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Film Score Analysis Workshop -- Music as Fear
Bernard Herrmann wrote the Psycho strings, the Vertigo spirals, and the North by Northwest overture. Without his music, my films are half as terrifying. We study how music creates dread, release, and the false sense of safety. Tip: The scariest sound in cinema is silence followed by a single note.
MacGuffin Writing Kit (Plot Device Workshop Materials)
Cards, prompts, and exercises for creating compelling plot devices. The MacGuffin is the thing the characters care about but the audience doesn't -- it's the excuse for the story, not the story itself. The Maltese Falcon is a MacGuffin. The uranium in Notorious is a MacGuffin. The real story is always about people.
Photography Fundamentals -- Seeing Before Shooting
I was a Look Magazine photographer before I was a filmmaker. Still photography teaches you composition in ways no film school can. One frame. One moment. No second chances. We shoot on the street with 35mm cameras. Tip: The subject is never the subject. The LIGHT on the subject is the subject.
Stage-to-Screen Acting Workshop -- Projecting Without Shouting
I started on Broadway and moved to Hollywood. The transition destroys most actors -- they're either too big for camera or too small for stage. I teach you to calibrate. Same truth, different volume. Tip: On stage, your eyes reach the back row. On camera, your thoughts do.
Comedy of Equals Workshop -- Screwball Technique
Bringing Up Baby and The Philadelphia Story are screwball comedies -- the man and woman are EQUALS in wit, speed, and stubbornness. I teach rapid-fire dialogue, physical comedy with dignity, and how to win an argument on screen while making the audience love both sides.
Dramatic Intensity Workshop -- Eyes That Burn Through the Screen
I teach you to hold a close-up. Most actors blink, shift, fidget. Stop. Be STILL. Let the camera come to your eyes and STAY there. We do exercises in sustained intensity -- thirty seconds of pure emotion without a word. Tip: If you can't hold a close-up for ten seconds, you're not ready for film.
Roman Gladius & Scutum (Training Replicas)
Weighted wooden gladius and full-size scutum shield replica. The gladius is 24 inches -- short, brutal, designed for close work. The shield is your real weapon -- it creates the opening. The sword just finishes the job.
Humanitarian Storytelling Workshop -- Making the World Listen
How to tell stories that move people to action. I learned this at UNICEF -- you can show a million statistics and nothing changes. Show one child's face and the whole world responds. We work on narrative, photography, and the courage to witness.
Ballet Fundamentals for Actors -- Grace in Motion
Four positions, posture, and how to walk like you own the room. I studied ballet to be a dancer, but it made me an actress. Every movement on screen is a dance -- even sitting down. Sonia Gaskell would say: the spine tells the story.
Graphic Design & Film Poster Workshop
I designed every poster, title card, and publication for my films. Typography is architecture. Layout is storytelling. We design a film poster from scratch -- concept, typography, illustration, and final composition. Bring a film idea or I'll give you one. Tip: A poster is a one-second film. It must convey mood, genre, and intrigue in a single glance.
Screen Presence Workshop -- Less Is Everything
I teach you what Billy Wilder taught me: the camera sees everything you're thinking. You don't need to show it -- you need to FEEL it. We work on stillness, listening, and the art of the reaction shot. Tip: Most young actors try to DO too much. Stop doing. Start being.
Scene Study Workshop -- Reacting, Not Acting
Bring a scene partner. We work two scenes in two hours. I watch, I redirect, I provoke. Most actors prepare what they're going to say. Wrong. Prepare to LISTEN. The other actor's lines should change something in you every single time.
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