I DO MY OWN STUNTS Update #5

I DO MY OWN STUNTS Update #5

Today I had a great chat with Ian Powers, who has performed stunts in dozens of Hong Kong action movies like The Man with the Iron Fists, Dragon Blade and Old Boys: The Way of the Dragon. He's even worked with martial arts legend Jackie Chan!

Ian can now add a new credit: board game consultant! 

We had a great talk about I DO MY OWN STUNTS, stunts, stunt culture and stunt performer jargon. I now know the name of my favorite comedy stunt gag - a "Texas Switch"!

A Texas Switch is when an actor is in frame and then goes off frame and a stunt person wearing identical clothes does a stunt, making it look like the actor did it. You've seen it all over - Scott Pilgrim vs. the World, Hot Fuzz, Baby Driver and many more movies not directed by Edgar Wright.

It's also used in comedy movies and TV shows when a dummy falls out of a window or off a roof, painfully lands and then gets up as if nothing has happened. This always cracks me up.

Ian gave me some great ideas about how to incorporate these kind of real Hollywood jargon and scenarios into the game. He also reassured me that casting the player as a "stunt coordinator" was correct. Whew!

 

 

The next step is to figure out how to translate some of this knowledge into game play! Here's where the fun begins!

Also, we now have 35 backers! We are 16 backers away from my 51 game goal! If you haven't backed the game yet, please consider doing so! Just reach out to me at mightybedbug@gmail and say "I'm in!"