• Specialty, stuntman

  Duration 9 months (36 weeks)

  The maximum number of students in one group is 25.                 
               

  Directions

  • The Art of stunts
  • The choreography of the fight scene
  • Acrobatics (for filming)
  • Structure and dynamics of Rigging 
  • Fire Stunts-work in the movie
  • Auto Stunts 
  • Discussion of action-scene techniques in movies (Theoretical aspect) 

  WEEKLY SCHEDULE OF CLASSES

  • The Art of stunts - 3 days a week – 60 mins a day 
  • The choreography of the fight scene  - 2  days a week – 90 mins a day 
  • Acrobatics (for filming) - 2 days a week - 90 mins a day 
  • Auto  Stunts - 2 days a week - 90 mins a day
  • Structure and Dynamics of Rigging – 2 days a week - 90 mins a day
  • Fire Stunts-work in the movie -  1 day a week -  60 mins a day
  • Discussion of action-scene techniques in movies- 1 day a week- 90 mins a day
     

  90-minute long classes will have a 15 min break after 45 mins. 

  A total number of hours per direction during the entire course (36 weeks).

  • The Art of stunts – 108 hours
  • The choreography of the fight scene – 108 hours
  • Acrobatics (for filming) – 108 hours 
  • Structure and dynamics of Rigging – 108 hours
  • Fire Stunts-work in the movie – 36 hours 
  • Auto Stunts – 108 hours 
  • Discussion of action-scene techniques in movies (Theoretical aspect) – 54 hours 
  • Total: 630 hours                   
    
    

  MONDAY

  • The Art of stunts - 60 mins
  • Structure and Dynamics of Rigging - 90 mins
  • Auto  Stunts - 90 mins
    
    

  TUESDAY

  • The choreography of the fight scene - 90 mins
  • Acrobatics - 90 mins
  • Firework - 90 mins
    
    

  WEDNESDAY

  • The Art of stunts- 60 mins
  • Structure and Dynamics of Rigging - 90 mins

  
  THURSDAY

  • Discussion of action-scene techniques in movies(theoretical aspect) – 90 mins
  • The choreography of the fight scene  - 90 mins
  • Auto Stunts - 90 mins
    
    

  FRIDAY

  • The Art of stunts - 90 mins
  • Acrobatics - 90 mins

  The Art of stunts

  The art of stunts includes both practical exercises and theoretical training. The art of the stuntman includes imitation of a bullet hitting, a straight fall. It Falls from a height. Principles of working with an actor. Work with props. Safety equipment for both personal and team safety.
                         

  The choreography of the fight scene 

  The choreography of battle scenes involves the study of hand-to-hand combat techniques for filming. Both with bare hands and using cold weapons.
  
  

  Acrobatics - Structure, and Dynamics of Rigging 

  Standing on your hands, Upside Down jumps, backflips, front and back somersaults, free falls from heights, rope access from heights, rigging, and working on ropes in battle scenes and during explosions. Work on Ramps.
                                       

  Fire Stunts in the movie

  Working with fire is one of the riskiest areas in the art of stuntman, and in itself, safety is paramount. Here we will teach you how to use a special suit and protective fluid, how to breathe properly during the trick, and how to properly work on fire insurance.
  
  

  Discussion of action-scene techniques in movies. (Theoretical aspect) 

  Providing a detailed evaluation of the work of stuntmen. Both individual and teamwork are considered here. We will discuss technics of behind-the-scenes footage of specific scenes in action films and students will access their opinions on specific films via writing/sketching.
  
  
  Auto Stunts

  Extreme driving, skidding, crashing into a person, falling from a car.

                                                                 

  The Art of stunts

  
  1-2 weeks

  • Fundaments of the Art of Stunts (Theory) 
  • Imitation ofa  lead hit in different styles anda  variety of falls.
    
