car stunts?

eddie · February 26th, 2002, 08:57 AM

hey - be REALLY careful.
If I was you I would do this as you say, dont drive more than 25mph (about 40 kmh) with him on the bonnet. Speed it up when you need to.
Combine real closeups on his face (at 25mph - he looks like its about 60 mph) close ups of the wheels moving - at 60mph, shots from the back seat of him at 25 mph, shots of the driver. If you combine this together thoughtfully you can give the impression that the cars going faster.
Otherwise you will probably kill him.

Good Luck - remember its all an illusion you are creating - no one needs know that the car was only really going at a walking pace!

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**ThomasB** · February 26th, 2002, 11:27 AM

Strap the actor to the hood, conceal the belt with the trenchcoat.

USE EXTREME CAUTION... things tend to go wrong when you least expect it...

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**GrizzlyAdams** · February 26th, 2002, 12:30 PM

when this stunt is shown ( on one of those docu stuntmen are really stupid/hard/stupid shows ) they do what eddie says.

25mph of hte bloke tied to the car.
70-100mph shots of his point of view ,and the surrounding environment.

also , the surrounding environment needs to be busy - so you can see things rushing by.

oh, dont foget to get insurance, and if you use a public road without a filming permit etc, you will go to jail for all kinds of driving whilst being stupid, type things...

see you in the big house.

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**Yammeryammeryammer** · February 26th, 2002, 01:36 PM

Hey,

During a few of my younger years we used to do crazy stuff like that often. And looking back, we could probably have been more safe. But we did do that belt thing, and just ran the belt through the front fly of the actor and under the clothes. And for scenes that involve swirving to get the person off the hood we used the same rig as above, but also duct tape holding their hands to either door (and I mean a lot of duct tape). This allows them to shift, but also stabalize themselves giving the illusion they are hanging oh. Looking back I don't know if we'd still do that. But like eddie said, be really careful...

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**Mods** · February 26th, 2002, 03:19 PM

Bugger, why d'you have to live in America? I would have done the stunt for you :P

Anyways, we're doing something similar. Well, pretty much exactly the same in an up and coming film we're hoping to make.

All I suggest is use a car with a big roof, preferably a sunroof (which can be opened so the actor/stuntman can hold on) and give him good padding!!

I would say strap the actor, but how exactly are you meant to do that without restricting his movement? (depending if you just want him to be sitting on the roof or actually moving around).

In our film, we're using a quiet back road and two cars. It'll need three takes, one with the camera behind, one in front and one from the car. Just find a confident actor/stuntman and tell them you're not responsible for their injury and make them sign something! biggrin

Hehe. Okay, so safety should come first ideally, but if you're not travelling fast, if there are no other cars around and if you as a director are confident enough, then go for it.

Good luck , please tell me how it turned out!

Mmmmm car chases
wink

Mods

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**sn-films** · February 26th, 2002, 04:30 PM

I accidently painted myself into a proverbial corner with a script... one of the scenes calls for a character to be on the hood of a moving vehicle.

Beyond driving below 25 mph (what does that convert to in kmph?) and speeding up the clip, any ideas for discretely securing an actor to the hood of a car? We'd rather do the scene live (shooting from the backseat and a lead car), rather than resort to a blue/green screen solution. We've got the car, an insane actor, and a quiet back road.

Any input is appreciated.

By the way, the character in question will be wearing a trenchcoat. We'll probably duct tape the coat to his legs so the ends don't get caught in the wheels, but beyond that, its pretty much the opposite of a driver safety video.

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