By Keir Beck
This post is purely dedicated to the rigs of Mad Max: Fury Road. The film shot in the Namibia in the Namib Desert, Cape Town South Africa and Sydney Australia over a period of two years between 2012 in 2013.
“Imagination is the instrument with which we create our world” Stunt Rigging is the art of making people fly through the air, skid on the ground, float in space, fly like Superman, get smashed into things without harm, and display superhuman strength. It allows the safe execution of dynamic movement...
Once a rig is in place, your focus must turn to how the rig is managed and maintained. The management of rigging will closely follow the specific details outlined and documented in the Safe Work Method Statement (SWMS), and must be conducted by all crew members listed on that SWMS.
By the end of this page, you will have the knowledge of how to perform a basic rescue and identify and carry out the critical steps of the process of rope rescue. Introduction to Rope Rescue Rope Rescue is one of the most important skills you will possess as a...
Anchor systems are a critical part of rigging in any environment. It could be said that stunt rigging is the most diverse form of rigging. Because of the nature Film industry, it covers stories from almost every walk of life. This means that the Stunt Rigger will have to know,...
Guy lines are used in stunt rigging as tension lines that hold usually free-standing structures in place. Guys can be placed on a truss that has been suspended by a crane or rigged into trees. The primary function of having guy lines in place is to hold in and stop...
The Concept was the fly two performers on rollerblades down the half pipe which was full of obstacles. This represented in the film a vertical environment where the performer was wearing hover boots.
This rig was inspired by studying Evil Knievel’s best bike crashes. Here is a breakdown of how the rig worked with what gear we had at the time. I spent weeks watching motor bike crashes to understand how things can go wrong at in the final moments of landing a...
This rig was one of the more challenging rigs I have been involved with, as the stunt was done from real tower cranes. The big challenge was that the stunt had to be done as an “all in one.” Below is a video of the behind the scenes and a...
Here we take a look at how the performers were set on fire whilst rigged, take a look at how the 30m long cargo net was suspended and how 40 performers were able to climb safely take after take....
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