BTS-Action Lab

Watch the rehearsals, previz, and planning that go into a cinematic fight designed for the lens.

Filmed by David Hoang. Performed by Courtney Chen, Bridgette Bentley, Rachel Huffpair, Heather Hayes, Mckenzie Kerfoot, Suzan Norton, Penelope Tauller, Heather Lamboy, & Layla Kapri.

Filmed by David Hoang. Perfomed by Courtney Chen, Norman James, Marques Zaror, Darin Hicks, & Darius Collins.

Case Study (deep dive)

Giving you some insight on what it takes to film a fight scene. Let’s breakdown the Shang-Chi bus fight. This frame by frame re-creation was filmed by Courtney Chen and performed by Alan Thao.

  • Objective: to re-create this one minute long fight from Shang-Chi.

  • Constraints: 6 hour location rental.

  • Pre-viz: Filmed prior to shoot day.

  • Safety: During our wire work hand pull, our stunt man was wearing a harness and landed into mats off screen.

  • Coverage Plan: The shot list was laid out already from the original fight.

  • Outcome: Finished fight within four hours. Matched original bus fight.

  • Watch final edit.