    

  3-4-5 weeks 

  • Imitation of a lead hit in different styles  with SFX 
  • (Special capsules are placed on the body, which explodes and bleeds)

  
  6-7-8 weeks

  • Crushing solid objects (bottle, table, chair, etc.).
  • Crushing solid objects with SFX 

  
  9-10-11-12  week

  • Preparing insurance for free falls
  • Variety of free falling from 3- 4 meters. without barrier)
    
    

  13-week

  • Reviewing the material – test 
    
    

  14-15-16 week 

  • Variety of free falling from 3- 4 meters. 
  • (Barrier-window, balcony, and stair railing)
  • Free falling from 1,5 – 2 meters onto the solid objects (Table, chair, board or other) drop and crush.
    
    

  17-18 weeks

  • Crushing through the artificial grass and free falling from 3-4 meters .  (The stunt is carried out by the help of SFX crew. Safety techniques
    
    

  19-20-21 weeks

  • Falling and rolling down the stairs.
  • Roll from a cliff. 
    
    

  22-23 week

  • Working on the ramps, including falling. 

  
  24-25 week

  • Reviewing the material – test 
    
    

  26 week

  • Meeting with a costume artist – highlighting the importance of having comfortable costumes while performing the stunt) - Theory – Practice) 
  • Meeting with the prop master (highlighting the importance of having properly made props when performing a stunt. Theory – Practice)
    
    

  27-28-29-30-31 weeks

  • Improving physical data - (jogging in nature 3-5 kilometers, fitness) Falling down correctly and painlessly without special protection. (Falling in the field, concrete and other non-standard environments) 

  
  32-33-34 weeks

  • Free falling from 8-12 meters with one or more partners.
    
    

  35-36 weeks 

  • Reviewing and revising material
  • Period of final exams. 

  The choreography of the fight scene

  
  1-2 week

  • Studying of fist hits from a static position
  • Studying foot strikes from a static position
  • Stretching, physical training.

  
  3-5-6 week

  • Study of combat positions
  • Hand and foot strikes from a standing combat position.
  • Use of protective equipment for combat scenes.

  7-8-9 week

  • Development of combat techniques with a partner
  • While developing martial arts, keeping the distance and feeling the rhythm with the partner. 

  10-11-12 week

  • Imitation of getting hit on the body in battle scenes.
  • Falls - Drops during the battle scene.

  
  13-14-15 week

  • Practice with props cold weapons - knife, sword, spear.

  
  16-17 week

  • The short fight scene with a partner - (with bare hands)

  
  18-19 week

  • Short fight scene with a partner - (with weapons) 

  
  20-21 week

  • Function of ‘Extras’ as Stunt performers (Theory)
  • Working in the background in battle scenes.

  
  22-23-24 week

  • Becoming a double of the main character - studying his plastics and gestures.
  • (Assignment will be given: doubling/making parody of famous "action" actors) 
  • The posture of the main character during the battle scene.

  
  25-26-27 week

  • Fighting scenes (with 2 partners) involving acrobatics.
  • Fighting scenes (with 2-3 partners) for historical genre films.

  
  28-29-30 week

  • Various martial arts styles, theoretical and practical lessons.

  
  30-31 week

  • Staging a battle scene (with bare hands and a cold weapon) - The student selects 2-3 partners from the study group and sets up the battle scene himself.

  
  32-33 week

  • The choreography of the team fight scene.

  
  34-35 week

  • Repetition of past material - improvement of technique

  
  36 week

  • Final exam period.

  
  Acrobatics

  1–2 week

  • Side and back somersaults, stretching exercises 
  • Physical training
    
    

  3-4  week

  • Upside Down jumps, backflips, stretching exercises
  • Physical training
    
    

  5-6 week

  • Randat, stretching exercises
  • Physical training
    
    

  7-8-9-10  week

  • We will refine and “clean up” the past exercises.
    
    

  11-12-13-14 week

  • All the skills learned, will be adopted as part of the warm-up training program and we’ll start to learn front somersaults, Randat Flak, and front flips 
    
    

  15-16-17-18  weeks

  • All this time will be devoted to refining and thoroughly studying the techniques of the material.
    
