#intimacy coordinator

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Robbie Taylor Hunt will probably go mostly under the radar but he needs and deserves all the props and praise for his work on Red white and royal blue.

intimacy coordinators deserve so much credit and he did an outstanding job with this film!!!

#the hands - all the work with the hands 🫠🫠🫠 #there really should be an intimacy coordinator Oscar/Emmy/bafta etc because their work is soooo vital #telling queer love stories with care and beauty #intimacy coordinator #under rated job #rwrb #rwrb movie #red white and royal blue

[eph-em-era]

hey so i am so so pleased they hired an intimacy coordinator this time around! and you can tell that the actors are much more comfortable too! the intimacy is much much better!!

let's do a lil intimacy breakdown from my knowledge as an IC in training and a director just in general

(this is a long post so it's under the cut)

fact is, there's some awkwardness in the ed/stede s1 kiss, which i am ninety percent sure is due to body placement. i'd wager there was a discussion on set that was like "hey this is a stunning shot, we love what it looks like, let's get the actors in" and they got the actors in and got to the blocking for the kiss and everyone was like "hey this is a bit awkward but we'll muscle through" - cause that awkwardness fits the character arcs.

but it's not actually all that easy turning all the way to one side to kiss someone without moving where your legs are! it's weird! it's an awkward angle! - or more accurately, it's the angle that two people would kiss at if it was a very impulsive, awkward surprise; or if your two lead actors are very good friends faced with playing lovers for the first time and not sure what to feel about that (we've all been there) - there's reticence, but it fits the scene so it's fine.

(Lucius and Pete and Olu and Jim also have moments of intimacy, which for the most part are fine, and I suspect that's a combo of a) their staging is SO MUCH BETTER, b) character choices, c) different directors and d) less of that "OMG WE'RE PLAYING LOVERS NOW" anxiety)

~~onto season 2~~

for the record, intimacy direction isn't just for kissing/sex scenes, ICs can come in for intimacy building exercises and additional blocking, as well as things like nudity, childbirth or any similar sensitive work, but I'm going to be talking mostly about kisses in this. anyway!

Beautiful! Kind, lovely, tender! The backdrop is super nice too. Honestly, the Lucius/Pete stuff has really been so nice all the way along; that's great casting! Especially in S2E5, everything reads as very earnest and space is used very well.

Archie and Jim. Now, we don't have anything to compare it to from S1, but I'm flagging it cause yeah, they definitely have similar staging to Ed/Stede from S1E09. I would say there's a much better range of movement in this one, likely because they're sitting on the floor, braced against the bed, so they can compensate for the weird angle better than E/S could. This might come off as a lil rude but it's also more likely that these two actors are slightly more flexible and can make this staging work better than Taika and Rhys.

Cannot for the LIFE OF ME find a gif of their hug, but they have fantastic chemistry! despite only showing up for like 2/3s of one episode. I've seen people whining about how they absolutely should have kissed - and you know what, I would have liked that too!

however, I suspect that what happened here was that one or both of the actors didn't want to kiss on screen, and voiced their objections to the IC, who found a work around. It was likely not cause of any kind of ill will or homophobia, for the record - sometimes you just don't want to kiss people. Maybe you're sick, maybe you're feeling weird, maybe you're just not in the right headspace, but a kiss might be off the cards that day.

This is behaviour we want to encourage, btw. The goal is to ensure that actors feel comfortable and that the shot isn't be all end all. I've done something very similar, we had 20 mins to get the blocking done and the actors weren't at a point where kissing felt comfy, so we did a kiss on the cheek and a hug.

it is better that the actors are comfortable than your ship is fulfilled.

Hey yknow what I was saying about how ICs aren't just used for blocking, they're used for chemistry building? That's what they've HIT ON HERE. This is genuinely a very lovely kiss. It's deeply appropriate for the characters, and it's private and simple. things get a little more raunchy, and hands start moving, but then it's stopped, for a narrative reason, and the chemistry remains with the hand hold. It's really very nice, well blocked and well performed. the hand placement! the tenderness! it's great. there's none of that s1 reticence, whether that was from characters or actors.

