It looks so seamless when you watch the episodes. It’s evident watching these just how much work went into each episode. Definitely one of the best tv shows of all time. Still holds up 20 years later.
This is a fantastic reminder that this wonderful show wasn’t just about one flawed man who created the initial idea... it’s about the wonderful and talented group of people that brought it to life. Thank you.
Thank you, so much, for saying this. JW's "taint" on the show should have no effect on the crew's contribution, who did so much to make this show what it was (especially given the fact that they, the crew, also suffered from the "hollywood" poison handed out to them).
As kids with a friend we would spend hours trying to recreate Buffy’s fights and stunts in the park. Getting to watch this at 35 is a proper blessing. Thank you so much.
I can see now why the show had 13 to 16 hour days. So much work goes into just the fight scenes alone. For those wondering why SMG and David did not do most of there stunts. If they get hurt production takes forever and on a show like this with smaller budgets that's not good.
take Lucy lawless(Xena) accident on jay leno, she did her own stunts but had to cut back some. sure it wasnt on set but still you hurt the star you can hurt production and she couldnt do a lot after.
I recently had a death in my family and have been struggling emotionally, this was a welcome and much needed distraction, thank you for posting this. God bless you.
I am praying for you. 💗🙏🏻✝️ May the Lord Jesus Christ bring you comfort. "Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
If you check out the B vs F first fight in the mansion vid you'll see that Sarah is wearing sneakers. She did this so that she wouldn't worry about slipping in those "Buffy boots". If you don't see her feet then she's in her sneakers most of the time. There was one fight between actors without any stunt doubles. Larry's stunt double was in a car crash and didn't make it to set, so Xander and Larry did the fight on their own. It was a blast and I could trust those two guys completely.
It's fun watching these behind-the-scenes vids. You can see the exact moment when Sarah becomes Buffy, even before the cameras start rolling. Also, watching Stunt Buffy tutor Sarah Buffy is sorta like watching Buffy with her actual Watcher. On a sidenote: What's up with that guy that looks like Munch?
Wow this is truly an amazing gift to be able to see behind the scenes. It really puts in perspective that a show is nothing without all the stunt doubles and everyone else. The actress couldn’t have pulled any of this off without her stunt double except for her up-close acting scenes. WOW! I really never realized it wasn’t her in the fight scenes. Absolutely amazing and a treat to see these!!! Why does she go outside sometimes? Does she literally get too hot in that building? 🤔 Interesting. I have watched all these episodes more than once. THANK YOU sooo much for the upload!!! First time I have ever seen anything like this yet alone for a show I watched all of the episodes for many years!!! 🙏 ☺️
The producers had a rule of not allowing an actor to hit another actor. Whenever you see an actor hit a lead actor it's a stunt double - except here. We wanted to get shots of the actors faces together as this is the only time Buffy kills her friends and it was dramatic. So we edited Sarah and Sophia together when she hits Aly and just used Sarah staking Nick in slo-mo.
LOVE this fun fact!! Actually, I love ALL of your videos and really enjoy going back to them and being mesmerized by the work you and Sophia (and all the other stunt crew) put in. My uncle was actually a stuntman/vampire in the first season, so it's because of him why I initially got hooked on the show
Usually I would have her stand in place. That way we didn't have to worry about her slipping or twisting an ankle. Sophia and the Master step toward each other and perform full contact hits. (We made contact because of the slo-motion). David Greenwalt wanted Sarah to walk to Nick, block his punch and stake him in the same way. But it was too hard for Sarah to meet Nick at a specific mark and do her action perfectly, so we compromised and had her stand in one spot and let Nick come to her.
This probably was shot after an already long day of shooting dialogue scenes. Sarah looks tired but I think she really put a lot into The Wish fight when you watch it. Great work Jeff as usual.
During s2 I used to run over and pick her up when this happened. I was afraid the headline would be, "Idiot stunt coordinator pushes actress into coma." But Sarah told me that this was a common thing for her and when it happened she would step off set to get some fresh air. We all got pretty used to it. She just can't handle too much heat.
Most of those pre-edited fight videos I posted here I gave to the studio to use in the 7 season box set collection. They were only able to include a couple of fights that Sophia and I talked about during our 10 minute bonus feature they made called "It's not a chick fight".
Wish was a great episode. I remember watching the first series and thinking "Hmmm, wonder what would have become of Sunnydale if Buffy never came." And then Wish came along 😂
tbh if Buffy had never come to Sunnydale then the "twin sunnydale would be piled high with dead humans and vampires, demons etc. What slayer did Sarah play in (Wish) because if buffy never existed, then what was her name in this episode. I dont think we heard the name being mentioned???
