The recently released music video “Wandering On” for local Edmonton band Sudden Love featured a trench coat filled with pies during it’s climax. The main character in the video chases his old self and is forced to confront his former pie addiction.
Pies Revealed
Pies in Trench Coat
Decision Moment
When I was creating this video, I felt the trench coat with pies was an important image to try to communicate that pie is a drug in the world of this story. However, due to our timeline and budget I was unable to order order fake pies online. So, I made four fake pies in a week.
The materials: my usual default of pink foam and acrylic paint.
Complete Pumpkin Pie
Lemon Meringue Pie
Cherry Pie
Apple Pie
Initial Steps in Pie Creation: Foam Shaping
- Research and print images of what pies look like
- Cut pie sized cylinders out of the pink foam
- Carve the pink form to look like pie pieces
- Sand the pink foam pie peices
Cutting Foam
Craving Pie Pieces
Sanding the Foam Pie Pieces
Sanding Pie Pieces
Second Steps in Pie Creation: Initial Paint Layers
- Prime them with white acrylic paint
- Paint the base colours
- Paint on more details
- Use art chalk pastels to add mat detailing
Primed Pie Pieces
1st Coat of paint
2nd Coat of Paint
3rd Coat of Paint
4th layer – Chalk
Final Steps in Pie Creation: Details and Attachement
- Prepare the pie tin with holes and thread for attachment to trench coat
- Hot-glue pie pieces to pie tins
- Use acrylic gel and paint to create fake pie sauce
- Paint any more details
- Use more art chalk pastels to add more mat detailing
- Use more acrylic gel to glaze the pies
- Attach to trench coat with sawing thread and glue dots
5th Layer of Paint
Lemon Meringue Pie
Cherry Pie
Pumpkin Pie
Apple Pie
Complete Pies
This was a fun process, and I really enjoy making props. I hope this blog post was informative! For another example of making a prop out of foam please see my fake sword blog post. I go into more detail about sanding in it, and talk about a different painting method.
