Dashing Blades provides a range of fight design services for film, television, theatre, and motion capture.
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Fight scenes can be the most memorable moments in film and television productions. Whether the scene calls for gritty realism or swashbuckling adventure however, all the pieces of the fight must be designed with the story and characters in mind. In addition, movements must be choreographed with the camera in mind. But when it all comes together, the effect can be spectacular. |
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Theatre fight scenes range from simple unarmed scuffles all the way
up to mass battle scenes involving dozens of actors and weapons on the stage. In all
cases, the story which the director wants to tell must drive the staging and design of the fights. Actors
must be trained to perform the fights safely and convincingly, and
appropriate weapons must be selected.
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 There's more to motion capture combat than just putting on the suits
and doing the moves. In animated and video game action scenes the fight
helps tell the story and the moves help tell us about the characters.
Motion capture also comes with all of its own specific needs such as
acting through the body instead of the face, creating the illusion of
all different kinds and sizes of creatures. And of course,
choreographing in such a way that all those tiny, shiny balls always
stay visible to the camera.
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Learning stage and film combat can be one of the most exciting parts of an actor or stuntperson's training. Dashing Blades provides training in weapon and unarmed systems including Medieval broadsword, rapier, unarmed Western combat, mass battle scenes, Japanese katana, theatrical sword, and many, many more. We provide workbooks and CD-ROMs of final performances to help you keep the knowledge you've earned. |
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