@@outtherelivinginthepub1973 she played Buffy, just a Buffy that never have come to Sunnydale and Giles never became her watcher. Cordelia mentioned to the Gang that Buffy should have been there etc, and Giles then called Buffy's "other" watcher and asked for her to come. She actually says to Giles that she's Buffy Summers
Thank you, Jeff, for sharing this awesome look behind the scenes. 'Anne' and "The Wish' are two of my favorites, so this was a real treat. All the hard work you all put into this great show is sincerely appreciated. This show spoke to my own high school years, where I could identify a lot with Xander. My sense of humor was more or less a defense mechanism.. I also identify so much with Brendan Nicholas on a personal level. This show helped my son in his high school years, which I am thankful for, as well.
Jeff, thank you so much for posting these behind the scenes vids! You and Sophia always did such an amazing job on the show. As much as we loved the storylines, we also loved watching Sophia kick a little ass. :)
"VAMPIRE!" Haha, wonderful! It's so great seeing the way scenes like this are done and moments like that vampire just standing above waiting for his cue are so amusing. It's the little things.
Its always been my dream to be a director, or even just work on a set to watch and learn. Yourself and Sophia are just incredible profressionals and the Buffy crew were so lucky to have you. Its just such a shame you guys didnt continue with the rest of the series. The fights after season 4 were enjoyable, but not edge of your seat exciting like these were
I agree, the quality in the stunt work and fights fell off dramatically beginning with season 5 when Buffy got a new double and a new stunt coordinator was hired. Always wondered what happened and why Jeff and Sophia left the series.
I really wish you and Sophia stayed on the show after season 4, your fights were always so entertaining and very cool! Idk what the hell happened in seasons 5-7, the fights in those seasons were very mediocre and not as creative, fast paced, or entertaining as your work. That new coordinator they brought in on the show had absolutely NOTHING on you!! Sophia was amazing as well, she is certainly a BEAST
THANKS FOR SHARING THESE VIDEOS. I'm a big Buffy and have always appreciated the action scenes and have always wanted see behind the scenes stuff of the Stuntmen!
The other girl is Lisa-Ray. She was Sarah's lighting stand-in. You can see her in the S2 cast and crew video I made sitting on top of a grave marker next to Sophia as she explains her job.
It is really interesting to observe how they record the movie scenes.Sarah looks like really like a slayer with heavy ,strong power.I like the vampires faces,the grimm is definitely cool.
Growing up I watch the show faithfully every Monday then after three seasons it started coming on Tuesday nights, Anyways recapping the episodes as an adult, and I have to say I don't know how I never noticed the stunt doubles as much as I do now..
I know, you can easily tell when it's the stunt double pretty much all the time. Older shows did a much poorer job of hiding the doubles than they do today. It's a big reason why HD remasters ruin older TV shows because the new high def clarity reveals the doubles even more so.
Very cool, thanks for sharing this, Jeff. I've been watching this series since like 2001-2003 on TV with translation in Ukrainian, and then rewatching it every few years on PC without the translation after I learned English well enough.
Literally adored this show so much💗 i was never available to work my after school mall gig on Tuesday nights bc that was Buffy Night...don't call, don't beep, just don't lol My friend would even tell our manager not to call bc it's Buffy Night and i'm not gonna answer.😂 Loved this glimpse into the hard work that made the show so rad💗 Thanks so much for sharing this(and Cordy's omg awesome red dress!!!)😂💗✨✨
This is a really great video, it shows how much work it is to film an elaborate fight scene like this. It looks hard enough for the actors and stunt doubles in front of the camera but it looks just as hard for the director in charge to coordinate everything and make sure everything gets done properly and on time. I love these videos, I've been a fan of this channel for years and have been hoping Jeff would continue to upload more videos like this. Please Jeff if you have more Buffy behind the scenes stuff (especially stuff with Sarah) share it with us because fans are dying to see it. Seeing videos like this we can see that Sarah Michelle Gellar was "Buffy" but Sophia Crawford was really "The Slayer" after all!
omg thank you so much for showing us buffy fans these videos... i love them... and i love when Sarah is in them... were you still doing the show during season 5, 6, and 7?? i'd love to see the fight scenes and stuff then with sarah and james... and also in season 2 with sarah and james... if you don't have those that's okay... thanks again. love love love these!!!! BTW Sarah is so freaking stunning, i just love her so very much!!! she's my idol... Sarah and James i would LOVE to meet one day.
In the first scene, I remember back several times in the DVD to see the stuntman kicks, technique and speed! In the wish like the short kicks and jumping kicks, great!
