Fight Choreography for Stage and Film
Gray School of Arms offers students the opportunity to learn fight choreography for both stage and screen performance. Learn the skills to be a screen and stage combat performer! Train with Irelands foremost experts in adapting accurate historical combat arts to the stage and screen.
We have worked with Stage performers, Actors, Support artists,re-enactors, stunt performers, historical combat enthusiasts and professionals from all over Ireland and abroad.
Offering training in a broad range of weapons and empty hand disciplines and fighting styles, Covering a multitude of historical ages.
Weapons covered:
Empty hand: Striking,grappling, body manipulation.
Rapier and single handed swords.
Rapier and offhanded weapons Shield,dagger,cloak,hat,buckler.
Two handed long-swords and montantes.
Pole-arms, Spear, quarter staff, pike.
Modern weapons: Knives, sticks, machetes.
Improvised weapons.
Falls: Break falls, Rolls, Dive rolls.
Each course offered covers specific needs for the chosen industry weather performing a rapier fight for a play or fighting multiple opponents on a film set we have you covered.
The Method
Each course provided by Gray School of Arms teaches specific skill sets to the attendees. Using a tried and tested method that has seen great results from students, Gray School of Arms has helped many professionals reach their goals.
Each student is first taught how to use the given weapon as it would have been used historically, this gives a higher level of control and under standing of the weapons use and handling characteristics, while also learning the key concepts and principles of fighting. The student will then be shown how to adapt their movements to the theatrical elements needed for stage and screen combat. This method of teaching comes with many benefits such as:
Increased confidence and stage presence: Knowing how to use the tools for real gives the performer a higher level of confidence which shows in how they hold themselves and move.
Increased safety: This comes from knowing and practicing with the weapon as it would have been used, increasing the performers ability to counter unforeseen circumstance.
Ability to adapt more easily to fight requirements: Through learning proper concepts and principles behind using the given weapon performers can more easily adapt to the ever changing requirements of fight choreography.
Understanding theatrical movements and camera positioning: Understanding camera positioning and theatrical movements are key to creating great fight scenes. Knowing where the camera is and adapting your movements to get the best results.
Ability to use a variety of weapons: Learning to handle a weapon and understanding the core principles and concepts behind its use, allows the performer to then apply the same understanding to similar weapons. For example the use of a single handed sword can be applied to multiple types of single handed edged weapons.
Ability to fight empty handed: Modern hand to hand fighting is the most sought after requirement for fight scenes, it is very important that the performer is able to effectively use these skills.
Ability to work with less experienced colleagues: With an understanding of fighting both as a martial art and theatrical performer, the performer gains the ability to work with and if necessary help less experiences colleagues.
Teaching and adapting to fight choreography: We do not just teach performers to follow, we teach them to think. Our goal is to give each performer the ability to create and adapt their own choreography to their needs.
Portfolio and Certification: Over each course the performer will work on putting together intricate fight scenes. By the end of the course the performer will have two recorded fight scenes for their portfolio covering a one on one fight and one verse multiple attackers. Performers will also receive certification which will help them in gaining more work and showing their experience.
Gray School of Arms membership: Each and every student who takes our courses gains free membership to our school, even when the course is finished our door will always be open ready to assist performers with future projects.
Details:
Cost: 160 Euro to be paid before starting date. 130 Euro for students.
Payment method: Cash or revolute.
Location: Sean O Casey community centre east wall Dublin 1
Equipment: All equipment is provided please wear sport clothing and bring water + towel
Age: 18+
Number of places: 10