Description
Take One, Action! takes you behind the scenes of swordplay in film - written by professional swordsman and film director Andy Wilkinson who has appeared in over seventy-three films, including many Hollywood blockbusters.
Part memoir, part film and swordplay manual, this is a must read for all aspiring actors, swordsmen, fight choreographers and film directors. It will also appeal to theatre, film and fencing students, entertainment historians and those who thirst for an insight into the world of swordsmen and the art of making movies. It also incorporates intriguing nuggets of information from both swordplay and film worlds, such as: Why do spiral staircases rise clockwise? Which Hollywood star was a British Army fencing champion? Where did the term slapstick originate?
With advice, anecdotes, a valuable guide to fencing terminology and illustrated with photos, this is an unusual guide to a greatly misunderstood art.
About the Author
Andy Wilkinson is a film sword master, film and theatre director, writer and radio executive. He is a professional fencing coach, an Honorary Professor of Theatrical Fencing and a voting member of BAFTA. Andy is the only UK sword master to win the world title at the prestigious International World Artistic Fencing Championships organised by the Federation Internationale d'Escrime and the Academie D' Armes Internationale.
Book Information
ISBN 9781913551353
Author Andy Wilkinson
Format Paperback
Page Count 350
Imprint The Book Guild Ltd
Publisher The Book Guild Ltd