I think the intimacy work, much like the writing and the characterisation is much, much stronger in this season, and that's to the show's benefit. I know we're only halfway through, but I'm thoroughly interested to see where things go in the remaining episodes. I will update this post if anything exciting crops up in the final five.

and this is why you need to hire ICs! they make life easier for actors, directors and crew alike!!

#our flag means death #ofmd #intimacy coordinator #ed teach #stede bonnet #intimacy direction #ofmd s2 spoilers #ofmd spoilers

[iww-gnv]

In the last handful of years, intimacy coordinators have been normalized on Hollywood sets when it comes to actors engaging in nudity and sex scenes. But it wasn’t until SAG-AFTRA negotiated their tentative agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers that language around intimacy coordinators was officially recognized in the contract by both the union and the studios, which members of the negotiating committee as well as working intimacy coordinators see as “a big win.” “This is the first contract where intimacy coordinators are mentioned [in the contract]. I just think it’s very common to have either an uncomfortable or possibly traumatic experience when it comes to this,” negotiating committee member Caitlin Dulany tells Rolling Stone. “And it’s not healthy for us or our sets, so it’s a great victory to have this in our contract.”

#news #us news #sag-aftra #sag aftra #sag-aftra strike #sag aftra strike #intimacy coordinator #intimacy coordinators #hollywood

[yourartmatters-itswhatgotmehere]

RWRB this❤/

'this is exactly the kind of thing i've spent 15 years going 'i wish this scene existed' and being so frustrated that it didn't(..)watching Brokeback Mountain and being like 'okay sure but like Why is this all I'm getting over and over again?' in terms of what I'm seeing on screen'

Robbie talks about RWRB, and also about Mary & George, and about his work, it's definitely worth a watch/a listen!!

FEEL FREE TO CHECK ALSO:

so much RWRB content in this post/many many links!!

#robbie taylor hunt #rwrb #rwrb 2023 #rwrb movie #red white and royal blue #red white and royal blue movie #casey mcquiston #matthew lopez #nick galitzine #nicholas galitzine #taylor zakhar perez #mary and george #mary & george #george villiers #henry fox #prince henry of wales #prince henry rwrb #firstprince #intimacy coordinator #Youtube #rwrb sequel #rwrb 2 #red white and royal blue 2

[fanwarrior321]

with all the beautiful gay content coming out I felt a need to rewatch Young Royals and I am further affirmed that that shit is top tier. the intimacy, the writing, the CHEMISTRY, the acting, the visuals, the soundtrack/score, just ALL of it is the definition of a television chefs kiss and I will forever be obsessed with it

#young royals #intimacy coordinator #tv #top tier tv shows #young royals netflix #edvin ryding #omar rudberg

[destinyc1020]

X "Challengers" Intimacy Coordinator speaking about Zendaya's awesomeness and her work with the cast on preparing them for the intimate scenes in the film. 🥰

Thanks Anons! 🥰

This was very interesting to listen to indeed! I LOVE it when Zendaya is in "Girl Boss" mode. She seems like a great boss and I love how she wanted to ensure that everyone in the cast felt "safe" while filming the intimate scenes for this film. 🥰

It seems like there are some sexy dynamics in this film amongst all 3 of them!

I can't wait!!! Sounds fun! (like the coordinator said!)

#zendaya #deuxmoi #DM #challengers #intimacy coordinator #so happy for her!! #this movie sounds like it's gonna be a wiiiiiild riiiide lol 😅🤣 #can't wait!

[honey-bri-books]

This was beautiful and real and done with such class and respect.

Also, Nick and Taylor NEED to get cast together again!!!

