wirework
noun
wire·work
ˈwī(-ə)r-ˌwərk 
1
: a work of wires
especially
: meshwork, netting, or grillwork of wire
plan the wirework for new circuitry
2
: walking on wires especially by acrobats
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The delightful Oscar-winning visual effects combine techniques like the sodium vapor process and wirework to give life to Eglantine’s psychedelic flying bed and other inanimate-no-longer objects.
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Another huge element was the stunt team, who have helped execute fights between superhuman creatures and quite a bit of flying via wirework (one thing the actors won’t miss much).
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
And while professionals are well equipped to control for potential head injuries, wirework is an exception, because performers have so little control.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
Together with Anita Mui — a Cantopop legend whose sultry vocals make up the film’s exuberant score — Cheung and Yeoh brought a refreshing dose of girl power to the wireworks action-spectacle that had become one of the trademarks of Hong Kong cinema’s golden age.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
The wirework and defiance of gravity, the whirligig of clashing swords and poles, harks back to the films produced by the Shaw Brothers.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
All the wirework was really fun.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2022
For these scenes wirework was a severe challenge, because if my coordination with the crew slightly went off, the movements started to look awkward.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
South Boston’s foundry, a rehabbed 19th-century wireworks, originally the Alger Iron Works, specializing in cast-iron ordnance, built by inventor and metallurgist Cyrus Alger and site of the first gun ever rifled in America.
—Francine Maroukian, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2018
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Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024
Another huge element was the stunt team, who have helped execute fights between superhuman creatures and quite a bit of flying via wirework (one thing the actors won’t miss much).
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2024
And while professionals are well equipped to control for potential head injuries, wirework is an exception, because performers have so little control.
—Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 17 June 2024
Together with Anita Mui — a Cantopop legend whose sultry vocals make up the film’s exuberant score — Cheung and Yeoh brought a refreshing dose of girl power to the wireworks action-spectacle that had become one of the trademarks of Hong Kong cinema’s golden age.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
The wirework and defiance of gravity, the whirligig of clashing swords and poles, harks back to the films produced by the Shaw Brothers.
—Vikram Murthi, Vulture, 4 Mar. 2024
All the wirework was really fun.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2022
For these scenes wirework was a severe challenge, because if my coordination with the crew slightly went off, the movements started to look awkward.
—Joan MacDonald, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2021
South Boston’s foundry, a rehabbed 19th-century wireworks, originally the Alger Iron Works, specializing in cast-iron ordnance, built by inventor and metallurgist Cyrus Alger and site of the first gun ever rifled in America.
—Francine Maroukian, Popular Mechanics, 28 Dec. 2018
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“Wirework.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/wirework. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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