What Exactly is a "Real" Stunt?

Mission Impossible Dead Reckoning’s bike jump stunt by Tom Cruise was one of the biggest stunts ever. So why did it feel kind of underwhelming? Join me on a ridiculous deep dive into the history of stuntwork and the way in which modern film-makers now need to work harder than ever before to make their stunts ‘feel’ real. We’ll look at Mission Impossible, James Bond, Jackie Chan, Mad Max Fury Road, and more! 🔵 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗲𝘅 𝗼𝗻 𝗣𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗼𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗯𝗼𝗻𝘂𝘀 𝘃𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲:   / pentexproductions   🔵 𝗙𝗢𝗟𝗟𝗢𝗪 𝗣𝗘𝗡𝗧𝗘𝗫 𝗢𝗡 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗧𝗛𝗜𝗡𝗚, 𝗘𝗩𝗘𝗥𝗬𝗪𝗛𝗘𝗥𝗘, 𝗔𝗟𝗟 𝗔𝗧 𝗢𝗡𝗖𝗘 ☑️ Buy me a coffee: https://ko-fi.com/pentexproductions ☑️ Twitter   / pentexp   (mostly for James Bond chat) ☑️ Letterboxd https://letterboxd.com/PentexPenguin (to prove I watch other movies besides LOTR and James Bond) ☑️ Instagram   / pentexfromyoutube   (for brief movie reviews, and wider channel updates) 𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗣𝗧𝗘𝗥𝗦 00:00 - What is a "real" stunt anyway? 04:33 - Disclaimers 05:55 - A brief history of stunt work 08:38 - CGI and stunt work 14:45 - Why do it for real? 21:11 - Designing the stunt 27:42 - Marketing 𝗠𝗨𝗦𝗜𝗖 🎵 Snowy Peaks pt II – Chris Haugen (Youtube audio library) 🎵 Spy Mission Impossible (licence purchased from Pond5) Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 License 🎵 https://www.bensound.com/free-music-f... 𝗦𝗢𝗨𝗥𝗖𝗘𝗦 "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI (1/4) – The Movie Rabbit Hole -    • "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI - 1   Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One | The Biggest Stunt in Cinema History (Tom Cruise) -    • Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning | The...   Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One | Train Stunt Behind-The-Scenes - Tom Cruise -    • Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning | Tra...   Behind the Magic | The Visual Effects of Mission: Impossible – Dead Reckoning Part One -    • Behind the Magic | The Visual Effects of M...   Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) - HALO Jump Stunt Behind The Scenes - Paramount Pictures -    • Mission: Impossible - Fallout (2018) - HAL...   MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION (2015) Behind-the-Scenes Mission Immersible -    • MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION (2015) ...   MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION (2015) Behind-the-Scenes Cruising Altitude -    • MISSION: IMPOSSIBLE - ROGUE NATION (2015) ...   No Time To Die: How We Did The Visual Effects -    • No Time To Die: How We Did The Visual Effects   Mad Max: Fury Road | Maximum Fury: Filming Fury Road | Warner Bros. Entertainment -    • Mad Max: Fury Road | Maximum Fury: Filming...   VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 64 – Corridor Crew -    • VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi 64   Tom Cruise / Bill Hader deepfake - Ctrl Shift Face -    • Bill Hader channels Tom Cruise [DeepFake]   Pixel f*cked: Inside Hollywood's VFX crisis - https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/culture... #missionimpossible #tomcruise #stunts