Wesley Scoggins
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Wesley's Weekly HOW TO: Radio Earpiece
A common costume piece in Police shows, or anything featuring any kind of Special Agents is the Radio Earpiece. You guys have requested it, so I thought I would show you how to make one of these props easily and cheaply.
I started with a strip of White Doorbell wire, and a foam earplug.
Foam is obviously hard to puncture because it gives so much, so get a needle (it's easier to pierce it with a needle), and poke a few holes in it, and wiggle it around to make a slightly larger hole for the wire. The push the wire in about a quarter of an inch (you don't want to actually put the wire in your ear, just in the tip of the plug.)
Then I wrapped it in tight circles around a paintbrush handle. You can use a pencil, but I like how the tiny curls look in the wire, so I used the paintbrush.
Now it's just a matter of fitting the plug in your ear, and molding the wire to the shape of your ear.
Then, on the end of the wire, I attached a paper clamp. To keep it from bouncing out of your jacket or shirt during your film, just clip it to the inside of your clothes, and it'll keep the wire from falling off of you while you walk, and keep it in place if you take the plug out of your ear.
And there you have it, really cheap and easy to make your actors look more like special agents in your films. Hope this helps.
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