Amy Johnston - From Martial Artist to Star (Action Talks #26) from Action Talks with Eric Jacobus

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Amy Johnston - From Martial Artist to Star (Action Talks #26)

1 hour 30 minutes Posted Sep 14, 2023 at 8:00 pm.

Childhood, Family, Los Angeles

Early influeces

Moving to LA, and its challenges

Finding community in LA and filming indie action

First official stunt job

Stunt teams and productions are like Dojos

Working with different action teams

What Amy looks at when doubling actors

Advice for new stunt performers

Social media

Differences between mainstream and Indie action, and the

Acting habits of stunt performers

Amy's process when approaching fights

Hung Yan Yan's action design in Lady Bloodfight

How to match choreography to filmmaking

How the audience perceives action

Are producers discerning when it comes to action?

Eyes are on the screen when there's a face

What kind of fights engage Amy

Amy's short film "The Gate"

Showing vulnerability makes action relatable and human

Marvel style of action

Accident Man

Motion Capture

Differences between motion capturing cinematics vs. gameplay

Starring in films

Action Comedy

Romantic action comedy

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Amy Johnston is a stuntwoman, actress and director known for films like

Lady Bloodfight and Accident Man, and games like the Uncharted and

Spiderman series, Last of Us 2, and God of War Ragnarök. We talk about

her beginnings as a martial artist, her work with Thousand Pounds, and

how she made the leap to being a leading actress. You can see her IMDB

here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1829217/

Edited by Julia Bresnan

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competative mind set

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