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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.
Surrealist Filmmaking Workshop -- Dreams as Cinema
Logic is for accountants. Cinema is for dreamers. I teach you to build a film from images, feelings, and memories instead of plot outlines. We start with your strangest dream and work backward to a script. Tip: The image comes first. Then the meaning. Never the other way around. If you start with a message, you'll make a lecture, not a film.
Dream Journal Workshop -- Sketching the Unconscious
I drew my dreams every morning for forty years. Thousands of sketches that became La Dolce Vita, 8 1/2, Amarcord, Juliet of the Spirits. I teach you to keep a visual dream journal -- not writing, DRAWING. Your pen remembers what your brain forgets. Bring colored pencils and a blank notebook.
Caricature Drawing Workshop -- Faces Tell Everything
Before I was a director, I was a caricaturist in the streets of Rome. I'd draw tourists for money. A caricature captures what a photograph misses -- the ESSENCE of a face. We draw each other, strangers from photos, and characters from imagination. Tip: Exaggerate one feature. That's the person's truth.
Sophisticated Comedy Workshop -- Charm as a Weapon
Screwball comedy, romantic comedy, light thriller -- I did them all with one tool: precision disguised as ease. We work on timing, physical comedy, the double-take, and the art of making the audience fall in love with you. Tip: Be faster than the audience expects and slower than they need. That gap is where the laugh lives.
Self-Reinvention Workshop -- Becoming Who You Choose to Be
Archie Leach became Cary Grant. A poor boy from Bristol became the most suave man in Hollywood. I teach you that persona is a craft -- voice, posture, wardrobe, and the stories you tell about yourself. We're not faking it. We're CHOOSING who to become. Tip: Dress for the role you want, walk like you already have it, speak like it's already yours.
Acrobatics for Actors -- The Pratfall as Art
I was an acrobat before I was an actor, and every physical comedy beat I ever did came from tumbling with Bob Pender's troupe. Forward rolls, backward falls, the controlled stumble, and the pratfall that looks accidental but is engineered to the inch. We work on mats. Tip: The funnier the fall, the more controlled it actually is.
Voice & Accent Transformation Coaching
My accent is mid-Atlantic -- a blend of Bristol working class and American sophistication that exists nowhere in nature. I invented it. I teach you to craft your own vocal persona: pitch, pace, resonance, and diction. Your voice is your calling card. Make it memorable. Tip: Record yourself and listen. Then record yourself pretending to be the person you want to be. The gap between them is your work.
Gladiator Combat Training -- Arena Fundamentals
One-on-one combat training with wooden practice weapons. Gladius technique, shield work, footwork, reading your opponent. Tip: Never attack first. Let them commit, then make them pay for it. We train until your body remembers what your mind forgets under pressure.
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.
Leadership Under Pressure Workshop -- Small Group
Small group (max 8). How to lead when everything is against you. No resources, no title, no authority -- just the trust of the people next to you. We use historical scenarios and modern case studies. Tip: People follow courage, not rank.
Emotional Scene Work -- Crying, Laughing, Raging on Cue
In Casablanca, the tears were real -- I didn't know how the story ended. That uncertainty became the performance. I teach you to access genuine emotion without tricks, onions, or menthol. We work on sense memory, breath, and emotional preparation. Tip: Don't try to cry. Try to NOT cry. The struggle is what the camera captures.
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