And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Cool shot. The physics of the cameramans harness: Im having trouble understanding how he didnt get pulled back into the wall behind him. He just bounces in place. How did they make this happen? Anyone? Thx.
He's being flown on a harness tied to an overhead line, just like Peter Pan, or the camera over an NFL game.
The "V" sticking out of his back is the harness connection; you can see the fly line come down after he bottoms out, and the slack in that line lets the camera follow and mimic the trajectory of the stunt man across the alley and into the glass.
The rig for this one shot probably took hours. And the trust of the steadicam operator in the overhead fly-wire he's harnessed to is borderline insane, even given that they tested it several times beforehand. Because any failure once he jumps is catastrophic. This is one of the most obvious differences between a major feature with a mega-budget, and non-union schlock like Rust.
And all this was for one shot, comprising at most maybe 5 seconds of screen time in a 2-3 hour movie. Probably 10-20 guys. Rigging grips for the fly line, the SFX team and construction guys to build and rig the breakaway window (probably enough for 2-4 takes), and the stunt guy(s), then the lighting crew, all before a single frame of film or pixel of memory was shot.
For those who've never watched this at length, you really have no idea what goes into it.
These were the days I was on the ground, or on the landing side, with all my trauma gear right on top, after a careful inventory, and probably with an ambulance crew on standby.
For all that, these were also usually the safest days, because everyone was paying attention, and they were all professionals. Most of the worst accidents were loading and unloading, or on scenes where everything was less intense, and people got bored or careless.
Thanks for the explanation. It appears in the top pik the window was open and didn't break, and in the 2nd one it did break. 2 different takes? Know which movie this is?
Cool shot. The physics of the cameramans harness: Im having trouble understanding how he didnt get pulled back into the wall behind him. He just bounces in place. How did they make this happen? Anyone? Thx.
ReplyDeleteHe caught the back wall with his feet.
DeleteThis is way cool.
It looks like there's a lead to his front as well. You can barely make it out.
DeleteHe's being flown on a harness tied to an overhead line, just like Peter Pan, or the camera over an NFL game.
DeleteThe "V" sticking out of his back is the harness connection; you can see the fly line come down after he bottoms out, and the slack in that line lets the camera follow and mimic the trajectory of the stunt man across the alley and into the glass.
The cameraman landed on a platform below the window.
ReplyDeleteNope. Suspended from a line above him.
DeleteThe rig for this one shot probably took hours. And the trust of the steadicam operator in the overhead fly-wire he's harnessed to is borderline insane, even given that they tested it several times beforehand. Because any failure once he jumps is catastrophic. This is one of the most obvious differences between a major feature with a mega-budget, and non-union schlock like Rust.
ReplyDeleteAnd all this was for one shot, comprising at most maybe 5 seconds of screen time in a 2-3 hour movie.
Probably 10-20 guys. Rigging grips for the fly line, the SFX team and construction guys to build and rig the breakaway window (probably enough for 2-4 takes), and the stunt guy(s), then the lighting crew, all before a single frame of film or pixel of memory was shot.
For those who've never watched this at length, you really have no idea what goes into it.
These were the days I was on the ground, or on the landing side, with all my trauma gear right on top, after a careful inventory, and probably with an ambulance crew on standby.
For all that, these were also usually the safest days, because everyone was paying attention, and they were all professionals.
Most of the worst accidents were loading and unloading, or on scenes where everything was less intense, and people got bored or careless.
Thanks for the explanation. It appears in the top pik the window was open and didn't break, and in the 2nd one it did break. 2 different takes?
DeleteKnow which movie this is?
Window, glass, even the window shutters - all were added digitally. Note also they "reflected" the image.
Deletew.
Wasn't paying attention to the glass, but yes, that looks all CGIed into being.
DeleteI can't recall, but it looks like something from one of the recent MI bunch.
@Aesop
DeleteIn fact they digitally changed the shape of the window :)))
It is from one of the Bourne movies, the one with a sequence in northern Africa.
wojtek
Fair enough.
DeleteThey've done the same thing in Bond and MI movies, but Bourne probably kicked it off.
I think it's the Bourne Supremacy.
ReplyDeleteThe fight with Desch in that sequence is one of the best!
ReplyDeleteAesop - as usual here or at RR, thank you
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