First of all thank you so so so much for uploading this! Just love to see Sophia fight & I love Behind The Scenes footage of the Buffy cast especially SMG :) Do you happen to have more? I became kind of addicted to your Buffy videos. Secondly, so cute how you caught Sarah after the Master snapped her neck! Just aww.
As a fan I feel uncomfortable with many questions that go unanswered about the involvement of actors and stuntmen in Buffy. The fact is that Jeff and Crawford printed a way to make believable fight scenes, this being the factor responsible for the success of the series, which brought fame to SMG.
Again...very nice work Jeff. Makes you feel like you were there on set, at the same time discovering archival footage of a time long gone. The Wish was also one of the best episodes of the series so congrats to giving us a great look at that episode. Hopefully we get many, many more behind the scenes home videos like this featuring the cast, crew and stunt people. Also again very vintage 90s.
Called opinions bro. When it comes to the Buffy series, I've always observed 3 opinions on the series as most have. People who loved the first 3-4 seasons for being more highschoolish. People who loved seasons 5-7 because they moved on from the highschool aspect and suffered losses, more real to life. And of course, people who loved the whole series and see it as a great series. The problem (like most tv shows) is that fans/people get upset if you don't pick a side in these sort of things.
Sarah hard ignored that extra with the sunglasses who tried to speak to her at 5:09, turned her back on him mid sentence and asked Sophia about the crossbow. The girl behind him perked up a smile when Sarah looked back and dropped it the second the cold shoulder was received. Interesting moment.
Hi! Thank you very much for all that extra footage on Buffy. It's always interesting to see how you people work on a set, not only the stunt team but also all the other ones involved to make a show work. Your fights were "tough and rough". After you left the show, I think the fights lost that"street fighting "aspect to become more "superhero" fights with more sommersaults or backflips. That change was interesting and brought something different to the show.
watching how they make buffy would help a lot of directors learn how to use body doubles, camera angles and cranking, lighting, etc. a lot better. you can see how they light up their stuff to avoid using day for night camera filming and also make a realistic fight without shaky cam.
Wow! Now that I know more about the episode's of season 3. It will be even cooler, now that I have seen this video. Because I'll know when it's actually Sarah doing a stunt!😊
Hi Jeff thanks for sharing these, It was interesting to see and a little depressing knowing that most or pretty much all the Martial art sequences were performed by a stunt double and Not Sarah. I was always under the Impression that Sarah did a lot of the Martial arts since it has been known that she took Martial arts. The scenes are put together nicely but I wished Sarah had done more of the actual fighting.
This was awesome! I keep hitting the replay button! 😅 You guys crack me up! Nice work! And I'm just curious. Do you have one for Prophecy Girl? It's okay if you don't. That was an interesting episode of BTVS. XD They're all interesting as heck!
Well this is nice! though I'd like to see a WB Network from 1998, declaring that Season 3 of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer is in Production. though I'm looking for some older WB stuff including their on-air branding, network image campaigns, bumpers, ids, promos, launch campaigns.
I miss Buffy, I wish the whole cast became in vampires or a vampire sire them in vampires and make the show again!!! I'd like a show about Buffy & Angel with all the original cast: Buffy, Angel, Spike, Drusilla, Willow, Tara, Giles, Xander, Dawn, Anya, Faith, the stunts, Riley , his wife, Oz, Andrew, the slayers, Cordelia, Wesley, Joyce, Robin Wood, everybody!!! 😅 This is my favorite show and I'm about to re-watch Angel I couldn't finish to watch the show.
As much as a fresh take on Buffy with a new actress could be good. I have a horrible feeling the industry will ruin it given what they tend to do to other franchise properties. Much like without James Cameron with Terminator. I feel like if you take Whedon out of the work. It will probably stripped of everything that made Buffy so good and fun to watch. Which was the action, the heart and to me that sort of coming of age story element. I don't want Fast and Furious: Buffy Summers edition JMO.
