auditioning: Performing to show your abilities when seeking a job such as actor or stunt worker. cable: A kind of rope, often made of twisted metal. director: The person who guides the making of a movie and gives instructions to the actors and other people working on the movie. explosives: Materials, such as gunpowder, that [...]
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February 11th, 2012
GLOSSARY of Stunt Worker
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Think About It Very Carefully
Long ago, when the fi rst movies were being made, actors did all of their own stunts. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and Charlie Chaplin were famous for their funny—but very athletic—stunts. They called these stunts “gags.” That term is still used, though most stunts today are very serious. The people who do them have an [...]
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Why Do They Do It?
If your mother saw you standing on the edge of a roof, what would she do? Tell you to come down? Cry? Call 911? Matt Epper’s mother did none of those things. She yelled, “Just jump, Matt! Come on! . . . Just kick your legs out and fly!” Ten-year-old Matt Epper fl ew. He [...]
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Wires and Wheels
“Not only are you in this spandex suit all the time, but you also have to wear this harness underneath the suit. So, I’m in that all day. Not only is that physically draining, but mentally draining,” says stunt worker Chris Daniels. Wires and Webs Daniels was the stunt double for actor Tobey Maguire in [...]
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Fights, Falls, and Fires
A powerful kick knocks Batman to the fl oor. He is battling his former teacher, Ra’s al Ghul, inside a subway car. Batman leaps up and throws a punch that slams al Ghul backward into a door. Danger with Safety That scene is from the 2005 fi lm Batman Begins. Christian Bale played Batman. Liam [...]
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