was supposedly going to be in-frame. As described in the 2014 documentary short <em><strong>Mental Saboteur<\/strong><\/em>, when the actor learned what the plan was from the special effects crew (namely: his being in proximity to an explosion), he saw an opportunity. <\/p>\n<p>As Ironside tells it, he noted to the crew that the plexiglass enclosures around the camera were likely to cause debris to ricochet. \u201cAnd I said: \u2018I\u2019ll tell you what, I\u2019ll do it but I want <em>this <\/em>amount of money and I want <em>this <\/em>size of an insurance policy. Which quickly made them make the decision to do it as a single.&#8217;\u201d Whether Ironside\u2019s ultimatum is the reason the effect was shot without him, I can\u2019t say. But, in any case, it\u2019s a good story. <\/p>\n<p>The lecturer\u2019s hands, which appear clenched and sturdy on the table, are casts of Walas\u2019 hands. He specifies that the rings were an eleventh-hour addition to match Del Grande\u2019s jewelry and recalls they were constructed out of mortician\u2019s wax and the gold wrapper from a pack of cigarettes. <\/p>\n<p>The original plan for the sequence was to shoot on-location at the Concordia University lecture room. Reportedly, the effects team took all the elements to set and realized, per Walas in a gross understatement, that \u201cit might make too much of a mess\u201d. So the sequence was shot later in a government-allocated warehouse on the waterfront of Montreal in the dead of December. Or, as Irwin puts it: \u201cBasically outside.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Reportedly, on the day of the shoot, nobody could get the Del Grande effigy to explode properly. So, at some point, Zeller boldly proclaimed that he was \u201cthrough screwing around.\u201d They moved to plan B: a double-barreled shotgun. As Irwin tells it, Zeller told the crew to roll the four coverage cameras, and for everyone else to get in their trucks and close their windows. He then lay on the ground behind the dummy and pointed the shotgun at the nape of its neck, and fired.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe settled on kosher salt,\u201d explains Zeller, regarding the ammunition of choice. \u201cJust chunky salt particles that were kind of crystalline and not too reflective so it couldn\u2019t read [on-camera] too well. And then when we blasted [the head]\u2026everything just shot all over the place and it looked fabulous. If ever you want to blow up a head, I advise using kosher salt. But don\u2019t do this at home.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>When the producers of <em>Scanners<\/em> saw the dailies of the head explosion they were both appalled and enthused \u2014 reportedly shouting: \u201cIt\u2019s perfect! We\u2019re screwed!\u201d The sequence was re-shot three times in an attempt to avoid an x-rating. But, as Irwin recalls, \u201cIt was never as good as what was shot originally.\u201d In part because, depending on who you ask, these reshoots were actively sabotaged with, among other things, confetti. In any case, it\u2019s the original kosher salt take that we see in the final film. <\/p>\n<p>While the head explosion is masterful in isolation, the build-up to the effect is a vital part of the shot\u2019s impact. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Howard Shore<\/strong>\u2018s score (say that ten times fast) mutates from a tonal element to a diegetic representation of \u201cscanning\u201d itself. Wary woodwinds rouse our suspicion as Revok takes to the stage and high-pitched, nearly inaudible strings begin to drone. As Revok scans the lecturer, Shore raises the pitch of the strings and ushers forth a predatory, clicking growl and an unnatural, enveloping throb. <\/p>\n<p>Shore brings all of these elements into cacophony as the pressure mounts, both in the scene and in the lecturer\u2019s head. As the frenzy becomes unbearable, it\u2019s easy for the audience to identify with Revok\u2019s victim as they too begin to wince. <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion-actors.jpg\" alt=\"Scanners Head Explosion Actors\" class=\"wp-image-363317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion-actors.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion-actors-768x420.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>The other element that sells the final explosion is the performance from Del Grande and Ironside. Even during its more effects-heavy scenes, the \u201cscanning effect\u201d in <em>Scanners <\/em>is heavily dependent on the actors. It is genuinely distressing to watch Del Grande\u2019s visible discomfort, shaking fists, and strained breaths. You buy that this is someone in great mental and physical pain. <\/p>\n<p>For his part, Ironside contorts his face with an air of absolute cool; a terrifying control, and a superiority that he visibly relishes. His head rolls, his brow furrows, and his lips curl into a mocking smirk. \u201c[Cronenberg] created an environment where it was safe to reach for something that you might be a little uncomfortable doing in a different environment,\u201d the actor explains. \u201cI felt like a child who was given permission and the safety to play close to the edge.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3 id=\"h-what-s-the-precedent\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Whats_the_precedent\"><\/span>What\u2019s the precedent?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h3>\n<p><em>Scanners <\/em>undoubtedly features cinema\u2019s most infamous exploding head. Indeed, the trope of nuked noggins is prolific. And yet there is perhaps no clearer precursor to the <em>Scanners <\/em>scene than 1978\u2019s <strong><em>The Fury<\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by <strong>Brian De Palma<\/strong>, <em>The Fury <\/em>tells of an ex-CIA agent who employs a young psychic to help him retrieve his telekinetic son from malicious forces. In the film\u2019s final scene, the young psychic Gillian (Amy Irving) blows up the manipulative Ben Childress (John Cassavetes) with her mind. The effect was achieved by using the distraction of a falling lamp to match-cut the actor with a dummy rigged with explosives and blood. The explosion took two takes to get right. It was shot with a high frame-rate camera because De Palma is nothing if not a showman.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"325\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/The-Fury-explosion.gif\" alt=\"The Fury Explosion\" class=\"wp-image-363314\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>Now, there are some who gallantly accuse the head explosion scene in <em>Scanners<\/em> of ripping off this sequence. To which I say: hold your horses. There are undoubtedly similarities. But from a technical standpoint, these two effects differ critically in execution. A shotgun, quite simply, produces a different effect than the pyrotechnics on display in the gif above. This is a great example of what the <em>Scanners <\/em>crew meant by \u201csquibs cause sparks.\u201d And, to be blunt, the only thing to survive the explosion in <em>The Fury<\/em> is Cassavetes\u2019 head. So, checkmate, nerds.<\/p>\n<p>To be clear, I don\u2019t doubt that <em>The Fury <\/em>was an inspiration for the head explosion in <em>Scanner<\/em>s. But this isn\u2019t a \u201cbad thing.\u201d Influence, after all, is a powerful creative force, not a moral failure as some pedants seem to believe. To imply otherwise\u2026 well, it\u2019s enough to make one lose one\u2019s head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"800\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion.jpg\" alt=\"Scanners Head Explosion\" class=\"wp-image-363316\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion.jpg 800w, https:\/\/filmschoolrejects.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/Scanners-head-explosion-768x420.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\"\/><figcaption>Yeah, like that.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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