STUNT EDUCATION
Welcome to the Stunt Education Blog! Below are the highest viewed blogs of 2019. Do check back weekly for Educational Content and train your brain! Our content will focus on Stunt & Action Film Making! We will be bringing you insights from STUNT MASTERS & EMMY AWARD WINNERS.
ATTENTION: ACTION DIRECTORS & STUNT PROFESSIONALS!
Introducing, Stunt & Action Filmmaking Courses
There are many film schools and online classes, teachings or courses regarding “Movie Making” or “Filmmaking,” but with the top 9/10 grossing movies of all time being Action Films (Titanic has action, but…), it is surprising no one really teaches the ‘Action’ side of this craft ?
…well, until now!
A new, online platform for Action Movie Makers, Stunt Professionals, Cirque Performers (making the transition into film & television), and anyone else who finds interest in Movie Action / Stunts, has just launched! Members may now login, ask questions to Stunt Coordinators & Real Action Directors, watch videos from Stunt Master Educators, enjoy LIVE Stunt Masterclasses Monthly and begin cutting their learning curve!
All Stunt Educators teaching on this platform are well established, proved and respected WORKING action professionals in Film & Television.
...Stunt Education for Stunt Professionals & Action Film Makers! Part 2 of 2
LEARNING & IMPROVING ON STUNT ACTION... BY STUDYING STUNT HISTORY
Finding Film History Information and Gaining Knowledge has never been easier than it is today, so are you really studying as much as you could?
Nowadays, there is so much great film history available online for all to see. One night on google, you'll be able to read up and learn from directors, learn their history, what they like, and even what they dislike, etc. (Which is especially important to know should you find yourself WORKING for that Director)!
But you can also look a little deeper and start seeing a pattern. Learn what genres certain studios you may be working for tend to lean toward or produce. For example, do they use blood & gore, or are they normally pushing out more PG rated content? These are all important things to look at as you Study and Learn about your next project, or a project you may be interviewing for.
You may also learn about all this, even the development of...
HISTORIC KNOWLEDGE AND ITS IMPORANTCE! - PART 1 of 2
KNOWLEDGE IS THE ULTIMATE TOOL.
You can only do something fresh or new, if you know what has been done in the past.
In the context of Stunt & Action Film Making, you need to know the history of film, as well as learn as much about the history of Stunts as well. This is a big reason why Stunt Education and Action Film Making Courses was created! (QuickLink) To not only bring forth general knowledge, systems, checklists and libraries, but to get you interested in learning more, overall.
You should always be looking to grow and to modify things! Its important to arm yourself with knowledge as to improve and flex your creative muscles. By knowing your field's history, by studying films / stunts from the past, you’ll be able to add, or remove, elements to certain action in order to make things better, or at the very least, more cleverly placed.
Make things fresh and new, but understand, that it’s ok to improve on the old.
If you do have an...
STUNT EDUCATION - $9 MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION
There is so much to learn and this is only the beginning. We have many Courses, from many Teachers, already in the Queue. "If you do not see the value in spending money to educate oneself on the basics of many subjects in our industry, you're someone who just DOESN'T get it. These same types will spend many times more money on another pair of shoes they don't need, or drinks at a bar every weekend, cloths they don't use more than once, but NOT one's Career Education? I simply do not understand that way of thinking. There are many backwards people in the world, DON'T LET YOU BE ONE OF THEM. Knowledge is Power." - Andy Armstrong