#taylor zakhar perez #nicholas galitzine #red white and royal blue #rwrb movie #rwrb movie spoilers #alex claremont diaz #henry fox mountchristen windsor #matthew lopez #red white and royal blue movie #rwrbmoviespoilers #paris #intimacy coordinator #robbire Taylor hunt

[bunny-hoodlum]

Plot Bunny has crossed my path. So I was listening to Ep 2 of High Brow, Mina Le's podcast and towards the end she starts discussing the differences between acted sex scenes and RL sex and I stopped the moment I heard 'intimacy coordinator', which I know about to some extent but never gave it much thought.

So back in 2020, the last thing I submitted to NH2020 was an actor!Naruto AU and then I got distracted by a new direction for it that I didn't have the setup for, so I just gave up on it.

My idea was centered around this one image in my head, that Hinata as a makeup artist has a intimate moment doing some makeup magic on his facial scars and that's literally all I wanted to write but still wanted to build up to it more.

Okay, the plot bunny! Before I forget it!

What if Hinata and Naruto are both new actors (and I guess Tsunade could be their intimacy coordinator), and maybe Jiraiya is the slightly sleezy director that gets ahead of himself and Tsunade has to reel him in from his 'moments of genius' and Naruto also feels really bad for Hinata during this part in the movie and does whatever he can to make her comfortable/protect her dignity, etc.

That's kind of it. Just the inner conflict of getting through that scene together and the external conflict of showbiz (on some level).

#naruhina fanfiction #plot bunny #actor au #intimacy coordinator

[biggayenergypod]

Check out our new interview with Robbie Taylor Hunt! We finally got to ask him all about the movie Red, White, and Royal Blue and it does not disappoint! You can watch the interview on YouTube or listen on all audio platforms now!

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#prince henry rwrb #rwrb #rwrb movie #red white and royal blue #podcast #interview #behind the scenes #intimacy coordinator #robbie taylor hunt #lgbtq media #lgbt #queer media #lgbtq podcast #Youtube

[scarefox]

Uh nice intimacy_coordinator_thailand shared

from sagaftra.org

If someone is interested, here is the PDF in english.

#some of the actors we know use the service of Intimacy Coordinator Thailand #(that's how I found them because one of the playboyy cast follows that account. but zeenunew and man trisanu are in one of their videos too #bl drama #gl drama #ql drama #thai drama #thai actors #nc scenes #intimacy coordinator

[stagefoureddiediaz]

Here’s a couple of really great articles/interviews with Robbie Taylor Hunt talking about intimacy coordination more widely, but specifically on rwrb. He’s so knowledgeable and they’re really interesting and amazing reads and really showcase both his talent and why intimacy coordination is so important.

#red white and royal blue #rwrb #I wanna grab a coffee and talk with him so bad #intimacy coordinator #Robbie taylor hunt #I live here now #honestly he deserves an Oscar for his work on this film- I am creating the category because it should exist #hopefully when the sag strike is resolved we’ll see better implementation of IC’s on film #also I want him to actually give that Ted talk I would eat it up

[eph-em-era]

OFMD intimacy breakdown eps 6-7

Oh hey, it's me! Back again with an intimacy breakdown for episodes 6-7. prefacing this, once again, that I'm not a certified intimacy coordinator, I'm an IC in training, choreographer and director. I'm also not affiliated with the show, just have interest in the subject.

Check out episodes 1-5 here.

Massive spoilers so it's under the cut.

(I do note that there's not an IC credited in these episodes - I know there's one attached to the project so perhaps they weren't utilised in these ones, or were uncredited. Who can say!)

Let's start with - I don't know why these two episodes were so deliriously fucking fast. Potentially scheduling issues with Taika? Alternatively I heard that they lost some budget, which would have cut things a bit.

HBO Max I am in your walls.

regardless, not a fan! I think the acceleration of the relationship worked, just because of what we know about their characters, but the wider plot was too fast for my liking. Hoping in the event of a season three they take that to heart.

Anyways, onto the intimacy!