    

  19-20-21-22-23-24-25 weeks

  • Backflips, Arabian flips, Randat 2, and more Flaks.
    
    

  26-27-28-29-30-31 weeks

  • Combining and merging the adopted techniques.
  • Front flip on one foot + both feet 
  • Front somersaults + Front flip Randat + Flak + Backflip, 
  • Front somersaults + Randat + Flak Front Flip + Randat + Flak+ Flip.

  
  32-33-34-35 Weeks 

  • Refining and reviewing practice.
    
    

  36 week

  • Exam week.

  
  
  Structure and dynamics of Rigging

  1–2 week

  • Vest and protector for rigging stunts 
  • Proper use of equipment.
  • Safety techniques.
    
    

  3–4-5–6-7 week

  • Partner insurance during the performance of the stunt.
  • Jump from a height of 5-6 meters - through the rope.
  • Jump upwards in a vertical position with 2-3 turns, spinning.
  • Jump on low barriers (1-1.5 meters)
    
    

  8-9-10-11 week

  • Access to the wall from a height of 8-10 meters by walking
  • Access to the wall from a height of 8-10 meters with short jumps
  • Military tactical descends from a height
    
    

  12-13-14 week

  •  Use of air rigging in battle scenes
  •  Descending from the height forward (with ropes)
  •  Descending from the height on the back (with ropes)
    
    

  15-16-17-18 week

  • A combination of auto tricks and air rigging stunts
    
    

  19-20-21-22 week

  • Mountaineering nodes
  • In field conditions, ascending and descending (mountaineering).
  • Safety techniques in mountaineering
    
    

  23-24-25-26 week

  • Air rigging stunts with acrobatic elements (front and back somersault, 720 degrees and 1080 degrees)
    
    

  27-28 week

  • Repetition of the passed material, with the exception of mountaineering.

  
  29-30-31-32 week

  • Field Training - Stage shooting with aerial rigging stunts. (Aluminum truss is mounted on the crane)

  
  33-34-35 week

  • Pyrotechnics and rigging stunts. (Explosions, bullets)

  
  36-week

  • Exam Period

  Auto Stunts

  1-2 week

  • Starting – Stopping a vehicle 
  • Changing speed 
  • Parking the vehicle in a usual manner.
    
    

  3-4 week

  • Walk in obstacles in a zigzag pattern. At a speed of 30-40 km / h.
  • Maneuvers in gears and change speed. At a speed of 30-40 km / h.

  
  5-6-7 week

  • Walk backward. At a speed of 20-30 km / h.
  • Walk backward in obstacles. At a speed of 20-25 km / h.
    
    

  8-9-10-11 week

  • Extreme braking with engine and brake.
  • Walk in time in obstacles and determine trajectories.
    
    

  12-13-14 week

  • Walk in obstacles with different combinations.
    
    

  15 - week

  • Repeat the passed material and eliminate the weak points.

  
  16-17 week

  • Slide with the handbrake and stop close to a specific barrier.
    
    

  18-19-20 week

  • driving sliding car (auto-donut)
    
    

  21-22-23 week

  • Driving a sliding car ( a figure- 8) slides.
  • Use the handbrake. 
    
    

  24-25 week

  • Reversing sliding 180c ( Petrol ) 360c sliding
  • Using the handbrake when drifting ... Exercise (chamomile)
    
    

  26 - week

  • Repeat the material 
    
    

  27-28 week

  • Drift Parking and Drift Elements
  • On-site (burnout) 

  
  29-30-31 week

  • Jumping through car windows
  • Jump from roof to roof at a speed of 20-30 km / h. (Both driver and pedestrian will be academy students)
  • A person falls from a car driving at a speed of 20-30 km / h.
  • (Drop is done on the sand) (Both driver and pedestrian will be academy students)

  
  32-33 week

  • Car crash on a sand mannequin (psychologically preparing the driver)

  
  34-35 week

  • Car collision with a person at a speed of 20-25 km / h. (Both driver and pedestrian will be academy students)

  
  36 week

  • Final Exam.

