I have a scene in my film where a person is found dead, hanging from a rope around their neck. How do I create this scene, (for a financially reasonable cost?)
Be very, very careful.
Use a harness that holds the entire weight of the actor under the
arms and between the legs. Any, standard fall protection harness
will do it. Attach the rope with the noose to the support rope
attached to the harness and NOT to the actors neck. When harness
support is fully supporting the actor the rope with the noose should
still be loose.
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Thanx. 1- How much do these devices cost? 2- Where can I get one?
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They don't look that expensive really, but if you need an even cheaper alternative it might be worth a shot going to a rock climbing club and asking around for a harness to borrow.
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You can also achieve the illusion by not showing the whole length of the body in one shot. For example, a person walks into the room and the first thing they see are the feet swaying. Use a different cut for the top half of the person, with the rope around his neck. If you do need a wide shot, you can use the person walking in to block part of the frame, like whatever chair or stool the hung actor is standing on.
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Better yet, if you have a compositing program, like After Effects, then you could show the whole body. The key is dividing the top half and bottom half of the frame. You can do this by placing a table between the camera and the guy hanging. Have the camera at around the height of the table side, so you can see under and over it. Shoot the hanging legs. Don't move the camera. Now, shoot his upper half, standing on a stool or chair.
When you bring both shots into After Effects, you can use the pen tool to mask out the half of the frame where you see the chair that he is standing on. That will mask out. This will allow the shot of the hanging feet to show through the mask. Full body shot with no bulgy harness!
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Originally posted by Scoopicman
You can also achieve the illusion by not showing the whole length of the body in one shot. For example, a person walks into the room and the first thing they see are the feet swaying. Use a different cut for the top half of the person, with the rope around his neck. If you do need a wide shot, you can use the person walking in to block part of the frame, like whatever chair or stool the hung actor is standing on.www.midnightsunent.com
I think we have a winner!
Scoopicman beat me too it. That was going to be my suggestion...well the first suggestion anyway. I wouldn't risk hurting anyone (especially since I can't pay anyone) so I'd just do upper and lower shots of the person hanging.
The splice idea is a great one too if you have the software for it.
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Cool! Since you like that version, you might try this:
1) The door opens and the person walks in. He looks directly at the hanged man and looks downward.
2) Tilt up from floor to swaying feet and continue tilting up the legs.
3) Person who walked in is looking at feet and raises their head to look up.
4) (Now with actor on a chair) show their waist or upper legs and tilt up to his face and up the rope.
When cut together, the illusion will be that the tilt shots are one continuous shot, interrupted by the quick cutaway to the person looking at the hanged man. Just an idea using camera movement to sew it together.
Of course, you can even put the camera behind the swaying feet and have the person enter the room in the background of the shot. You can shift (rack) the focus from the person to the feet in the foreground. This could be how the sequence starts, then go to the other shots (above).
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