Same. We'll this was 7 yrs ago now and still no rebooting of Buffy or another vampire slayer? 😞😞😞 I'll always remember this show as a cult classic. I started watching this show when I was 9!!! Makes me feel old as hell now. Buffy was one hell of a show and I loved all the episodes were metaphors. Not that I got that until I was much older. Wheldon HAS to take the driving seat with ANY new Buffy spin off! 🙏😊🙏❤️
My favorite character in the Wish episode was and still is the cool bad ass full BLACK LEATHER cladded evil vampire Xander. 😈😈😈 I would have role played vamp Xander if I had his WHOLE black leather outfit(which includes black leather pants size 34) and a prosthetic version of his vamp face. Hehehe. Oh yes, I enjoyed watching the actors' doubles in action. I was amazed at all the extras used in this choreography, too. I commend you on a job well done. And that goes to all stunt doubles even the extras. Aly had no double? Wow! I noticed that Vamp Xander's double did one scene and took off his black leather trench coat and sat down in his leather pants watching a couple of stuntmen (including one in a black leather trench coat)dance strangely almost as if in a goofy way. The black leather trench coated dude didn't quite pull the "goofiness" off. Close but no cigar. I have seen a very number of geeks in black leather but the majority of guys in black leathers are mostly cool and bad ass average Joe's. You can tell they try a little too hard to act "goofy" because it's not really in their nature. I watched all the episodes from season 1 to 5. I stopped watching it a bit when Xander started to wear a shit color lether jackit. He didn't look bad ass wearing that shit color lether jackit and became way too goofy as a hero. I was and still is a big fan of Angelus, vamp Xander, the Master and Spike. Bad ass villain's! I'm also a big fan of vamp Reinhardt and his Blood Pack team in the Blade II movie. My question is this: will there be a BTVS reunion and will those same doubles reprise their roles? No more shit color leather jacketed dudes!!!!!!!!
Oh yes. That's the truth of it. It happens all the time. At least Fran Kazui has been involved with the show from the start. It's because of her the movie got made and she was one of our producers of the tv series. She's been a part of BUFFY all along. So there is some hope. But I have the same fear about that as you. In fact, I always wanted the show to go out on a high note with 5 seasons instead of dragging it out for more money and jumping the shark.
Jeff Pruitt, Why do you say that Fran was involved and on set? We may not be able to trust Joss's word, or even Greenwalt's, but I trust my source who was on set throughout the entire run of the show.
So much happens behind the scenes, planning alone is so time consuming. It's a bit odd to see it from that perspective, even when we know that's how it works.
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It looks so seamless when you watch the episodes. It’s evident watching these just how much work went into each episode. Definitely one of the best tv shows of all time. Still holds up 20 years later.
This is a fantastic reminder that this wonderful show wasn’t just about one flawed man who created the initial idea... it’s about the wonderful and talented group of people that brought it to life. Thank you.
Thank you, so much, for saying this. JW's "taint" on the show should have no effect on the crew's contribution, who did so much to make this show what it was (especially given the fact that they, the crew, also suffered from the "hollywood" poison handed out to them).
What taint?
Nor one flawed woman who had the lead role.
@@davidroberts1702 he has been cleared of any wrong doing though
@@-Zakhiel- Look up on his wiki page and you will see there but he so far as I know as been in the clear
As kids with a friend we would spend hours trying to recreate Buffy’s fights and stunts in the park. Getting to watch this at 35 is a proper blessing. Thank you so much.
I can see now why the show had 13 to 16 hour days. So much work goes into just the fight scenes alone. For those wondering why SMG and David did not do most of there stunts. If they get hurt production takes forever and on a show like this with smaller budgets that's not good.
take Lucy lawless(Xena) accident on jay leno, she did her own stunts but had to cut back some. sure it wasnt on set but still you hurt the star you can hurt production and she couldnt do a lot after.
Not to mention that SMG didn't have the MA skills to carry any of it off.
Also, the amount of makeup - I can’t imagine how long that would take!
@@davidroberts1702 well she was apparently a black belt in taekwondo 🤷🏻♀️
@@davidroberts1702 SMG had a brown belt in Tae Kwon Do years before the show was even made.
I recently had a death in my family and have been struggling emotionally, this was a welcome and much needed distraction, thank you for posting this. God bless you.
I am praying for you. 💗🙏🏻✝️ May the Lord Jesus Christ bring you comfort.
"Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light."
If you check out the B vs F first fight in the mansion vid you'll see that Sarah is wearing sneakers. She did this so that she wouldn't worry about slipping in those "Buffy boots". If you don't see her feet then she's in her sneakers most of the time.
There was one fight between actors without any stunt doubles. Larry's stunt double was in a car crash and didn't make it to set, so Xander and Larry did the fight on their own. It was a blast and I could trust those two guys completely.
Hate car crashes.. rip :(
It's fun watching these behind-the-scenes vids. You can see the exact moment when Sarah becomes Buffy, even before the cameras start rolling. Also, watching Stunt Buffy tutor Sarah Buffy is sorta like watching Buffy with her actual Watcher. On a sidenote: What's up with that guy that looks like Munch?
Rowynne Crowley . It’s the Master.
