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Technical Foundations

Most people's biggest fear isn't designing the fight. It's picking up the camera and not knowing how to shoot it the way it's done on real studio sets.

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Staring at your camera settings with no idea what to set or why
Confidently shooting a fight scene with the same technical foundation used on studio films
Guessing at frame rates, shutter speed, and focal lengths
Understanding exactly what each setting does and when to use it for cinematic action
Footage that doesn't cut together and you can't figure out why
Clean coverage, overlapping action, and edits that flow because you shot it right
Watching tutorials that teach theory but not how it works on a real set
Learning directly from a fight coordinator who shoots on Marvel and John Wick franchise films

Technical Foundations is 90 minutes of distilled, no-fluff education covering everything from camera settings and ND filters to performer blocking, the 180-degree rule, and how to follow action with a camera that feels alive instead of mechanical.

This isn't a generic filmmaking course. This is how fight scenes are actually shot on professional sets — taught by someone who does it for a living.

What's Included
01 Frame rates and their uses
02 Shutter speed and motion blur
03 Aperture and depth of field
04 ISO sensitivity
05 Using variable ND filters and stacking punches
06 Altering choreography for stacking techniques
07 Performer blocking for creating visible hit windows
08 Blocking camera rehearsals
09 Choosing the right focal length
10 Following action — leading versus lagging
11 Keeping camera energy natural and motivated
12 Overlapping action between takes for clean edits
13 Using motion into camera for dynamic shots
14 The 180-degree rule — crossing the line, eye lines, inserts, and when to break it
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