2012/2013 Kamen Rider - Kamen Rider Wizard... CONFIRMED.

KamenRiderIota said:

Let's not forget the times where actors had to make do with the holes in the helmet's eyes or a cloth screen in the monster's neck. Look how far Toku has come since then.

Mainly from this:

and this:

to this:

Ahh, the memories. Although the live-action of Kikaida was horribly done by today's standards, it will always be the show that sparked my interest in Toku.

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They actually still do have to look out tiny gaps on most masks. They have different helmets, the "hero" versions for close-ups and stills, and versions with wider gaps for more action-oriented scenes. The motorcycle stunts usually require yet another version. I'm sure there's going to be a type of Wizard mask which has gaps right alongside the silver accents on his face or holes drilled into the red surface, which we won't see because it won't be used in close-up scenes where he's looking directly into the camera (hopefully.)

Toku Prime said:

I think bike usage is probably largely limited by the helmet designs. At least with Kuuga you could fit little 'windows' of smoked transparent plastic (a bit like the tearmarks of old riders) in the bits where his crest, eyes and mouthplate met on the stunt/action helmet. The guy doing those bike stunts could at least see a tiny bit of what he was doing then. With the later Riders the suit actors are nearly blind when in those helmets, even when not using the more detailed ones for close-ups. So oddly they don't let the guy with his eyes covered over do too much driving about, and when they do it's usually in a straight line.

Part of me hopes that the reason these reflective, metallic visors have become such a big trend in sentai (and now on Wizard) is that they figured out how to put a one-way mirror in the helmets, and the actors can actually see much better. Pure speculation, but if they could do that then the poor schmuk inside could actually see what he was doing and you'd be able to try different things like doing more with the bikes.

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You know I suddenly remember that documentary on filming the Decade and DenO movie where they showed how much you can actually see outside Decade's helmet.
It takes a master to be able act normally, when you borderline blindfolded.

dchoc said:

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KamenRiderIota said:

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You didn't have to delete them. You can use imageshack, tinypic, or photobucket, and the like to re-house the images.

Igadevil said:

They actually still do have to look out tiny gaps on most masks. They have different helmets, the "hero" versions for close-ups and stills, and versions with wider gaps for more action-oriented scenes. The motorcycle stunts usually require yet another version. I'm sure there's going to be a type of Wizard mask which has gaps right alongside the silver accents on his face or holes drilled into the red surface, which we won't see because it won't be used in close-up scenes where he's looking directly into the camera (hopefully.)

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Very fascinating. Too bad Toei doesn't do documentaries on stuntworks in toku, probably because they wanted to preserve an element of believability for the audience, and such documentary would've shattered the illusion that they worked hard to build around this genre.

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One thing I love about the Flame Style ring, especially in that Ganbaride image, is that it looks like Wizard is wearing a huge pair of dorky glasses :anime:

Hentailover said:

You know I suddenly remember that documentary on filming the Decade and DenO movie where they showed how much you can actually see outside Decade's helmet.
It takes a master to be able act normally, when you borderline blindfolded.

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There was a Decade net movie that showed where the hidden holes in the Decade helmet were for the actor to see through. They're basically tiny pinpricks about the width of nostrils apart (rather than the width of eyes). So you'd either have to go crosseyed or just see a tiny bit of light in the corner of your eyes. Always makes me respect the suit actors so much more when you watch something like Den-O where they're scrambling over the DenLiner tables and each other and you realise they're doing it all by memory.

FieryRed said:

Very fascinating. Too bad Toei doesn't do documentaries on stuntworks in toku, probably because they wanted to preserve an element of believability for the audience, and such documentary would've shattered the illusion that they worked hard to build around this genre.

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I know it would be great to see. The nearest I can think of is that Akibaranger had former suit actor Kazuo Niibori telling one of the characters how you can barely see once the helmet is on. Plus the fake DekaRed from episode two has a stageshow helmet that has lots of holes drilled through the visor.

Igadevil said:

They actually still do have to look out tiny gaps on most masks. They have different helmets, the "hero" versions for close-ups and stills, and versions with wider gaps for more action-oriented scenes. The motorcycle stunts usually require yet another version. I'm sure there's going to be a type of Wizard mask which has gaps right alongside the silver accents on his face or holes drilled into the red surface, which we won't see because it won't be used in close-up scenes where he's looking directly into the camera (hopefully.)

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They do but nothing like the pretty large tearmarks from the original kamen rider helmet. I also once saw a photo of Kiva where the compound eyes in the helmet must have actually just been transparent coloured plastic, because you could see the outline of the actor's face through it. There's also a few times watching Double where it seems that if you can see him riding his bike from the front he's driving more or less straight, then when it cuts to a view from behind he starts manouvering. My guess was they probably had a version with the eyes removed so he could actually see. The rest just gets filled in with CGI.

With all the Kamen Rider Suit Actors having pin holes to work with, it makes it sound like the Super Sentai suit actors have it easy with black visors.