by Siobhan Richardson | Dec 4, 2015 | Rehearsal Methods
As promised, we’re looking at methods and exercises for rehearsing a fight scene! Today, we begin with a foundation concept when approaching your fight choreography which lays the groundwork for the upcoming series. In many cases, actors remember the sequence of...
by Siobhan Richardson | Nov 27, 2015 | Actor's Process
I’ve been reading a fantastic book called Physical Expression and the Performing Artist. It explores peoples’ misconceptions about how their bodies work, and how many of us subconsciously add tension in order to make our bodies move the way we think they should. All...
by Siobhan Richardson | Jul 20, 2015 | Style Guide
Hi folks, Take a look at this playlist. It’s a collection of several martial arts — mostly Eastern — so that we can analyze style....
by Siobhan Richardson | Jul 13, 2015 | Style Guide
Karate is again an umbrella term, this time for many of the martial arts of Japan. It’s considered a hard style, though there are some varieties which have exceptions to this. As a generalization, Karate uses a balance of hand strikes and kicks, and tends to...
by Siobhan Richardson | Jul 12, 2015 | Style Guide
Kung-fu translates to “any study, learning, or practice that requires patience, energy, and time to complete” (Wikipedia), but in the West it tends to be an umbrella term for all Chinese Martial Arts. Writing a style guide for all of Kung-fu is a bit...
