cptrayes
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AA shame on you not recognising your own horse
Game of thrones OMG we were talking about that out hacking today it was a bit foggy and the field was full of crows and it was very game of thrones .
Was the horse at the end with part of its face missing yours ? Made a big impression on my groom that scene did.
How did they do that was it make up or was it added later.
Best thing about watching films with horses is when they put actor on that cant ride lol Hands go up in the air as soon as horse moves of and they always get left behind movement. My non horsey husband always says whats so funny he just cant see it .Don't be (impressed I mean); the film world is a dirty, cutthroat business and very, very hard work. Yes, greys are photogenic, as are blacks and anything prancy with a long mane, meaning that Spanish horses and Friesians have it about sewn up for fantasy/historical work. There are "background" horses, stunt horses and "actor's" horses - which have to look like the most romantic fiery stallion EVER and yet be rideable by someone who's probably never even seen a horse before and thinks that you can "act" riding.
Don't be (impressed I mean); the film world is a dirty, cutthroat business and very, very hard work. Yes, greys are photogenic, as are blacks and anything prancy with a long mane, meaning that Spanish horses and Friesians have it about sewn up for fantasy/historical work. There are "background" horses, stunt horses and "actor's" horses - which have to look like the most romantic fiery stallion EVER and yet be rideable by someone who's probably never even seen a horse before and thinks that you can "act" riding.
So do you provide all three types? And do you have to find the rider too, or just the horses?
Do you have any trouble training then to carry odd stuff???
And how did you get into it - chance or planning?
This is fascinating, hope you don't mind the questions.
A combination of prosthetic horse head (i.e. a dummy), CGI and make up. Not my horse, all the featured/actor's horses are supplied by the Devil's Horsemen/Gerard Naprous.
AA shame on you not recognising your own horse
When I was a kid a photographer came to the yard and borrowed 3 of us to take our photo riding through the village. Gave us a pound between the three of us and we thought nothing of it.
It turned up on calendars, birthday cards and a jigsaw which I still have.
Er, don't quite know how we got into it (we do other film stuff too, not just horses), just sort of happened - we did the live demos before got film work. We have provided all 3 types, but I only have one true actor's horse now. The training is often "interesting" as requirements can be completely off the wall, and film people have no concept of how a horse reacts to anything. We usually provide riders; much preferable to having just anybody on your horse, although we often have to teach an actor how to ride - usually in about 3 days (not making that up!).
What's the oddest requirement you've had?
but some of the more difficult have included riding down a spiral staircase (just try it sometime....)
The REALLY odd things we turn down; I'm fond of my horses and some things I won't put them through, but some of the more difficult have included riding down a spiral staircase (just try it sometime....), having two stallions in a very grand stately home's hall (and GUARANTEEING that they wouldn't poop on the listed marble floor: they did), jumping through a glass (not real) window, pulling a grand piano out of a window with a rope attached to the saddle, etc., etc.......
Of course! Didn't realise you'd done 4 * GS
Forgot to mention is my horse and me on the cover of Feet First, the barefoot book, so I'm a teeny bit famous too.
Umm.... no thank you I'll leave it to the professionals
Giggled a bit at your horses pooping on the marble floor
How do you get a horse to jump through a semi-solid object like a fake glass window?! :O I've seen it done in films but I've always wondered how they managed to train that
I saw Desert Orchid up at Rossdales when he was recovering from colic. Seriously ugly, looked nothing like a racehorse, although he had then retired.
You start out with a divided screen and just ask them to ride between the two halves, then gradually bring them closer and closer together and increase the pace. Could take a couple of months of very patient training, and not all will do it, but once they learn to break the sugar (stunt glass is very thin panes of boiled sugar) with their noses it's pretty easy after that. One of mine would hurl himself at any window if you weren't careful, so subsequent training has included teaching them NOT to go through the real ones!
Tell us something you turned down. Were the repercussions in the poo floor incident? TELL US EVERYTHING
Turned down a horse fall into deep water; didn't like that, but the horse that did it was a specialist diving horse and happily did it all day long. That was his only job though; he didn't do anything else.
The poo in the parlour incident was solved by me and a bottle of bleach, floor is pristine and you'd never know now. Owner was a bit hysterical for a while but they calmed her down with money, as is normal in the film world.
After The Incident......
Cortez do you do the research about tack and stuff like that ?
Do you do carriages ?