  Fire Stunts-work in the movie

  
  1 week

  • Safety Techniques for Fire Stunt (Theory)
  • Demonstrate 50% fire from a professional instructor.
    
    

  2-3-4-5 week

  • Presentation of fire protection ointment and special costume for students.
  • Holding fire on the palm of the hand and arm, controlling the direction of fire. (Indoors)

  
  6-7-8-9 week

  • Properly extinguish fire on a person with a fire extinguisher or cloth cover.
  • Hold the fire below the knee, control the direction of the fire while walking. 
    (Indoors) 

  
  10-11-12-13-14  week

  • Fire on half of the body. Fire direction control while walking. (Indoors)
  • Holding fire on both shoulders, controlling the direction of fire while walking. (Indoors)
  • Holding fire on the back, controlling the direction of fire while walking. (Indoors)

  
  15-16-17-18 week

  • 50% burn on the legs (back), hips, back.
  • Unaddressed, panicked jogging and correct breathing.

  
  19-20 week

  • 50% burning, panic jogging for 15 seconds, falling on the abdomen and crawling. 
  • Giving a signal to extinguish fire. A total duration - 30 seconds.
    
    

  21 week

  • Repetition of the passed material. Thorough study. 
    
    

  22-23-24-25  week

  • 50-70% burning on the legs, waist, back, chest. Unaddressed, jogging forward, falling on his stomach and crawling - giving a sign of extinction.
  • Total duration - 30 mins.
    
    

  26-27-28-29 week

  • After a fiery explosion in the open space on the field 50-70% fire set-up. fire control,
  • Panic jogging, falling, getting to the destination with crawling, giving a signal to take off the fire Fiery jogging in the open space and running back sharply.
    
    

  30-31 week

  • Jump on a ramp, have a fiery explosion on your back, catch fire in the air (30-40% fire) and fall.
    
    

  32-33-34-35 week

  • At a height of 3-4 meters, a fiery explosion in the back, a drop in the water - in the river - (with 50-70% fire)
  • Falling fire from a height of 6-8 meters into the water (river)
    
    

  36 week

  • Exam period. 

  
  
  Discussion of action-scene techniques in movies (Theoretical aspect) Theory - Displaying and Discussing Video Materials on the Big Screen)

  
  1-2 week

  • Action episodes, in silent films.
  • (Mainly showing and discussing episodes from Buster Keaton and Charlie Chaplin's "Action" movies on the big screen)

  
  3-4  week

  • The use of firearms in American, European, Chinese and Indian films.

  
  5-6 week

  • Rigging in American, European, Chinese, and Indian films.

  
  7 week

  • Differences between 20th-century action thrillers and modern thrillers.

  
  8-9 week

  • Fighting scenes (handguns and cold weapons) in films of various genres.

  
  10-11 week

  • Auto stunts in movies of various genres.

  
  12-13 week

  • Fire stunts in movies of various genres.

  
  14 week

  • The purpose of action directors in action movies.

  
  15 week

  • The purpose of action cameramen in action movies.

  
  16-17-18 week

  • Collaboration of set designer, prop master and make-up artist with stuntmen.

  
  19-20 week

  • Types of Stuntmen: Actor Stuntman, Double Stuntman, and Extra Stuntman.

  21-22 week

  • Special Effects Masters (SFX) - Safety equipment during explosions.

  
  23 week

  • Extreme underwater shooting.

  
  24  week

  • Training of background stuntmen in battle scenes.

  
  25-26 week

  • The most risky stunts in the history of cinema and the importance of safety techniques.

  
  27 week

  • Collaboration of action director, action cameraman, stuntman and graphic designers.

  
  28 week

  • Horse stunts in historical genre films.

  
  29-30 week

  High-budget "action" movies. Why are they expensive movies ?!

