New Poll - OUCH!
Sat, 31 May 2003, 07:41 pmcrgwllms29 posts in thread
New Poll - OUCH!
Sat, 31 May 2003, 07:41 pmSelf explanatory, really - who's ever hurt themselves, what was involved, & whose fault was it?
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Re: New Poll - OUCH!
Thu, 5 June 2003, 06:50 amWalter Plinge
Hey Lance,
For this production, did you have a Fight Director? And I do mean someone who is properly trained as such. Or, was it a case of a few members of the company (usually the performers directly involved) cobbling something together? That happens a lot.
My point is that you can "drill combat scenes heaps" and even give your understudies more rehearsal time, but it may not necessarily help. If the weapons you use, the choreography you devise and the actual space you perform the fight in are unsafe, you are more than likely to have an accident.
All of the factors listed above are where the Fight Director can help. He/she will provide choreography that looks thoroughly convincing in the context of the piece, make the space safe for fighting in and provide weapons (if required) that are "combat-worthy". That is to say, weapons which are designed to take the strain of being used over and over again in performance.
It really all comes down to an awareness of potential danger. A Fight Director has that specialist training, most performers do not. So, if a production has a fight in it and a Fight Director is not brought in, the potential for danger is exponentially higher since the performers may be UNAWARE that they're doing anything dangerous (beyond the obvious fact that they're in a fight scene!).
I know, I know, I'm banging my drum. But it's the only one I've got and I really, really like it!
Happy Swashbuckling!
Andy Fraser
Fight Director
For this production, did you have a Fight Director? And I do mean someone who is properly trained as such. Or, was it a case of a few members of the company (usually the performers directly involved) cobbling something together? That happens a lot.
My point is that you can "drill combat scenes heaps" and even give your understudies more rehearsal time, but it may not necessarily help. If the weapons you use, the choreography you devise and the actual space you perform the fight in are unsafe, you are more than likely to have an accident.
All of the factors listed above are where the Fight Director can help. He/she will provide choreography that looks thoroughly convincing in the context of the piece, make the space safe for fighting in and provide weapons (if required) that are "combat-worthy". That is to say, weapons which are designed to take the strain of being used over and over again in performance.
It really all comes down to an awareness of potential danger. A Fight Director has that specialist training, most performers do not. So, if a production has a fight in it and a Fight Director is not brought in, the potential for danger is exponentially higher since the performers may be UNAWARE that they're doing anything dangerous (beyond the obvious fact that they're in a fight scene!).
I know, I know, I'm banging my drum. But it's the only one I've got and I really, really like it!
Happy Swashbuckling!
Andy Fraser
Fight Director
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