Calypso's Birthday

On a whole, I found this episode deeply charming. I love a bit of whimsy, and the ep felt like a tribute to their queer audience. Felt very seen!

It's quite challenging interpreting intimacy in these scenes as an interloper, cause I don't know how much is purposeful, vs how much is staging. Regardless, we will forge on.

One -

I would have loved a little more closeness during Izzy's first singing scene! There's what feels like a metre of space between them; something as simple as arms brushing or leaning against each other helps build that intimacy. I am guessing the gap is for shooting space - you need to see what's going on behind them - but it really loses something. It's not bad intimacy, I just would have liked more.

An alternative character interpretation is that Ed & Stede are still trying to fumble their way through things and public displays of intimacy are too much for them - which could also be the intended effect.

But as we all know - a hand touch can ignite a thousand feelings, and I would have liked a little more.

Two -

Lucius and Black Pete emerging after their day-long fuckfest. I've said it in the past and will happily say it now - I think Matthew Maher and Nathan Foad have the best chemistry out of this entire cast. It's so sweet, and so honest in a way that's very grounded compared to the rest of the cast - which is surprising considering who their characters are!

Lovely positioning! Very simple staging but effective, it makes the moment feel so, so private and intimate. It's really lovely.

Three -

Ed and Stede finally get it together and have sex. Okay, so this is obviously intercut with Izzy singing, so I'll lay it out in stages.

First, the jacket grab.

What does this say about Stede? He's been buoyed by his weird night and he wants to do something about it. What does this say about Ed? He's willing to go along with it, but it is not necessarily his first reaction. He's clearly feeling qualms about something - whether that's his relationship, or being a pirate - and he's not the one to initiate. This comes back later.

Regarding the staging, more technically - this is pretty common. A grab using the lapels or jacket is a very easy way to show intensity and passion. Does Ed respond with the same passion? Not quite.

Oh hey, an up against the wall kiss! Very fanservicey, consider me impressed. I think this is a fun bit of staging, I suspect they were given very strict hand placement, cause nothing moves that much, it doesn't look particularly improvised.

Rhys Darby does something very specific with his hands when kissing that I've noticed now and I will never not notice, which is deeply annoying.

It's a very nice moment, but honestly, I would have loved a pause? There's something very sexy and very charming in a scene like this where one character makes the other character wait for it. A little holding back, breathing together, finding the moment. More of a seduction than this brute force omg we need to do this now thing.

I saw someone on Twitter say "Ed and Stede fucked but haven't made love" and that's the vibe I'm getting off the scene. Both of these characters have had a weird day, they're probably tipsy, there's been a lot of emotions and this is a desperate spilling over I need to feel your skin against mine now thing, from two people who don't really know where they both are yet. There isn't seduction cause it's not the place for seduction, cause no-one here properly knows how to communicate yet! They're saying everything but saying nothing.

I hope, in the event of further scenes like this, they have the moment to breathe.

And finally, the third piece - the closing of the curtains.

What does this say about the characters? Hey this is a private moment, you're not allowed to witness this. It's the same as Ed/Stede other moments of intimacy. Everything is private, it's hidden, it's on a remote beach on an island or unobserved under the moonlight.

These dudes might talk about each other constantly and are unashamed to say they like each other, but they sure as shit can't show it publicly. There's also clear reticence within Ed - which echoes him saying he wants to take things slow, as well as his hesitance in the next episode.

This reticence is also shown in their costuming. This isn't a we spent care and time taking each other's clothes off energy, this reads more like Stede Bonnet is emboldened for one of the first times in his life and got naked way too fast. Hey, he's the one taking charge. He's the one closing the curtains.

Man On Fire

Not a whole lot of intimacy in this one. I'm not going to spend long on it, because it's not particularly meaty, but I think the Olu/Zheng hand grab over the table is adorable and a perfect way to show two people on the same page after going through it. It's balanced and sweet.

Now, the other thing:

This staging is suuuuuuch a missed opportunity, but I also think it works considering the later context of the scene.

