How ‘Fast X’ Made Dom Drive Down a Damn Dam
The makers of ‘Fast X’ explain the latest stunning stunt in the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise’s ongoing quest to top its own extreme set pieces
How Action Designers Pull Off Your FAVORITE Stunts and Car Chases
“Stunt Coordinator and Action Designer Jack Gill from The Fast and the Furious franchise breaks down his favorite stunts of his career. Everything from The Fast and Furious franchise, to Venom, Date Night, and a lot more. Jack takes us through an in depth look at his incredible work with car stunts on Fast 5, Venom, Date Night, and Furious 7.” – Republished from Nerdstalgic
The unseen gap in the Oscars, and one man’s lonely quest to fill it
“Stunt workers are said to have tolerated their exclusion because having a ‘best stunt’ Oscar would create an arms race of heedless risk-taking”
Stunt director Jack Gill weighs in on why the “Bullitt” Mustang is worth over three million
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And it wasn’t just the visuals that made the “Bullitt” chase a classic. Gill says the sound design played a role as well.
“To hear the tires screeching and the shifting and the engine revving up- those kind of things are what’s really needed in a car chase today, and we still do it. We still use those little techniques in today’s world.”
The chase isn’t perfect, however. Eight hubcaps fly off the same car at various points throughout the sequence, and the same Volkswagen Beetle shows up in the background of several different shots. But Gill says that’s all part of the charm.
“There’s no doubt that this chase holds up in today’s world.”
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