Who said Bruce Lee’s dead?
Check out this hilarious short movie that pits our Little Dragon Lee against Iron Man. This is one of the best short movies I’ve seen in a long time!
And pay special attention to the fight choreography, the actual moves. The movie’s creator obviously spent some time studying great action directors [...]
My screen-fighting demo reel will be posted shortly.
I’ve finished editing it and just awaiting my highly-talented music composer friend to record a score for it. Once that’s done, you’ll get to view it right here at ScreenWarrior.com.
I had high hopes for The Spirit … despite the overwhelmingly negative response to the movie. I mean, I love writer/director Frank Miller. He’s one of the greatest comic book creators of all time. And The Spirit is one of the most iconic characters of all of graphic novels. But now it’s clear Miller’s “co-director” [...]
I haven’t actually done a study of recent action movies, but in my unscientific observations, I’ve found two growing (and annoying) trends in action direction in the past few years:
Shaky-Camera Syndrome
Repetitive Martial Arts Expertise
Shaky-Camera Syndrome: This trend is fast becoming the bane of my existence. All too often, directors and actions directors are choosing [...]
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 [...]
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.
