by Siobhan Richardson | Oct 17, 2017 | Best Practices
In light of the current #metoo, I want to be sure that people know some of their options when facing harassment in the performance workplace. Ideally these actions are prevented, but if you have experienced harassment in the workplace here is how your unions have your...
by Guest Contributor | Oct 10, 2017 | Best Practices
Intimacy choreography has been a fundamental tool for me as an actor and as a human with boundaries. My boundaries are very different now from what they were when I was 16. I have triggers now that never existed before. Without intimacy choreography, I don’t know that...
by Siobhan Richardson | Oct 5, 2017 | Best Practices
You need a fight director/stunt coordinator. Find a good one. Engage their services. Celebrate your incident-free production. NB: No one is harmed in this body cam footage. Also, as soon as the police show up, DO WHAT THEY SAY, and read what Carly says below. ...
by Siobhan Richardson | Sep 18, 2017 | Moving to Toronto
Where has this been all my life?! I picked this up at the Toronto Public Library today. Has some excellent info on riding your bike in Toronto, including a quick reminder of the rules of the road, how to signal, handling intersections, and what you can be fined for....
by Siobhan Richardson | Sep 7, 2017 | Intimacy For The Stage, Uncategorized
I’ll be on the panel for FILM INTIMACY at the ACTRA Fall Members’ Conference. Schedule here. The conference is free to members who register. Register...
by Siobhan Richardson | Sep 5, 2017 | Intimacy For The Stage
In 2004, Tonia Sina began her work on creating what is now the Intimacy for the Stage method. At the time, the idea of being an “Intimacy Specialist” was completely new. 12 years later, Intimacy Directors International (IDI) was founded to support the growing...
by Siobhan Richardson | Mar 6, 2017 | Best Practices
Putting this here for safe-keeping and reference! I’m going to be doing a pocketLIVE broadcast where I go over my book. This looks like a good jumping off point. ...
by Siobhan Richardson | Feb 18, 2017 | Resources
Today’s helpful app: Video Crop. For Slate shots the videos need to be in an 8 x 10 ratio in a portrait orientation. My videos came back from my photographer in a standard landscape orientation,s so to the internets for a cheap or free app. I found Video Crop,...
by Siobhan Richardson | Feb 13, 2017 | Get Physical
If you do nothing else as a daily stage combat or martial arts practice, I’m inclined to say that you should do footwork. These days I am noticing how important it is to be able to move from point A to point B effectively. To that end, here’s a few...
