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Singing Coaching -- Finding Your Breathy Best
I sang Happy Birthday to a president and Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend to the world. My voice wasn't perfect -- it was MINE. I teach you to stop imitating and start expressing. We work on breath control, phrasing, and emotional delivery. You don't need range. You need truth.
Japanese Film History Screening & Discussion
We watch one of my films with Kurosawa -- Rashomon, Seven Samurai, Yojimbo, or Ikiru -- and I break down every choice. Camera placement, performance decisions, what was improvised, what was argued about. Small group, max 8. Bring sake or tea.
Storyboard Workshop -- Drawing Your Film Before You Shoot
I painted full-color storyboards for every scene in my later films -- Kagemusha, Ran, Dreams. They're works of art on their own. You don't need to be a great painter. You need to THINK visually. We work with watercolors and ink. Bring your script and we'll draw your film.
Hitchcock/Truffaut (First Edition, Hardcover)
The definitive book on filmmaking. Truffaut asked me 500 questions over five days. Every answer is a masterclass. This is the first American edition, 1967. Dog-eared at the Vertigo chapter because everyone always goes there first.
MacGuffin Writing Kit (Plot Device Workshop Materials)
Cards, prompts, and exercises for creating compelling plot devices. The MacGuffin is the thing the characters care about but the audience doesn't -- it's the excuse for the story, not the story itself. The Maltese Falcon is a MacGuffin. The uranium in Notorious is a MacGuffin. The real story is always about people.
Chess Strategy Session (Tournament Level)
I played chess in Washington Square Park for money as a teenager. It taught me to think five moves ahead -- which is exactly what directing is. We play and I teach you to see patterns. Tip: In chess and filmmaking, the opening determines everything. Control the center early.
Kubrick Film Library (Every Film on 4K UHD)
All thirteen features restored in 4K. From Fear and Desire (1953) to Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Watch them in order and you'll see a photographer become the most visually precise director who ever lived. Start with Paths of Glory -- it's the most underrated antiwar film ever made.
Stage-to-Screen Acting Workshop -- Projecting Without Shouting
I started on Broadway and moved to Hollywood. The transition destroys most actors -- they're either too big for camera or too small for stage. I teach you to calibrate. Same truth, different volume. Tip: On stage, your eyes reach the back row. On camera, your thoughts do.
Vintage Cigarette Holder & Prop Kit
Art deco cigarette holders (long and short), prop cigarettes, and a lighter. I used cigarettes as punctuation marks -- a drag for emphasis, a flick for dismissal, a crush for rage. Props are an actor's secret weapon. This kit teaches you to use objects as extensions of emotion.
Voice & Delivery Workshop -- Every Syllable Is a Weapon
My voice was my signature. Clipped, precise, weaponized. I teach you to use rhythm, pause, and emphasis to make every line land. We work on monologues from All About Eve and The Little Foxes. Tip: Slow down. The audience hangs on the pause, not the word.
Deep Focus Cinematography Workshop -- Everything in Focus at Once
Gregg Toland taught me this for Citizen Kane: keep the foreground AND background sharp. It forces the audience to choose where to look -- and that choice IS the story. We study lens selection, lighting for depth, and staging in three dimensions. Tip: When everything is in focus, composition becomes your only guide.
Magic & Misdirection Workshop -- The Art of Deception
I performed magic my entire life -- for troops in WWII, on talk shows, and between takes on set. Magic teaches you about attention, misdirection, and the willingness of people to believe. Every filmmaker is a magician. We learn card magic, cups and balls, and the psychology behind why people see what you want them to see.
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