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DEVIANT PERSPECTIVES: A Constructive Analysis Of Independent Action Cinema

BTS Photo: Krystal “Honey” Pizarro on the set of Black Betty (2018) “Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance”– Some Dude Who Probably Learned This the Hard Way. In the world of action cinema, quality certainly reigns over quantity; A single well choreographed, well shot action sequence can excite more than two and a half hours of “lights and noise”. However even in action films both large and small, not much is mentioned of the things that had to come before that DVD started spinning in your player. Action filmmaking is highly technical, more so than most other genres that tend to offer more creative interpretations of on screen physicality. Being an indie filmmaker is already tough, but indie action filmmaking takes those challenges and complicates them even further. As of this article, we are just over one week out from going into production of Black Betty, a action short film that […]

THE HIT LIST: March 26, 2018

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This week’s Hit List has opened my eyes to a few gems I am strongly curious about, and I hope to learn more in the nearest future after this. L to R (top): Monica Lopez, Kay Sodderman, Carrie Bernans, Felix King, Tara Macken L to R: François Girard, Heather Wake, Taz Garcia, Lisa Connell, Marlon Perrier Skipping further fluff, let’s get it on this week with a fantastic playlist stunt and action reels headlined by a raft of rising talents in Niko Bogucki, Isaac Rivera and ginger beauty, actress Heather Wake, followed by feats from Yavuz Topuz, TeamOneTake’s own Hector Soria, Jasmine Wright, Joe Bagtas, Nozawa Yutaka, Jackie Gerhardy, Film Combat Syndicate favorite Adam Brashaw, Katoh Kohji, Amy Schumacher, Bryan Dodds, Marlon Perrier, Carrie Bernans, Kyle Sodderman, and a delightful drone parkour collab from Storm Freerun and The Motus Projects. Up next in promotional gems are just a this week, […]

THE HIT LIST: March 19, 2018

Lee B. Golden III

I had it in mind this weekend to try and review a couple of films. That effort compounded into one and mainly for all of the stunt reel and shortfilm content I absorbed. A lot of the entries I found and received were overwhelmingly good, although there was just some fat I had to cut. But… I think this is a delightful gathering! L to R (top): Jenna Hellmuth, Anthony Hoang, Sean Kohnke, Matt Healey, Stephanie Pham L to R (bottom): Alexander Burgos, Ashley Fidow, Deville Van Niekirk, Hannah D. Scott, Adam Chase Shai DeBroux is up first in a new round of stunt reels to start The Hit List for the week, and with a lively montage of material more than happily shared including her work at Sloyerstunts, Wolf Stunts and even with Vlad Rimburg to boot. Continuing the playlist are stuntman Eugene Bonislavskiy, Anthony Oh, Alexander Burgos, Gabrielle […]

THE HIT LIST: November 6, 2017

Lee B. Golden III

It’s definitely been a busy start to my November, but I can’t complain too much. Festival news has been rolling out with some great updates and I’m looking forward to doing something awesome later this week which should make for a wonderful little bookmark for my 2017. As for all else, The Hit List has arrived and you are more than welcome to take your time with this seven hour and fifty-minute adventure of indie action creative fervor and stunt excellence. I seriously did not see this coming and I’ll explain why later. ? At any rate, we begin with a brand new list of entertaining stunt reel, first of which comes from Ryan Glass over at wakeuptoryan with a lovely new video featuring stuntwoman and martial artist Caitlin Hutson. (More on Glass later!…) Rounding out the playlist is a raft of stunt reels courtesy of Wei Jen Lee, Nikki […]