Wow this is truly an amazing gift to be able to see behind the scenes. It really puts in perspective that a show is nothing without all the stunt doubles and everyone else. The actress couldn’t have pulled any of this off without her stunt double except for her up-close acting scenes. WOW! I really never realized it wasn’t her in the fight scenes. Absolutely amazing and a treat to see these!!! Why does she go outside sometimes? Does she literally get too hot in that building? 🤔 Interesting. I have watched all these episodes more than once. THANK YOU sooo much for the upload!!! First time I have ever seen anything like this yet alone for a show I watched all of the episodes for many years!!! 🙏 ☺️
So cute to see Sarah and Buffy's stunt working together
The producers had a rule of not allowing an actor to hit another actor. Whenever you see an actor hit a lead actor it's a stunt double - except here. We wanted to get shots of the actors faces together as this is the only time Buffy kills her friends and it was dramatic.
So we edited Sarah and Sophia together when she hits Aly and just used Sarah staking Nick in slo-mo.
It's a big difference in years since Buffy and SPN
@@Geengarner What’s SPN?
The ironic thing is: SMG claimed an injury which her stunt dounble suffered, and she claimed it on national TV. Sad, "hollywood" hype.
LOVE this fun fact!! Actually, I love ALL of your videos and really enjoy going back to them and being mesmerized by the work you and Sophia (and all the other stunt crew) put in. My uncle was actually a stuntman/vampire in the first season, so it's because of him why I initially got hooked on the show
This is like crack for me. Cannot stop watching, fascinating. Thank you!!
Usually I would have her stand in place. That way we didn't have to worry about her slipping or twisting an ankle. Sophia and the Master step toward each other and perform full contact hits. (We made contact because of the slo-motion). David Greenwalt wanted Sarah to walk to Nick, block his punch and stake him in the same way. But it was too hard for Sarah to meet Nick at a specific mark and do her action perfectly, so we compromised and had her stand in one spot and let Nick come to her.
This probably was shot after an already long day of shooting dialogue scenes. Sarah looks tired but I think she really put a lot into The Wish fight when you watch it. Great work Jeff as usual.
This was really interesting. Thank you so much for sharing!
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During s2 I used to run over and pick her up when this happened. I was afraid the headline would be, "Idiot stunt coordinator pushes actress into coma." But Sarah told me that this was a common thing for her and when it happened she would step off set to get some fresh air. We all got pretty used to it. She just can't handle too much heat.
Interesting! I was going to ask about this so thank you! ☺️☺️☺️🙏🙏❤️❤️❤️
it's amazing how mouch work is needed just for a few minutes of show...
Just found this...wow!!! This was so interesting to see what goes into making such amazing shows like Buffy.
Most of those pre-edited fight videos I posted here I gave to the studio to use in the 7 season box set collection. They were only able to include a couple of fights that Sophia and I talked about during our 10 minute bonus feature they made called "It's not a chick fight".
Thank you Jeff Pruitt. It shows all of the hard work you put into this series.
Totally Fangirling out right now. This is so freaking SWEET! Thanks so much for sharing these!
What an amazing video to come across on TH-cam. As an enormous fan of the show and lifelong martial artist, this was very enjoyable.
thank you so much for these. so interesting and give an insight to some parts of television making.
Wish was a great episode. I remember watching the first series and thinking "Hmmm, wonder what would have become of Sunnydale if Buffy never came." And then Wish came along 😂
tbh if Buffy had never come to Sunnydale then the "twin sunnydale would be piled high with dead humans and vampires, demons etc. What slayer did Sarah play in (Wish) because if buffy never existed, then what was her name in this episode. I dont think we heard the name being mentioned???
@@outtherelivinginthepub1973 she played Buffy, just a Buffy that never have come to Sunnydale and Giles never became her watcher. Cordelia mentioned to the Gang that Buffy should have been there etc, and Giles then called Buffy's "other" watcher and asked for her to come.
She actually says to Giles that she's Buffy Summers
Thank you, Jeff, for sharing this awesome look behind the scenes. 'Anne' and "The Wish' are two of my favorites, so this was a real treat. All the hard work you all put into this great show is sincerely appreciated. This show spoke to my own high school years, where I could identify a lot with Xander. My sense of humor was more or less a defense mechanism.. I also identify so much with Brendan Nicholas on a personal level. This show helped my son in his high school years, which I am thankful for, as well.
Jeff, thank you so much for posting these behind the scenes vids! You and Sophia always did such an amazing job on the show. As much as we loved the storylines, we also loved watching Sophia kick a little ass. :)
"VAMPIRE!" Haha, wonderful!
It's so great seeing the way scenes like this are done and moments like that vampire just standing above waiting for his cue are so amusing. It's the little things.
Alyson Hannigan did her own stunts! That's awesome.
