The Aerial Master Class will immediately follow the July/August standard stunt training. This will allow students who are taking the standard training to take the master class immediately thereafter thus allowing them access to our full agenda. This will save those attending the prior class from having to return at some point in the future to take the master class thereby saving those students not only travel cost, but it also will help jump start their careers with the added master class that will look impressive on their professional resumes. We have made a concerted effort this year to provide our participants with as much training as possible in as short of time as possible. All of those participants opting to take the master class after taking the standard training will receive a $200.00 discount on the Master Class. This also applies to our former students who wish to return to take the Master Class. They too will recieve the 200.00 discount!

"Wire Work" in particular has become an integral part of the film industry over the past few years. We have seen examples of it in "Crouching Tiger", "Hidden Dragon", "Matrix", "Spider Man", "Casino Royale", various Jackie Chan projects as well as a myriad of other projects. We, as the premiere stunt school in the industry, realize that it must be an integral part of our training.

We want to offer this highly recognized skill to stunt performers who want to specialize in aerial work as a means of expanding their knowledge base and marketability in the industry.

We have also included in this master training a more intensified focus on advanced Ratchet, Rappelling, and High Fall applications. With the ever-expanding demands of the aerial aspects of high profile stunts in cinema today, it is important for aspiring stunt performers as well as professional stuntmen and women presently working in the business to become more familiar with all aspects of the aerial arena. This aspect of the stunt industry can be very challenging and we feel it must now become an integral part of the International Stunt School. We will be presenting a very rigorous training comprised of 6 instructors with a limited class size of 30 participants.

Once again this year, of the 30 available spots on the roster, we will create 6 new positions available for those individuals who want to acquire skills in "rigging". Rigging stunts is an integral part of the industry. It is our intention to develop a program whereby 6 rigging students will be invited into the standard aerial master class of 24 aerial students. These 6 individuals will be part of a team which will have 4 aerial students in it thus making 6 individual groups comprised of 4 aerial participants and 1 "rigger" (a total of 5 participants in each group). The rigging students will be responsible for their group as it pertains to mechanically flying his/her group members. The aerial students will do the bulk of all the aerial flying, but they will still be participating in the rigors of mechanically flying their colleagues. Riggers will have an opportunity to fly as well, but their primary focus will be on rigging and mechanically flying their "team". Everyone, will do everything offered in the training, but the aerial students will focus on flying techniques and the riggers will focus on flying the aerial students as well as learning how to rig the various wire set-ups under the guidance of the instructors.

Both aerial students and riggers will be expected to learn the physics of wire applications. The history, theories, terminology, rigging and safety of wire and rope applications as they pertain to the motion picture industry. There will be several wire "rigs" available. This will all lead into the use of "spreader bars" for more advanced flips and twists! Wire work will include basic manipulation of the body in space which is so integral to the presentation on film. Rappelling will include both free standing and wall rappels and will include a "fast roping" section used by swat teams in the real world as well as the film world. Ratchet work will include several types of "jerks" that are seen in movies today including backward jerks, forward jerks, and jerks from a lying or sitting position. High Falls will deal with multiple aerial applications. All of the above disciplines are integral to a stunt performers repertoire.

Everyone will learn how to control the apparatus while their colleagues are performing from the wires. Running along a wall 10 feet above the ground can be very demanding for everyone. All of the students in the class will be actively involved in the process. If you are not flying, rappelling or being jerked, you will be controlling the equipment (and your colleagues)under the guidance of the school instructors and fellow rigging students. You will be acting as safeties! You will be there to support one another! A final aerial production will focus upon a "Theme" setting which will not be conveyed until such time that we gather together, but for those of you who are familiar with our James Bond Theme that we produce in the three week sessions, this will be in that genres. The "Theme Extravaganza" will be structured to test all of your skills that have been assimilated over the week. It will bring together all the skills and techniques that go into actually doing it for film as a stunt performer/rigger.

We feel that this training will be an exciting learning experience for both our aerial students and our rigging participants thus furthering their skill levels in an area that is not taught at any other stunt facility or school. Please keep in mind that the session may fill quickly and you would be advised to submit your application in a timely manner thereby guaranteeing your spot on the roster.

Feel free to email us (bushman4@prodigy.net) or call us at 425-290-9957.
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