Wires on Deck

The task of the stuntman is one of the most under-appreciated on a film set. What they do takes incredible courage and an amazing amount of mechanical ingenuity to the setup. The odd time in films, again, especially when the film is slowed down or watched frame by frame, it is possible to see how certain stunts are accomplished. When the ship is sinking in Titanic, there is a particular scene that has some men pulled into a hole on deck. The stunt is visible in the wires or lines attached to one of these men. The wire pulls the man into the hole and illusion is gone. We hope you didn’t actually believe you were watching a man die and we just ruined it for you.