I just watched Watchmen and I’m glad to see that director Zack Snyder and the stunt crew went with a style that allowed the audience to actually see the action (i.e. not the epilepsy-inducing, shaky-camera fight scenes of The Dark Knight or The Bourne Ultimatum.)
Snyder also didn’t overplay the slow-motion editing too much as he [...]
One of the most enlightening things I’ve ever heard about filmmaking came from George Lucas:
There are three stages of writing: the first comes when you write the script; the second is when you’re filming; and the third is when you’re editing.
He probably wasn’t the first to say that. I mean, William Goldman said basically the [...]
It’s about 20 hours later. Not quite a full day after filming The Price of Fighting, and I was wrong yesterday about feeling like I got hit by a truck. I feel like I got hit by a 747.
Everything aches like a mofo and I can barely get out of bed and in front of [...]
Acting, Producing, Screen-Fighting, Writing, action direction, fight choreography, short movies, stunt coordination
I got hit by a truck.
At least that’s how I feel. My neck is stiff as a rod. My back is sore. My triceps burn like fire. My hamstrings have pulled taunt, like paino wire. And I have welts everywhere — two on my left arm, one on my right, and another on my right [...]
Welcome to the blog of PATRICK VUONG: a stuntman specializing in film fighting and fight choreography. Here, you will find his blog about the pleasures and pains of fake fighting, get the latest news about his projects, and have access to his various demo reels.
