Actors in Action: Stunt Intro Intensive

This full-day intensive is an introduction to the type of stunt knowledge that any actor should have before walking on set!

Acting roles of any size, from commercials to major studio films, can call for basic stunt knowlege - How do you properly hold or fire weapons on set? How to hit/shove/grab another actor without inflicting pain? How to throw/take a punch? How to fall safely? What are the safety protocols you should expect on set?

The intensive will cover basic stunt actor skills, including:

• Falls
• Hand-to-hand combat (basic fights with punches, slaps, etc)
• Swordplay
• Firearms training and gun handling
• Set safety and equipment
• Questions every actor should ask before they agree to any stunt work on a set

Schedule: 10am-1pm (break for lunch) 2pm-5pm

Open to Ages 16+

This intensive is a REQUIRED INTRO to future intermediate and advanced level workshops we will be offering in the coming year that will grow these more advanced skills:

Intermediate: Advanced Fighting, Weapons Work, Martial Arts, Hand Pull, Advanced Tactical Gun Training, 12ft High Falls

Advanced: Fighting with Wires, Ratchet Pulls, 20ft High Falls, Basic Rigging, Simulated Car Hit, Basic Car Skills, Locational Fire Burn

About Your Coach:

Christian Stokes is an actor, stunt man, and stunt coordinator who has worked in the industry for over 26 years. His credits include "Stranger Things", "Doom Patrol", "Nashville", "Chase", "Alias", "Monster" and dozens more. He has appeared in major live stunt shows from theme parks to directing performances for the Marvel Universe's European Live Stunt Show Tour. He also performed in HBO's "Game of Thrones: Bleed for the Throne Experience" and HBO's  "Westworld Interactive Experience" at SXSW. Christian has done live stunt shows all around the world as well as having been a stunt coordinator on major network television shows, films, commercials and more.