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Birthday boy Dave Watson celebrated in style by hosting a launch party for his new DVD Methods of the Macabre Volume One in beautiful Eastpointe, MI.

Featuring all necessities a true launch party needs including a beer pong statium, 16 foot projection screen, and of course zombie face painting and mummification, you know, for the kids.

Motor D Films was joined in celebrating the release and mayheim by Detroit based Mob Inc Clothing, Detroit Remedy Clothing, and Silver Bullet Pictures CEO Mike Hartman. The highlight of the evening was the showing of Methods of the Macabre Volume One to a crowd of over 100 screaming fans. Also shown were the Motor D produced shorts Interview with the Vampire: The Count Chocula Story and for the first time ever A Perfect Family, by Actress/Producer Lisa Lechniak and Director Roy Parks III.

All three of these are now available in the brand new Motor D online store.

“Hey, I got tequila in my pants, want some?”, was overheard being slurred by at least one drunken partygoer who may or may not have been said party boy host Dave Watson.

Photos from the event can be seen on our flicker stream located on our homepage.

Grease paint, glam and gore were the subjects on hand during a special monster make-up portion of the Creature Feature program held July 8th at the Royal Oak Library.

Seventeen youths intent fully listened to Special Effects and Make Up Artist Dave Watson of Eastpointe give directions on how to create monster looks with basic foundation, shadowing and other simple make-up facial techniques. Watson highlighted these important elements both verbally and visually which appealed to students who eagerly awaited their own opportunity to personally transform from guy or girl to “ghoul”.

“It was fun!” said Xavier Satchell of Royal Oak.

Christine Deneweth who also resides in Royal Oak echoed Satchell’s sentiments and noted that she liked the presentation Watson gave.

“He was awesome. He was really nice plus he had an awesome fashion sense,” Deneweth said. She also added that her favorite part was actually trying to accomplish the effects Watson created in his demonstration.
“It’s really fun to make yourself up as a monster,” Deneweth said. “It’s something you don’t normally get to do.”
Young Adult and Youth Services Librarian Mary Karshner who organized the program said she was very pleased with the outcome of the two-hour session for many reasons.

“It was marvelous. They had a great time,” Karshner said. “He did a very nice job and held their attention in such a way that they were committed to doing what he was doing yet at the same time capturing their own individual and unique effects.”
Watson said he enjoyed fielding intelligent questions from the kids and remarked he was very impressed on just how close they paid attention to the make-up steps that were discussed.

“I was amazed with the interest and dedication they displayed especially for such a young age group,” Watson said. “Certain students definitely had done their research prior to the class which actually was our main focus for the library curriculum.”
While Watson does intend to conduct future seminars, he says that his interest to teach special effects and make-up is not just confined to a classroom setting. Infact, he would like to share his craft with any individual that has a great desire to enter into the realm of make-up and/or special effects artistry. In an effort to accomplish this, Watson has collaborated with Southfield, MI based Motor D Films and produced an 80-minute tutorial DVD entitled “Methods of the Macabre- Volume One”.
“It was hard for me being self-taught to find all the avenues of the craft readily available in one product. I have had many trials and tribulations over the years honing my technique because of this,” Watson said. “Hopefully this DVD can put a struggling novice on the right path.”

Article Contributed by Patricia Watson

Photos from this event are posted on our Flicker site in the events section.

Motor D Films is proud to announce the release of Methods of the Mcabre, in association with Heavy Creatures F/X. This instructional DVD contains over 80 minutes of insider tips and methods of creature effect guru Dave Watson. As a an added bonus, the disc also includes the short film On A Monday.

Let Make-up and Special Effects Artist Dave Watson introduce you to the beginning of your very own nightmare. His 80-minute instructional program will uncover the fundamentals of grease paint and other ghoulishly fantastic make-up applications. A wide variety of techniques will be discussed and demonstrated
in-depth to educate viewers with all of the necessary step by step processes. He will showcase his personal methods on how to:

∙ Build faces with shadows and highlights
∙ Create latex and gelatin applications
∙ Make wounds, bruises and blood
∙ Respect set ettiquette

This Disc Features:
∙ Full Length Feature
∙ Photo Galleries
∙ Scene Selection

Bonus Features:
∙ The Short Feature “On a Monday”
∙ Mastering the Macabre: An Interview with David C. Watson