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Post by snsurone on Aug 2, 2019 23:04:26 GMT
I remember reading somewhere that plate-glass windows in movies and on TV, especially in Westerns, were actually made of clear sugar candy, ostensibly to prevent injury when human bodies went through them. It's kinda like the windows on the Witch's gingerbread house in "Hansel and Gretel",  . Of course, the sound effects were added later. But glasses and bottles couldn't be made of sugar, so when they were broken, it was the real thing! So...were they specially designed so that shards wouldn't end up in actors' eyes? Also, in many barroom brawls, mirrors were smashed. I wonder if whoever broke them suffered seven years bad luck, . I also wonder that when the scene was finished, did the actors and staff eat the "windows". If so, I bet there were many rich dentists in Hollywood!  |
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Post by teleadm on Aug 3, 2019 14:26:52 GMT
You can look it up on Wikipedia if you search "sugar glass".  I've read stories that they sometimes were too breakable and crashed with the tiniest touch. |
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Post by snsurone on Aug 3, 2019 18:02:06 GMT
There were fancy stained glass windows, such as those in the Long Branch on GUNSMOKE.
Windows that were broken regularly!
Must have been pretty expensive to replace.
Then, there was the scene in GWTW where an exploding shell knocked out a pane of a church window, never disturbing the priest who was administering the last rites over a dead soldier.
I hope they got that one in a single take.
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Post by mikef6 on Aug 3, 2019 18:10:15 GMT
They use breakaway bottles for smashing people over the head and breakaway furniture, like chairs, in those western saloon fights. Just Google "breakaway props" and find where you can purchase these fun items or how to make your own at home. However, people can still get hurt. Most the people on film and TV who wield these fake weapons and the ones who take the blows are trained and experienced stunt men and women.
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Post by snsurone on Aug 3, 2019 18:50:31 GMT
When I was in college, I saw a school production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' There's one scene where George smashes an empty whisky bottle against a table. It looked (and sounded) very lifelike, but I later found out that it was a "breakaway" prop. What I really loved was that teachers and students acted together, with no hierarchy at all. As a matter of fact, by the time I was a senior, most of the boundaries between students and instructors (especially the younger ones) were broken. It was a pleasure to address an instructor by his first name, or even a nickname. But I digress, as usual, . |
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Post by Doghouse6 on Aug 3, 2019 19:53:39 GMT
When I was in college, I saw a school production of "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?' There's one scene where George smashes an empty whisky bottle against a table. It looked (and sounded) very lifelike, but I later found out that it was a "breakaway" prop. We did a play in high school that required a porcelain Buddha to be accidentally dropped and shattered. Lacking the resources for custom-made "breakaways," we ran all over town to find an appropriate ceramic statue, and when we found what looked like a good possibility, we had to first buy it so we could drop it right there in the store to make sure it would break, then buy a bunch more for all the scheduled performances. What we didn't take into account was the store's floor: linoleum over concrete slab. On the wood floor of the elevated stage, they only bounced. So the lead actor had to make it look like he was dropping it when he was actually hurling it down hard enough to shatter. That's how it was in the Theater Arts department of that Los Angeles high school in the late '60s.
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Post by divtal on Aug 3, 2019 21:35:48 GMT
There are a couple of videos on YouTube that explain the various means of creating windows, bottles, furniture, bricks, etc., that are used in films. I just entered "broken glass in movies."
In some cases, it is a matter of "sugar glass." There is also a light plastic that can be used, in molds, to fashion bottles, and other objects. The molecular structure is far less dense than glass, and safe breakage is accomplished with a light "tap." In some cases, "glass shards" are made from clear, soft-edged rubber. That technique is often used when performers have to walk over the "broken glass," or otherwise come in very close contact with it.
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Post by snsurone on Aug 4, 2019 11:49:08 GMT
You can look it up on Wikipedia if you search "sugar glass". I've read stories that they sometimes were too breakable and crashed with the tiniest touch. I read that article, tele. It said that the trouble with such faux glass is that the sugar caramelizes very quickly, necessitating shooting such scenes ASAP. Well, at least there was plenty of sugar for the actors' coffee, LOL.
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Post by snsurone on Aug 4, 2019 15:25:53 GMT
There are a couple of videos on YouTube that explain the various means of creating windows, bottles, furniture, bricks, etc., that are used in films. I just entered "broken glass in movies." In some cases, it is a matter of "sugar glass." There is also a light plastic that can be used, in molds, to fashion bottles, and other objects. The molecular structure is far less dense than glass, and safe breakage is accomplished with a light "tap." In some cases, "glass shards" are made from clear, soft-edged rubber. That technique is often used when performers have to walk over the "broken glass," or otherwise come in very close contact with it. So, in the scene from THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, where Richard Burton walks barefoot over broken glass, he was really treading soft rubber. Interesting.
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Aug 6, 2019 0:42:12 GMT
Some of the most famous windows in film history, from The Amityville Horror (1979).  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 6, 2019 2:44:20 GMT
This window made it into the title !  Seen thru that window were more windows  The Thornwald's windows  |
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 6, 2019 2:53:51 GMT
Richard Basehart: On a ledge outside a window: 14 Hours Grace Kelly making her debut - near a window  Agnes Moorhead and Paul Douglas  |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Aug 6, 2019 19:31:07 GMT
Who's Harry Crumb? (1989) 
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 6, 2019 19:31:55 GMT
Tiny Tim (1951) looks longingly at the toys in the toyshop window  You, boy, what day is this ?  |
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Aug 6, 2019 19:32:53 GMT
Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961) 
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 6, 2019 19:34:41 GMT
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Aug 6, 2019 19:35:22 GMT
Home Alone (1990) 
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 6, 2019 19:42:06 GMT
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Post by Lebowskidoo 🦞 on Aug 6, 2019 19:43:17 GMT
Die Hard (1988) 
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Post by BATouttaheck on Aug 6, 2019 19:46:33 GMT
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