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Mojave shores beach football
A magic-hour beach-football scene in lieu of mission chalk-talk: practical sun-position blocking, four consecutive afternoons of 25-minute shoot windows, no electric supplements. Stunt coordinator Casey O'Neill choreographed the running pattern + tackle blocking; cast performed their own choreography over multiple takes.
Rigging
Equipment + technique
Safety
Officer + bulletins
Bulletins observed
Rigging glossary
4 rigs used in this sequence
Each entry explains how the rig works mechanically and the safety bulletin that governs it. Click through for the full glossary detail.
fall
Pad arrangement (catch-pad layout)
The choreographed layering of foam, airbag, and pad elements behind set walls and props that catches a performer hitting an unrehearsed surface during fight choreography.
fight
Reactive-camera fight choreography
The post-Bourne / post-John Wick choreography style where camera motion is choreographed alongside the fight itself, so impact reads through camera shake and proximity rather than wide framing.
fight
Gun-fu (close-quarter firearm choreography)
The combat-shooting choreography style codified by 87Eleven on the John Wick franchise: extended one-take sequences blending firearm handling with martial-arts striking and grappling.
fight
Padded / breakaway weapon
The non-functional fight weapons — foam cores under skinned costume, balsa-and-resin breakaways — that allow contact strikes without injury.
References
Further reading
- Top Gun Maverick — beach football scene oral historyIndieWirearticle