Reverse Crack?

Bad Penny · Post by **Bad Penny** » Sat May 01, 2004 2:44 am

In some of the behind the scenes footage for ROTLA, Ford can be seen practicing with the whip. He does this strange move which begins as a classic whipcrack over his head, but instead at the last minute, he sort of reverses direction and cracks it back toward his right side. What is this called?

Tennessee R · Post by **Tennessee R** » Sun May 02, 2004 11:16 pm

Where is this footage? In the DVDs?
And also, in which chapter?

Bad Penny · Post by **Bad Penny** » Sun May 02, 2004 11:30 pm

Tennessee R wrote:Where is this footage? In the DVDs?
And also, in which chapter?

Actually, you can see it really well on the "Great Movie Stunts" video, when Ford is practicing on the sub. I'll review the bonus DVd and see if its there.

Bad Penny · Post by **Bad Penny** » Mon May 03, 2004 12:05 am

Ok, I saw him do it once on the bonus DVD. Its on the "Making of Raiders" featurette, and he does it as he's talking about (voice over) someone coming to his house teaching him the bullwhip. Ford kicks a stuntman in the stomach, and then he does that "reverse crack".

Its much more prominent on the "Great Movie Stunts" video, and its shown from an overhead P.O.V.

Tennessee R · Post by **Tennessee R** » Mon May 03, 2004 6:02 pm

I just watched it.
It seems that the first crack (the half-second of a scene) is an overhand (or, as Mike Murphy calls it "The Flick").
And the second - the one you are asking about - looks like the crack that Alex Green describes on "Whipcracking part 1", you swing it around your head a few times, then cut back at four o-clock. (I think he calls it the reverse horizontal crack.)

Bad Penny · Post by **Bad Penny** » Mon May 03, 2004 7:00 pm

Tennessee R wrote:I just watched it.
It seems that the first crack (the half-second of a scene) is an overhand (or, as Mike Murphy calls it "The Flick").
And the second - the one you are asking about - looks like the crack that Alex Green describes on "Whipcracking part 1", you swing it around your head a few times, then cut back at four o-clock. (I think he calls it the reverse horizontal crack.)

Yes! I just received Paul Stenhouse's DVD today, and he called it the "horizontal crack". Mystery solved!

Tennessee R · Post by **Tennessee R** » Mon May 03, 2004 11:13 pm

Yes, mystery solved, and as Michael Caine (sp?) would say in "Sherlock Holmes: Without a Clue":

"Case Solved"

I like that movie.

Obi1kenny · Post by **Obi1kenny** » Fri May 07, 2004 12:46 pm

Hey very cool, I didn't know that was onthe DVD, I will have to look for it.

This crack is actually my favorite, as it is easy and makes a nice loud pop. Big thanks go to my buddy Zendragon for showing me how do do this. As I am not good at all and need a lot more practice.

thefish · Post by **thefish** » Sun May 09, 2004 10:03 pm

I learned that one yesterday, and it has fast become my favorite too.

The nifty thing is, it's just your standard "Circus Crack" turned 180 degrees to a horizontal plane. It's REALLY simple, and it looks so good!