Neither of these is a department you can walk into as a runner, and MFJF does not yet have a Foundations course for either, so the honest version is this: the courses describe what the two trades do on a unit and how every other department has to work around them. Special effects supply the rain, the wind, the fire, the breakaways and the squibs, and they are their own department with their own rigs that nobody else touches. Stunts rehearse with the actors in prep and run the action on the day, with a briefing and usually a medic standing by.
Stunt coordinator
Stunt performer and stunt double
Special effects supervisor (SFX)
Special effects technician
Special effects traineeEntry-level job