  
  31  week

  • Fire stunts in the movies. Safety techniques.

  
  32  week

  • Helicopters, planes and other, heavy military armor equipment in the cinema.

  
  33 week

  • animated films with action elements.

  
  34 week

  • Bruce Lee as a revolutionary artist in "Action" movies.

  
  35 week

  • Old and modern "action" actors in the history of cinema.
  • Their impact on society, especially on young people.

  
  36  week

  • Students will give their opinions on action movies in writing.

  
  
  Working with camera

  Work with the camera will be spread over 36 weeks with lectures on stunt art, martial arts, auto, and rigging stunts.

  • Shot view
  • Movie shot angle
  • Composition Exposure
  • Internal editing of the shot and "action" assembled with short shots (theory)
  • Exit and enter the scene during the battle scene.
  • When working with an actor, stand in the correct position - in the shot, so that the actor is not overwhelmed by the stuntman.
  • Protect the distance to the camera.
  • When jumping or jumping from a height, select the angle.
  • Select a view and perspective on specific techniques during the battle scene.
  • Camera work in combat scenes, shot with internal editing (in one-take-shot)
  • Side view during the battle scene - feeling the camera position.
  • "Action" camera control, which, if necessary, will be attached to the stuntman’s body or shooting equipment, while performing various stunts.
  • After a bullet hits or explodes, dropping down in the correct distance in front of the camera. 
  • (Considering not to leave the scene unplanned or, conversely, to leave the scene as planned) 
    
    

  Students will get in touch with this direction during lectures of Art of Stuntmen, Auto/Rigging stunts.

  • Disassembled and reassembled firearms as a training version.
  • Firearms handling and safety techniques on set
  • Grasp the firearm correctly during the shooting.
  • Properly catch and fire firearms during tactical movement.
  • Fall with a firearm during shooting.
  • Jump from a rock with a rope and shoot from a firearm.
  • Use and fire of firearms from an oncoming car.
  • Use of firearms during rigging stunts.

  
  
  Specialty Stuntman
  

  Directions and instructors

  Head Specialist of the specialty – David Khubua  
  
  

  • The Art of stunts - David Khubua
  • Choreography of the fight scene - David Khubua and Giorgi Ustarashvili 
  • Acrobatics, Structure and Dynamics of Rigging (for filming) – David Karkini, Shota Gugunishvili
  • Fire Stunts in the movie -  David Khubua
  • Discussion of action-scene techniques in movies. (Theoretical aspect) – Maia Kanchelashvili
    
    

  We will also invite Special Effects Masters (SFX) pyrotechnicians to help us practice blast scenes.

  
  
  

  Professional Biography of tutors-instructors

  
  David Khubua – Stuntsman, Stuntsmen department coordinator, Action Director. 

  • He has worked on more than 80 international movie projects and has more than 25 years of experience in the field. 
    
    

  Giorgi Ustarashvili - Stuntsman, Master of Kong Fu. He has participated in more than 30 international movie projects and has more than 10 years of experience in the field. 

  David Karkini – Stuntsman, Master of sports acrobatics. He has participated in more than 20 international movie projects and has more than 7 years of experience in the field.

  Shota Ghughunishvili - Stuntman - Master of Rigging - 5 years of experience in the field.

  Levan Svianadze - Stuntman, professional race-driver. He has participated in more than 10 international movie projects, including FF9 in Georgia and has more than 7 years of experience in the field.

  Maia Kanchelashvili – International Consultant and Coordinator/tutor, has more than 10 year of experience in the field: her recent movie highlights include “Kingsman 3” and “FF9” as a stunts coordinator and consultant.

  Weekly photo and video footage will be provided and at the end of the

  3  month long course, it will be delivered to the students. 

  Showreel will be provided for students as well. 

Meet Your Teachers

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  David

  Stunt Performer: In Person Classes

  Stunt performer, Stunts performer department coordinator, Action Director.  He has worked on more than 80 international movie projects and has mo...

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