1st Edition

The Screen Combat Handbook A Practical Guide for Filmmakers

By Kevin Inouye Copyright 2020
288 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

288 Pages 48 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

The Screen Combat Handbook is an essential guide to navigating the unique challenges of putting combat on screen. Explore the process from the early stages of preproduction planning all the way through to editing and sound design, and everything in-between. This book uses practical instruction, examples, interviews, and illustrations to show how to plan, shoot, and assemble safe and... Read more

Table of Contents

Introduction

Chapter One: Working on Set

Chapter Two: Designing for Action

Chapter Three: Unarmed Combat Skills

Chapter Four: Weapons

Chapter Five: Acting

Chapter Six: Coordinating Fights

Chapter Seven: Cinematography

Chapter Eight: Editing

Chapter Nine: Closing Thoughts

Glossary of Terms and Abbreviations

Biography

Kevin Inouye is a SAG-AFTRA stunt performer, a fight coordinator, and armorer/gun wrangler through Fight Designer, LLC. He’s Assistant Professor of Movement, Acting, & Stage Combat at Case Western Reserve University, a Certified Teacher and Theatrical Firearms Instructor with the Society of American Fight Directors, a Certified Teacher with the National Michael Chekhov Association, and author of The Theatrical Firearms Handbook.

"Fight Director and Action Designer Kevin Inouye provides an excellent resource for the filmmaker wishing to become more intimately knowledgeable on capturing action on set and treating it in post-production. Likewise, the aspiring stunt-performer or actor looking to explore stunting for will find the book rich with practical advice in advance of that first call to set."

Dr. Michael Hill-Kirkland, SAFD Certified Teacher and Professional Fight Director