Its always been my dream to be a director, or even just work on a set to watch and learn. Yourself and Sophia are just incredible profressionals and the Buffy crew were so lucky to have you. Its just such a shame you guys didnt continue with the rest of the series. The fights after season 4 were enjoyable, but not edge of your seat exciting like these were
I agree, the quality in the stunt work and fights fell off dramatically beginning with season 5 when Buffy got a new double and a new stunt coordinator was hired. Always wondered what happened and why Jeff and Sophia left the series.
I really wish you and Sophia stayed on the show after season 4, your fights were always so entertaining and very cool! Idk what the hell happened in seasons 5-7, the fights in those seasons were very mediocre and not as creative, fast paced, or entertaining as your work. That new coordinator they brought in on the show had absolutely NOTHING on you!! Sophia was amazing as well, she is certainly a BEAST
THANKS FOR SHARING THESE VIDEOS. I'm a big Buffy and have always appreciated the action scenes and have always wanted see behind the scenes stuff of the Stuntmen!
The other girl is Lisa-Ray. She was Sarah's lighting stand-in. You can see her in the S2 cast and crew video I made sitting on top of a grave marker next to Sophia as she explains her job.
This was so much fun to watch. Thank you for posting!
Do you have anything from Faith, Hope and Trick? Just curious :3
It is really interesting to observe how they record the movie scenes.Sarah looks like really like a slayer with heavy ,strong power.I like the vampires faces,the grimm is definitely cool.
I'm in tears, loved this show so much. Thank you for sharing this
Growing up I watch the show faithfully every Monday then after three seasons it started coming on Tuesday nights,
Anyways recapping the episodes as an adult, and I have to say I don't know how I never noticed the stunt doubles as much as I do now..
I know, you can easily tell when it's the stunt double pretty much all the time. Older shows did a much poorer job of hiding the doubles than they do today. It's a big reason why HD remasters ruin older TV shows because the new high def clarity reveals the doubles even more so.
Very cool, thanks for sharing this, Jeff. I've been watching this series since like 2001-2003 on TV with translation in Ukrainian, and then rewatching it every few years on PC without the translation after I learned English well enough.
Literally adored this show so much💗 i was never available to work my after school mall gig on Tuesday nights bc that was Buffy Night...don't call, don't beep, just don't lol My friend would even tell our manager not to call bc it's Buffy Night and i'm not gonna answer.😂
Loved this glimpse into the hard work that made the show so rad💗 Thanks so much for sharing this(and Cordy's omg awesome red dress!!!)😂💗✨✨
This is a really great video, it shows how much work it is to film an elaborate fight scene like this. It looks hard enough for the actors and stunt doubles in front of the camera but it looks just as hard for the director in charge to coordinate everything and make sure everything gets done properly and on time.
I love these videos, I've been a fan of this channel for years and have been hoping Jeff would continue to upload more videos like this. Please Jeff if you have more Buffy behind the scenes stuff (especially stuff with Sarah) share it with us because fans are dying to see it.
Seeing videos like this we can see that Sarah Michelle Gellar was "Buffy" but Sophia Crawford was really "The Slayer" after all!
those stunt doubles literally have superpowers! I would love to watch a reality show about them.
Thank you so much Jeff for sharing these little gems :) a real treasure for fans
omg thank you so much for showing us buffy fans these videos... i love them... and i love when Sarah is in them... were you still doing the show during season 5, 6, and 7?? i'd love to see the fight scenes and stuff then with sarah and james... and also in season 2 with sarah and james... if you don't have those that's okay... thanks again. love love love these!!!! BTW Sarah is so freaking stunning, i just love her so very much!!! she's my idol... Sarah and James i would LOVE to meet one day.
They left the show apparently for drama on th set
I'm buffy fan since I was a little kid and this makes me so happy :D THANK YOU !!!
Thanks so much for uploading. You are right, it is like witnessing a session, wow ! Loved the slow-mo when it aired too.
This is one of my favorite episodes.
10:28 Buffy vs The Master in real time.
Looks so real.
That first scene where Buffy was fighting is actually one of my favorite Buffy fights
In the first scene, I remember back several times in the DVD to see the stuntman kicks, technique and speed! In the wish like the short kicks and jumping kicks, great!
First of all thank you so so so much for uploading this! Just love to see Sophia fight & I love Behind The Scenes footage of the Buffy cast especially SMG :)
Do you happen to have more? I became kind of addicted to your Buffy videos.
Secondly, so cute how you caught Sarah after the Master snapped her neck! Just aww.
Thanks for posting Jeff. Very insightful.
Damn, making movies is so mundane.
