Editing Wire fu (section)

==In practice==
The basic concept is not very complex and originates in the mechanical effects of [[stagecraft]]. Planning and persistence are important, as it often requires many [[take]]s to perfect the stunt.<ref>{{cite news |title= High-wire act raises the bar in fight scenes |work= [[The Los Angeles Times]] |date=2006-12-17 |url= https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2006-dec-17-ca-goldenflower17-story.html |access-date=2010-12-17 |first=Sheigh |last=Crabtree}}</ref>

Typically, a [[Safety harness|harness]] is hidden under the actor's costume, and a cable and [[pulley]] system is attached to the harness. When live sets are used, [[wire removal]] is done in [[post-production]]. Another later-developed technique of creating wire fu is using a [[greenscreen|green screen]] and post-production special effects. Green screening the wire work is done for more complex stunts and [[camera angle]]s. The actors are suspended in the air by green wires, which are then erased digitally during the post-production process. The process by which this was done in older (pre-digital) movies was to use film coloration techniques in a method similar to animation; artists (usually animators), would painstakingly go frame by frame over the raw footage and color in the wires to match the background.

Wire work is often used in kung fu films to simply allow actors to perform stunts beyond their physical abilities. In movies such as ''[[Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon]]'', it is used to create a more dramatic effect and adds [[magical realism]] to the world in which the film takes place.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/crouching-tiger-hidden-dragon-2000 |title=Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon |last= Ebert |first= Roger |author-link= Roger Ebert |work=[[Chicago Sun Times]] |date=December 20, 2000 |quote=what's unusual about "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" is the depth and poetry of the connecting story, which is not just a clothesline for action scenes |access-date=2020-05-04 }}</ref> "Wire fu is used to describe '''a sub''' '''genre of kung fu films''' where the stuntmen's or actor's skill is augmented with the use of wires and pulleys"