电影特技

特技是一個不尋常的和困難的物理壯舉，用於執行電視劇、舞台劇或電影等藝術目的。

在過去的好萊塢電影中，男性特技演員通常比女性還多、白人比黑人多。但當如安吉麗娜·朱莉這樣的動作女英雄及威爾·史密斯這樣的非裔美國明星的崛起，為來自不同背景的特技演員提供了更多的機會。

在電影《我吸我吸我吸吸吸（英语：Vampire in Brooklyn）》拍攝時曾發生一名特技演員從42英尺的高度摔落地面，起因於製作團隊沒有做好安全措施^[1]^[2]。自從電腦成像（CGI）逐漸普遍後便能大幅避免這類的事故發生。

Gene Scott Freese, 2014, Hollywood Stunt Performers, 1910s-1970s: A Biographical Dictionary, 2nd ed. illustr. rev., McFarland, ISBN 0786476435, see [2], accessed 16 April 2015.

[1]
Lisa Respers, 1995, "Stuntwoman's Family Sues Over Fatal 42-Foot Fall on Set: Courts: Mother seeks $10 million, saying studio did not provide proper safety equipment. Defendants have made no comment," The Los Angeles Times (online), February 12, 1995, see [1] （页面存档备份，存于互联网档案馆）, accessed 16 April 2015.
[2]
Respers states in the L.A. TImes article that the "air bag that was to cushion Davis' fall instead reacted like a huge balloon, causing the young woman to bounce, slam into the building and hit the ground.

特技的未來