This is a real job to be an actor / realisator. I didn't realize how long it takes to make a scene
Anyway I think you did great job on Buffy. Sophia was a perfect stunt double.
Once again: thank you for the vids
This is what happens when people love their jobs and pour passion into it.
As a fan I feel uncomfortable with many questions that go unanswered about the involvement of actors and stuntmen in Buffy. The fact is that Jeff and Crawford printed a way to make believable fight scenes, this being the factor responsible for the success of the series, which brought fame to SMG.
The sad thing is, SMG went on national TV to claim it was all due to her MA skills (which are non existent).
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Again...very nice work Jeff. Makes you feel like you were there on set, at the same time discovering archival footage of a time long gone. The Wish was also one of the best episodes of the series so congrats to giving us a great look at that episode. Hopefully we get many, many more behind the scenes home videos like this featuring the cast, crew and stunt people. Also again very vintage 90s.
SMG herself is a brown belt in Taekwondo I'm sure she could have done some of the stunts but as mentioned if she got hurt that would be an issue
Wow, David's stuntdouble is hella hot! :O Thanks for sharing ;)
CherryCake1989 He didn't even wear his trademark black leather trench coat.
No. Everything depended on how the censors were acting as to what I was allowed to do. It varied from time to time.
Called opinions bro. When it comes to the Buffy series, I've always observed 3 opinions on the series as most have. People who loved the first 3-4 seasons for being more highschoolish. People who loved seasons 5-7 because they moved on from the highschool aspect and suffered losses, more real to life. And of course, people who loved the whole series and see it as a great series. The problem (like most tv shows) is that fans/people get upset if you don't pick a side in these sort of things.
JasonLives666 in my opinion my lease favorite is season 4 except for a couple episodes
And I think season 6 was the best it was really emotional with Buffy coming back and her and spike plus the musical
They work hard , that's why it was a good show hard work pays off
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the last neck break from the Master is the one they used. cool to see the different takes.
Amazing! Do you have anything from The Gift? Would love to see a behind the scenes video from Buffy`s swan dive! :)
Sarah hard ignored that extra with the sunglasses who tried to speak to her at 5:09, turned her back on him mid sentence and asked Sophia about the crossbow. The girl behind him perked up a smile when Sarah looked back and dropped it the second the cold shoulder was received. Interesting moment.
Why would an actress listen to an extra? He wasn't supposed to be explaining anything to anybody just stand there and react when they say 'action'.
Thanks for sharing these clips, so darn cool to see stuff like this.
those good old days 😥
Jeff I hope you and sophia have new projects coming up because Ii can't wait to see you guys in action again!
Give me the relative excitement of the writers' room *any* day, haha!
Hi!
Thank you very much for all that extra footage on Buffy. It's always interesting to see how you people work on a set, not only the stunt team but also all the other ones involved to make a show work.
Your fights were "tough and rough". After you left the show, I think the fights lost that"street fighting "aspect to become more "superhero" fights with more sommersaults or backflips. That change was interesting and brought something different to the show.
The most beautiful job in the world, thank you!
watching how they make buffy would help a lot of directors learn how to use body doubles, camera angles and cranking, lighting, etc. a lot better. you can see how they light up their stuff to avoid using day for night camera filming and also make a realistic fight without shaky cam.
Wow! Now that I know more about the episode's of season 3. It will be even cooler, now that I have seen this video. Because I'll know when it's actually Sarah doing a stunt!😊
20:43 , did someone just say "butt scan"? :D
2:40 interview with the vampire
Thanks for sharing, an interesting look behind the curtain:)
It sounded like someone said that Sarah was hyperventilating at one point. These videos are really cool! Thank you so much for sharing :)
I love these so much!!!
Hi Jeff thanks for sharing these, It was interesting to see and a little depressing knowing that most or pretty much all the Martial art sequences were performed by a stunt double and Not Sarah. I was always under the Impression that Sarah did a lot of the Martial arts since it has been known that she took Martial arts. The scenes are put together nicely but I wished Sarah had done more of the actual fighting.
I know she didnt do alot but to be honest, I think she did a little more than whats shown in the videos lol
This isn't the Wish, this is from "Anne," episode 1 season 3. Omg I need a life. Ok nm that was just the first scene I guess the rest is the Wish.
Je suis la seul a être française et a adorée Buffy contre les vempires c est trop trop good
Manon Bernard et non tu n est pas seul
Ok cool
Non contente de vous lire 😄
thanks! I do not have the box set I have single sets when they came out of the seasons not the big box set but I hope to get that one day.
