become a professional stuntmen

program

Structured around the RNCP certification framework, the program is organized into four skill blocks that guide you step by step, from creating and performing a stunt sequence to managing your professional career.

Develop a stunt

Objectives: Learn how to analyze, define the action and design a stunt sequence while taking into account artistic, technical and safety requirements

At the end of the block, the participant will be able to:

• Analyze an action scene from documents (screenplay, storyboard,...).

• Break down a stunt into elementary actions, taking into account camera angles and technical cutting.

• Assess risks and implement safety protocols.

• Carry out testing sessions.

• Present creative directions for the stunt’s specific actions.

Prepare a stunt

Objectives: Acquire the necessary skills to anticipate risks, coordinate safety, choose equipment and organize rehearsals.

At the end of the block, the participant will be able to:

• Determine the specific material for each cascade.

• Participate in the installation of equipment and reception systems.

• Carry out material control operations.

• Carry out appropriate physical preparation.

• Use personal protective equipment (E.P.I).

• Strengthen your concentration and prepare yourself mentally.

Perform a stunt

Objectives: Know how to repeat, execute, and finalize the stunt in real filming conditions.

Ensure security, communication with the teams, technical precision and artistic credibility.

At the end of the block, the participant will be able to:

• Repeat the action scenes in a gradual and controlled manner.

• Communicate and collaborate with the technical and artistic teams.

• Perform the repetitions at real speed in complete safety.

• Perform various types of stunts adapted to each scenario.

• Coordinate their actions according to the guidelines and needs of the filming.

• Reproduce the actor’s acting and physical features to ensure the authenticity of the role assigned.

• Complete your intervention with physical recovery exercises that promote a return to calm.

• Participate in the dismantling, cleaning, and maintenance of equipment, while complying with safety protocols.

• Sort and recycle film waste according to an eco-friendly approach.

Career management

Objectives: Support the learner in their job search, understand the sector and master communication tools to promote their integration

professional.

At the end of the block, the participant will be able to:

• Define your professional project in the artistic and cultural sector.

• Develop a job search technique.

• Design presentation tools to promote one’s career path with employers (CVs, videos, files, etc.).

• Adopt a communication strategy that integrates website and social networks to optimize online visibility.

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non-exhaustive educational content

Stunt techniques

Basic techniques and movements of the stuntman (classic)
Martial arts and combat sports
Choreographed fights
Acrobatics and the art of movement
Falls at human height (table, chair, stairs)
Falls from heights, floors, rooftops, defenestrations
Human percussion with furniture, walls, decorations, and vehicles
Handling of firearms and cinema knives
Gunshot deaths
Handling of the whip, lasso and specialized techniques
Climbing, rock climbing, and abseiling
Techniques of intervention groups (police, gendarmerie, army)
Wiring and ejection boards
Human torches

un élève qui se fait renverser par une voiture, c'est un entrainement de la formation de cascadeur

un tournage avec des explosions pour former nos étudiants à la cascade

Special effects
(SFX)

Bullet impact design (body and on-set)
Blood effects
Pyrotechnic special effects and explosions
Window opening
Preparation and use of furniture and cascading objects (resin, etc.)
Preparing Special Effects Sets
Use of prostheses and FX makeup
Filming in green background
Work with motion capture

Cinema, artistic expression

Principles of dramaturgy
Writing the script
Acting and the work of emotions
Relationship to the image
Positioning facing the camera
Technical breakdown and value of plans
Filmmaking
Theatre staging
Scenic expression

un tournage avec une caméra et un étudiant qui s'exerce au câblage

une scène de tournage, un futur cascadeur déguisé en zombie

Career management

Stuntman’s Career Project
Promotion and prospecting
Preparation for castings
Professional integration
Visibility and communication
Career development

Communication, leadership and mental preparation

French Sign Language (LSF)
Completed Spoken Language (LPC)
Auditory and visual Morse
NATO Alphabet
Direction by the hours
Scuba diving alphabet
Group Dynamics
Team management
Leadership
Depersonalization
Separation of the right and left hemispheres of the brain
Vision at 180° and peripheral vision

entrainement avec des pistolets au tirs pour les futurs cascadeurs

become a professional stuntmen

program

Develop a stunt

non-exhaustive educational content

Stunt techniques

Special effects (SFX)

Cinema, artistic expression

Career management

Communication, leadership and mental preparation

Special effects
(SFX)