Category
page 1Stunts

stunt
thumb|right|200px|Pyrotechnics stunt exhibition by "Giant Auto Rodéo", [[Ciney, Belgium]]
A stunt is an unusual, difficult, dramatic physical feat that may require a special skill, performed for artistic purposes usually for a public audience, as on television or in theaters or cinema. Stunts are a feature of many action films. Before computer-generated imagery special effects, these depictions were limited to the use of models, false perspective and other in-camera effects, unless the creator could find someone willing to carry them out, even such dangerous acts as jumping from car to car in
sugar glass
brittle transparent form of sugar
trick riding
skill set; act of performing stunts while riding a horse

barnstorming
thumb|A Curtiss JN-4 "Jenny" over central [[Ontario, Canada, c. 1918]]
Barnstorming was a form of entertainment in which stunt pilots performed tricks individually or in groups that were called flying circuses. Devised to "impress people with the skill of pilots and the sturdiness of planes," it became popular in the United States during the Roaring Twenties.
stunt coordinator
arranges the casting and performance of stunts for a film, TV, or stage production
wing walking
aerial barnstorming daredevil stunt