How to Make Breakaway Plates for Fight Scenes

[sicknotegt]

hi

[TXairsoft567]

I love doing this

[rhomis]

Didn't watch it. Sorry. I pay too much a month for internet to see a commercial.

[MrDannydorito]

Can you use cooking spray like Pam instead of lubricant?

[vellomaster]

does it actually makes this plate crashing sound or you just edited sound?

[beatdownboogie]

@vellomaster I think we added some to it, but it makes a pretty good sound.

[EddieShadw]

I thought this was breastplate!!!

[ElMetalEsSagrado]

This channel rulz /,,/

:D

[Sudam23]

WD 40!!!



[parkourkid99]

nice intro with garage band haha

[hamers61]

lol u used the intro from the Heavy Rain making of videos :D

[SupahMunch]

I'm curious, Would this be useful for a concrete wall breaking effect? Eg a fist hitting a wall or something and it cracks a bit?

Or would after effects be more effective?

[beatdownboogie]

@SupahMunch I've asked Andrew about this before and he said we probably could build fake door jams and columns with plaster of paris to break through. But we'ver never really looked at the best method, or how much materials it would take. What some people do to break through walls is find a doorway (remove the door) and use drywall to make it look like a seamless wall. Then they throw their stunt guys through wall where the doorway is.  (cont...)

[beatdownboogie]

@beatdownboogie We did once build a set with fake walls and 2x4 frames behind them. But we used hard paneling instead of drywall. But you could build a fake a couple feet out from a real wall and use materials that can be bashed through. You just have to know where the frame is.

But if the desired effect is just a small crack in cement and cloud of dust, after effects is good choice. It would work best if the camera remained at the same angle during the shot..

[beatdownboogie]

@beatdownboogie You basically need a transparent crack image (videocopilot action essentials has some), and transparent movies of dust or flying rubble depending on the look you want. Then if the camera moves or shakes you might need to do motion tracking to make the effect work. And you might have to mask around the fist and anything else in front of the crack.

[SupahMunch]

@beatdownboogie Ah brilliant, I see. Well although i've used after effects before, and it would be relatively simple to create that kinda look, I still wonder about it looking a bit too patchy (I've used it but not mastered it) I wonder if you'd be able to do something similar to the door frame/dry wall thing, but on a smaller scale.

Eg: Maybe a small to medium window shaped hole in a wall with a something an inche or two behind it to stop it breaking all the way through? As for the dust..chalk?

[beatdownboogie]

@SupahMunch Yeah, should work fine with a little bit of paint and something to keep it in place and smooth out seams - maybe some putty or something. Baby powder is a good white dust, and there's something called Fuller's Earth that's more expensive, but stuntmen use it for impacts in fights - it's more brown and earthy. The plaster is pretty brittle, so you'd want to make it thick enough to stand up to the prepping work, ;o)

[SupahMunch]

@beatdownboogie Nice one, cheers for the advice, oh and all the beatdownboogie videos are brill, Hope the future ones are just as good :D

[MagnificentFighter]

this is sooo cool! I'll try it next week!

[lessemo]

andrew looks like adam from mythbusters... is a coincidence that he also likes to blow stuff up? =O

[BrianTheRipper]

awesome shit guys! keep it up!

[Oerbaify]

You always have great ideas and are very creative.

Only I doubt it does not hurt when you get it on the head lol

looks painful haha

[beatdownboogie]

@Oerbaify The sugar glass stings pretty good, and can hurt. The plaster plates are much easier to break. They pretty much explode with a slight tap. We'd break the plaster plates over each others just for fun, but not the sugar glass. ;o)

[caleblsv10]

when is the next part coming out

[Brandon6969100]

@beatdownboogie did that guy at 4:04 have a black eye? The one that plays Makarov?

[beatdownboogie]

@Brandon6969100 Nah, he's just part racoon. Part lemur. And part ninja.

[Brandon6969100]

@beatdownboogie And part Russian Terrorist :D

[wakyuz]

@beatdownboogie no... it's makarov from modern warfare 2. .. AND CUT UR NAILS..

[ProtodroneAce78]

the finishing move at the end was awesome!

[AlienProduce]

Nice and great!!

:)

[cRzyPhenix777]

Has anyone told this guy that he looks like a younger version of Adam Savage from Mythbusters...but without glasses lol

[luckiestorm]

this is why i subbed SON!

[LieutenantDan605]

you think i could like line it with foam and throw it like a frisbee?

that would be hilarious, i need a good camera before i can shoot.

and maybe be older... because since i'm 14 i won't really be taken seriously... but it will supply many lulz for hitting my friends with. i doubt you guys do, but i could give you a guide to Ballistic gel.

[beatdownboogie]

@LieutenantDan605 Hehe, you could throw it like a frisbee. I don't know how it would feel getting hit with the edge of it, but if you avoided headshots (or maybe tried that foam idea), it'd probably be fine. It breaks pretty easy. You gotta be a little delicate with the way you wield it so that it doesn't break before the intended impact.

[beatdownboogie]

@LieutenantDan605 and that's pretty smart about the age thing. If it's films/skits you're talking about, I think the trick is to write something that is believable for that age. Or you can go the other way and make it a joke by using big fake mustaches, ridiculous dialog, etc. The other thing we used to do was use SWAT type costumes with masks to hide our younger age. Just be careful people don't think your running around with real guns and call the cops, hehe.

[LieutenantDan605]

@beatdownboogie

That's why i'd just make whoever is my cameraman wear like a baloon hat or something like a pink neon shirt.

and if the cops come over i could just straiten things out, i wouldn't be brandishing a firearm and there wouldn't be anything really illegal going on... that and i'm buddies with one of the cops around here.

[beatdownboogie]

@LieutenantDan605 Haha smart thinking. Now I gotta make my camera guy wear a balloon hat! Hehe.

[AutumnDevi]

@beatdownboogie Banksy always said that you could get away with practically any kind of public vandalism if you wear a bright orange vest that says "Public Works".

[FPSwarhawk]

that spray lubricant looks a lot like WD-40

[beatdownboogie]

@FPSwarhawk I'm pretty sure it is. I think Andrew covered it because he's holding out for a lucrative WD-40 sponsorship, hahah. ;o)

[BLANCOAUSTIN09]

KEEP IT COMING. NEVER STOP TO AMWAZE ME!!!

[snakevenom56]

Awesome, nice video

[TheFrank313]

wow that was awsome...can't wait for your short films.

[Jeredin13]

u guys look like you'd be a lot of fun to hang out with! ^_~

[BigGlokk]

A lil bit of this, a lil bit of that hahaha

[RushSnakeRS]

Very nice guys ! Could be very useful ! =)

[tuam99]

Wd 40 and duct tape can do anything XD

[TKDJeffrey]

So thats where the plates came from in Dogs..........:)

[beatdownboogie]

@TKDJeffrey Yep! Heheh. We broke a ton of them on Matt Sumner's head. But for the Beat Down Boogie movie we want a scene where we break a hundred!

[johnvip123]

hah im gonna freak my sister with that!

[catman103]

great tuorial, may actually try this one at home soon

[WantTeaBag]

4:05 360 HEADSHOT SON!

[beatdownboogie]

@WantTeaBag Hehe!

[Ganburri]

awesome! give me more!!!!!!

[jeffhardy777777]

Lol @ 0:07

[Jj0oNn4aSs]

LOL

[RiderShock20]

i wanna see something funny!

[dragonmaster84]

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