Producing, editing, short movies

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Rough Cut

Good news: me and my director, Leo, finished a rough cut of The Price of Fighting.
It is far from perfect (as it’s a rough cut), but our 5-minute action comedy got decent play among the cast. We did an impromptu screening for two of my co-stars and they laughed at the appropriate parts and said, [...]

Producing, Screen-Fighting, action direction, editing, short movies

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Rewriting Times Three

One of the most enlightening things I’ve ever heard about filmmaking came from George Lucas:
There are three stages of writing: the first comes when you write the script; the second is when you’re filming; and the third is when you’re editing.
He probably wasn’t the first to say that. I mean, William Goldman said basically the [...]

Acting, Producing, Screen-Fighting, Writing, action direction, fight choreography, short movies, stunt coordination

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The Pain of Pretend Fighting

I got hit by a truck.
At least that’s how I feel. My neck is stiff as a rod. My back is sore. My triceps burn like fire. My hamstrings have pulled taunt, like paino wire. And I have welts everywhere — two on my left arm, one on my right, and another on my right [...]

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