Digital Technologies in Modern Stunt Industry

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify the features of the use of digital technologies in the process of working on stunt scenes in modern film production and to outline their impact on the development of the stunt industry. Research methodology. The theoretical method, the method of analysis and synthesis, the method of historical and cultural, systemic, typological and comparative analysis were applied. Scientific novelty. The issue of the influence of innovative technologies on the development of the stunt industry at the current stage of film production development was investigated; the features of the use of computer graphics in creating film stunts in a historical retrospective were considered; the prospects for the further development of the stunt industry in the context of the evolution of digital technologies were outlined; the process of creating stunt scenes with the integration of augmented reality and artificial intelligence technologies at the pre-production and post-production stages was analysed. Conclusions. The development of technology is an important factor in the evolution of the stunt industry, providing the opportunity to create impressive special effects. The digital revolution has significantly expanded the possibilities of using computer graphics in the process of film production in general and the creation of stunt scenes in particular. The involvement of digital technologies in the stunt industry can be conditionally divided into: the use of technical innovations in the process of planning and modelling stunt scenes, calculating the safety of the stuntman, etc., in particular with the help of computer graphics and artificial intelligence; the use of digital technologies directly in the process of creating stunt scenes and at the post-production stage. The modern development of the stunt industry is associated with a combination of traditional approaches to creating stunt scenes, methods developed over the past three decades (model shooting, animatronics, stop motion, rapid, timelapse, reverse action, lumakey, chromakey, motion capture, deepfake, machmoving or motion tracking) and the use of innovative technologies – virtual, augmented and mixed reality, artificial intelligence, which provide the ability to digitally generate characters and environments. The contribution of digital technologies to the reproduction of real physics in combination with creative capabilities has laid the foundation for a new era of the stunt industry.