This was awesome! I keep hitting the replay button! 😅 You guys crack me up! Nice work! And I'm just curious. Do you have one for Prophecy Girl? It's okay if you don't. That was an interesting episode of BTVS. XD They're all interesting as heck!
Imagine pretending to snap somebody’s neck scary lol (ik they’re acting and they have safe ways to make it look real but it was still scary)
It's like Christmas 🎄 i never seen these before
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Amazing. Thanks so much for giving us an inside look!
Well this is nice! though I'd like to see a WB Network from 1998, declaring that Season 3 of Buffy, The Vampire Slayer is in Production. though I'm looking for some older WB stuff including their on-air branding, network image campaigns, bumpers, ids, promos, launch campaigns.
these videos are amazing I love the behind the scenes look!!
It's easy to say that she was not involved with the scenes, but will people so well trained in martial arts made her feel intimacy and not even try?
Awesome god love seeing these give us more please? why did the videos ever come out on dvd there great?
I miss Buffy, I wish the whole cast became in vampires or a vampire sire them in vampires and make the show again!!! I'd like a show about Buffy & Angel with all the original cast: Buffy, Angel, Spike, Drusilla, Willow, Tara, Giles, Xander, Dawn, Anya, Faith, the stunts, Riley , his wife, Oz, Andrew, the slayers, Cordelia, Wesley, Joyce, Robin Wood, everybody!!! 😅 This is my favorite show and I'm about to re-watch Angel I couldn't finish to watch the show.
As much as a fresh take on Buffy with a new actress could be good. I have a horrible feeling the industry will ruin it given what they tend to do to other franchise properties. Much like without James Cameron with Terminator. I feel like if you take Whedon out of the work. It will probably stripped of everything that made Buffy so good and fun to watch. Which was the action, the heart and to me that sort of coming of age story element. I don't want Fast and Furious: Buffy Summers edition JMO.
Same. We'll this was 7 yrs ago now and still no rebooting of Buffy or another vampire slayer? 😞😞😞 I'll always remember this show as a cult classic. I started watching this show when I was 9!!! Makes me feel old as hell now. Buffy was one hell of a show and I loved all the episodes were metaphors. Not that I got that until I was much older. Wheldon HAS to take the driving seat with ANY new Buffy spin off! 🙏😊🙏❤️
My favorite character in the Wish episode was and still is the cool bad ass full BLACK LEATHER cladded evil vampire Xander.
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I would have role played vamp Xander if I had his WHOLE black leather outfit(which includes black leather pants size 34) and a prosthetic version of his vamp face. Hehehe.
Oh yes, I enjoyed watching the actors' doubles in action.
I was amazed at all the extras used in this choreography, too.
I commend you on a job well done. And that goes to all stunt doubles even the extras.
Aly had no double? Wow!
I noticed that Vamp Xander's double
did one scene and took off his black leather trench coat and sat down in his leather pants watching a couple of stuntmen (including one in a black leather trench coat)dance strangely almost as if in a goofy way. The black leather trench coated dude didn't quite pull the "goofiness" off. Close but no cigar.
I have seen a very number of geeks in black leather but the majority of guys in black leathers are mostly cool and bad ass average Joe's. You can tell they try a little too hard to act "goofy" because it's not really in their nature.
I watched all the episodes from season 1 to 5.
I stopped watching it a bit when Xander started to wear a shit color lether jackit. He didn't look bad ass wearing that shit color lether jackit and became way too goofy as a hero. I was and still is a big fan of Angelus, vamp Xander, the Master and Spike. Bad ass villain's!
I'm also a big fan of vamp Reinhardt and his Blood Pack team in the Blade II movie.
My question is this: will there be a BTVS reunion and will those same doubles reprise their roles?
No more shit color leather jacketed dudes!!!!!!!!
Oh yes. That's the truth of it. It happens all the time. At least Fran Kazui has been involved with the show from the start. It's because of her the movie got made and she was one of our producers of the tv series. She's been a part of BUFFY all along. So there is some hope.
But I have the same fear about that as you. In fact, I always wanted the show to go out on a high note with 5 seasons instead of dragging it out for more money and jumping the shark.
Jeff Pruitt,
Why do you say that Fran was involved and on set? We may not be able to trust Joss's word, or even Greenwalt's, but I trust my source who was on set throughout the entire run of the show.
So much happens behind the scenes, planning alone is so time consuming.
It's a bit odd to see it from that perspective, even when we know that's how it works.
I just watched this episode. 😂
Sarah looks very focused and professional.
She is
Really interesting to watch 😍 thx ❤
My cousin is an extra in this scene bright red hair In an updo !
What studio was this filmed at ? She couldn’t remember!
opening scene is from Anne - not the wish