Submitted 6 days ago by Naich@piefed.world to [deleted]
I know that they aren’t really falling down the stairs in the same way that I would, and breaking a bone on every step. Presumably there is a technique for descending the stairs in such a way that it looks like you are falling down them.
Padding and learning how to prat fall.
Yup. I remember seeing a behind the scenes clip once where the stuntman got a Styrofoam insert on his back under the sweater, as well as pads for knees and elbows. In the clip of him actually falling you can see him rolling in a manner that ensures only the padded parts of his body are the ones that hit the stairs particularly hard. His head never touched anything.
Fun fact: stunt women cannot wear much padding because they usually wear tight dresses.
Stunt women are just stunt men wearing extra padding in the chest and hip area. 😌
There is actually a stunt person who posts on here. I’ll see if I can dig out their username and tag them…
Crazy how their last comment was, “About to do a stair fall I’ll brb”.
I think to tag people you put @username@instance instead of /u/username@instance. I could be wrong though
Thanks. Testing…
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@MartianRecon@lemmus.org
Athlete level fitness, padding, rolling rather than falling, and smart camerawork, editing and sound editing.
Training on how to fall properly to avoid injury, soft stairs that looks hard.
Having some muscles is a very good measure to protect your bones.
Carefully
I’ve seen actors fall down stairs and over a breakaway bannister live in a Broadway show. It’s clearly highly choreographed, and I also spotted the pads one actor was wearing when his shirt accidentally came untucked. Even though it looked very chaotic, in hindsight it was more of a tuck & tumble then a random fall.
The Prime Minster of Canada was good at this stunt.
Impressed Katy Perry.
Hey, I got a family friend who does stunts and explained this to me. It’s kinda like the ball with a punch of sticks through it. You try and creat contact and slow yourself down as much as possible while also having some concealed restraints to keep anything serious from bending the wrong way. That and not being afraid to get actually hurt, which can and will happen anyways.
Have you seen The Prestige?
Not an answer but you might be interested in looking up “parachute landing fall,” a method parachutists use to distribute the force of hard landings throughout their body. I guarantee every stunt person knows the PLF and the stair fall is probably somewhat related to it.
I’ve noticed they definitely have a method for rolling down hills in movies, they always do it like this Princess Bride clip. Nothing but their arms and back and knees touch the ground.
This was one of the first things I remember someone teaching me as a small child and then again (correcting some) when I started martial arts. I attribute never breaking any bones as a kid to this.
Knowing how to fall is an important life skill that should not be reserved for people who partake in dangerous activities.
Alvaro@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 days ago
Not that I am a stunt person, but as far as I know:
someguy3@lemmy.world 6 days ago
This. And sound editing afterwards for crashes and blows adds a lot.
AnAmericanPotato@programming.dev 6 days ago
One of the things I love about all the old Jackie Chan movies is that they always include stunt outtakes in the credits. You can see how some things go wrong. Bloody nose here, broken foot there. Even the best of the best get hurt. I don’t think you’ll find a professional stuntperson who’s never broken a bone.
passenger@sopuli.xyz 6 days ago
Deserves top comment spot! But I feel like speeding the material up is a major point you missed. It used to be comically apparent back in the days, but I am sure (with 0 proof) that they continue to do it so the stunt can be performed just a bit slower