stunt doubles

Ok, so I tried to get some work done on my movie today, but some people who had agreed to help me bailed, so we were left short handed. 

plus, we got a late start, and it quickly got dark on us. damn daylight savings and such.

so we gave up for the night

a problem we had was that the concept of the wall run, although interesting, was near impossible with only three people. I pondered how to fix this problem, as I really wanted to keep this scene in my animation.

then it hit me.

Stunt doubles.

although I would have to forfeit the ability to say "yes, that is me running on the wall" I knew that it was for the good of the production, so I got to work on a dummy.

Here you see the result, christened "Popeye" due to his ginormous forearms.

this bad boy is made entirely of clothes. a LOT of clothes.

but he weighs less than a person, so he is a success.

Up close, it's pretty obvious that he's a dummy, so we're going to use him as little as possible...I'd like it if we only needed Popeye for the wall running scene. Everything else should be live actors.

But hey, all good action movies these days have stunt doubles.