Movie Stunts & Special Effects: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning and Execution

ISBN-13: 9781623563660 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 296 str.

Andrew Lane

Opis

Throughout film history, one of the fundamental fantasies portrayed on screen has been the kind of physical action few of us could ever experience in real life. The image of an 'every man' engaged in hand-to-hand, mortal combat, defending his family or even the world population against an overwhelming and malevolent force, speaks to our most primal instincts and thus became a mainstay of movie entertainment. In order to translate these deep-seated fantasies to the screen, filmmakers have been developing special skills and crafts for over 100 years. It is these skills that make 'movie magic' and have allowed audiences to take part in the primal hopes and fears we all possess. Movie Stunts & Special Effects: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning and Execution is designed to inform filmmakers on how to plan for and utilize these crafts by engaging and empowering filmmakers to better communicate with stunts and effects practitioners, and thereby enabling them to more fully realize their vision. Director/Producer Andrew Lane surveys fights, use of weapons, cars and vehicles, falls, the use of pyrotechnics, atmospheric effects, bullet hits, wounds and blood, among many other categories. Factors such as cost, time to implement, safety accommodations, and assessing the competence of those employed to plan and execute stunts and special effects are numerous and very specific. Each topic in Movie Stunts & Special Effects is examined using narrative explanations, extensive interviews with world-renowned experts. Various stunts and special effects will be explored in the context of how they are best captured by a camera and then editorially constituted in the final product.

Recenzje

Movie Stunts & Special Effects: A Comprehensive Guide to Planning and Execution is an excellent addition to the library of any filmmaker, especially the novice, who is all too often unaware of the responsibility, care, time and preparation required to stage a successful stunt or special effect. This book examines the key visual tricks that make real the fantastic elements of film and demonstrates clearly how to eliminate the 'crossed-fingers' approach to stunts and effects. David K. Irving, Director, Writer, and Associate Professor of Film and Television, New York University, USA

Spis treści

AcknowledgementsPreface What Is A Stunt? A Little Stunt History Training and Background Special Effects The Responsibility of a Safe SetBeyond Fire and Bullets Fights How Do You Find and Hire Your Stunt Coordinator? Stunt Doubles Compensation and Adjustments Safety Insurance Completion Bonds Falls Editorial The Editor's Role During Production And Post ProductionStoryboards and Pre-Viz Cars and Vehicles Precision Driving The Director's Process Ethical Responsibilities of Directors Second Units Martial Arts Firearms Swords and Knives Horses and Livestock Production Design Sports List of AuthoritiesSourcesIndex

O autorze

Andrew Lane is Assistant Professor of Directing at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts at Chapman University, USA, and has previously taught directing and visual storytelling at the UNCSA School of Filmmaking, USA, and the USC School of Cinematic Arts, USA. A member of the Writers Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences for over 25 years, Andrew Lane has written or co-written over twenty films, re-written numerous others, produced over twenty features, and directed seven.