Hands On Film Action: Crafting Action in Film

About the Hands On Film Action: Crafting Action in Film

Want to craft the next John Wick or The Raid? Ever wondered what makes a fight scene cinematic?

Hands On Film Action: Crafting Action in Film is designed for filmmakers and actors who want to master the art of shooting and designing dynamic, engaging, and emotionally driven action scenes. Led by industry professionals, this course teaches you the skills in front and behind the camera to make an action sequence work—from choreography to cinematography, editing, and performance direction.

What Should Attend

This course is ideal for directors, cinematographers, fight coordinators, and performers who want to bring high-level action storytelling to their projects.

What Will You Learn?

By the end of this course, you’ll have a toolkit of filmmaking techniques that will allow you to confidently approach designing and directing an action scene.

Day 1: The Language of Action Filmmaking

• The Principles of Screen Combat Safety & Performance

Basic Strikes, Manipulation and Falling
Blocks & Reaction
How Movement, Distance and Timing affect your action

• The Illusion of Combat through Angles, Lenses & Framing
  
  Shot Selection: How Wide Shots and Close Ups change your narrative.
  How we use Angles to hide the tricks and cover the gaps.
  How Framing changes the tone of the action.
  
• Action & Narrative Development
  
  What Makes a Fight Scene Compelling
  What the action tells us about the character.
  How action can drive your story.
  

Day 2: The Making of An Action Scene

• Fight Scene Analysis
  
  Breaking down some of your favourite fight scenes to see what works...
  and what doesn’t.
  
• Choosing the Right Tools
  
  From Phones to Steadicams, we look at the wide range of equipment you can use
  to shoot your action.
  Then we look at the different techniques using this equipment.
  
• Weapons on Camera

Knives, Guns, Swords and more, and how they work on film and the risk factors
they bring from handling to set management.

• Collaborating with Fight Teams and Fight Performers
  
  How Fight Coordinators fit into the set dynamic and who is responsible for what.
  
• The Role of Previsualization & Editing
  
  Explore the role of Previsualization and understanding the Editing Process and how
  it affects your action.|
  
• Shooting an Action Scene
  
  Using Professional equipment and two trained fight performers, this is
  YOUR opportunity to shoot an action scene your way.
  

About True Edge

True Edge are one of the leading fight and stage combat companies in the UK. They’ve been providing fight choreography, training, and weaponry since the mid-2000’s.

Some of their most recent and notable credits include; The Mirror and the Light for the RSC in the West End, Disney’s Aladdin also in the West End, Jitney at the Leeds Playhouse transferred to the Old Vic and the Jungle in the West End and Off-Broadway.

Their recent Screen credits include The Courtship – NBC, Big Zuu’s Eats – Dave, the forthcoming feature film Cerebrum – Lakeside pictures and a regular slot on 8/10 cats does countdown, where they choreograph and perform stunts in front of a live Television Audience.

True Edge takes pride in trying to be ahead of the curve in its practice; examples are an interactive website www.trueedge.co.uk, high production value fight reels and cutting-edge training within the BADC. Their results speak for themselves, with thousands of actors now having trained through their system with impeccable results.

As for the future, True Edge has started training students in the UAE. They have a phone App in the works. And they’ve stepped into producing films, with their short; Parousia currently doing the festival circuit.

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