Y'know how you'd usually show a morning after? Snuggling up together, shoulder to shoulder, legs intertwined. Hazy and precious and lovely.

It's a bit harder with this particular set piece - you can't shoot them from the reverse, cause of the window, so everything needs to be pointed out towards the camera, making snuggling side by side harder to shoot. In theatre you'd just angle the prop differently, but you can't do that on film in a room that has established locations.

Initially when I watched this, I was like "okay rookie move, they've missed the obvious".

But.

It makes sense with the characterisation of this episode. Stede's killed a guy. He's had probably the first bit of pleasurable intimacy in his entire life. Man's ego's the size of the room. He's got his chest out cause he feels good.

Ed, however. He's fully clothed. He's doing the good thing, doing the right thing, getting breakfast in bed but it's still not quite right in the way "it should be" (the twine), and he's buttoned up to the neck. No swagger, no body showing. What does that scream? Avoidance. Weirdness. Maybe even a bit of discomfort.

Keep in mind that in the last 12 hours he's seen Stede, who he fell in love with because of his whimsy and difference from other pirates kill a guy. He's seen him threaten other peoples' lives. He expressed the desire to take things slow and instead, in a feat of piqued emotion, they hooked up, and they probably shouldn't have.

They're not cuddling because it's weird. The whole moment is weird. It's almost a walk of shame but they're on the same damn ship together. They might have hooked up, but the pair of them clearly still aren't on the same page.

I doubt we'll see it next week, but I hope these two can find their peace. This is a genre comedy, not just a romance, so I doubt it'll be anything explicit, but I would love to see a scene that's deeply passionate, building the intimacy without building the pace. Take us in closer, let us feel what the characters feel without immediately cutting away.

Loathed as I am to link some of these clips because of their nonsense dialogue, here's some moments in other mlm media that do well at building that intimacy.

This Bill/Sam clip from True Blood that doesn't even have a kiss but holds the tension really well. Another nonsense dream sequence scene from True Blood that still has nice staging. Agron and Nasir from Spartacus have incredible chemistry with a variety of clips to choose from. There are so many options and I would love love love to see them explored in the final episode of S2 or in S3. Very excited to see them both on the same page - ENTHUSIASTIC CONSENT FOR THE WIN.

Thanks for reading! Reblog if you liked. If there's anything juicy in ep 8 I'll cover it as well.

#ofmd #our flag means death #ofmd season 2 #ofmd season 2 spoilers #our flag means death spoilers #stede bonnet #ed teach #intimacy direction #intimacy #intimacy coordinator

[battlecouplesoulmates]

This is amazing! Let this be the standard for all video games with sex scenes!

#baldur's gate 3 #bg3 #intimacy coordinator #rpgs

[awesomefringey]

This thread is very important to share.

Oh this is definitely in response to Sean Bean’s disappointing take on how involving an intimacy coordinator “kills spontaneity” which in itself (and in the wake of #metoo) is so appalling considering he is an actor and nothing is spontaneous (apart from the very few moments of improv which you shouldn’t come up with when it makes your acting partner uncomfortable or unsafe).

It’s also interesting because we are still lacking the name of the intimacy director for DWD, which led many to wonder if there ever was one.

Here’s the thread you shared:

#ask #intimacy coordinator #dwd #sean bean #rahul kohli

[thestarlightforge]

Rewatching Gilmore Girls bc why not, lol. 1x05, “Cinnamon’s Wake.” Max and Lorelai have their coffee date. Max cozies up to her, gives a long speech about his uncle who didn’t go after a girl— “follow your gut, seize the moment,” etc. Lorelai resists, for Rory, but she’s tempted. (Maybe I’m just seeing more, being a director and intimacy choreographer now, but Lauren is brilliant here.) Max walks away. “If there's something in your gut that you know, you feel, is right, you gotta go after it, no matter what.”

AND THEN IT CUTS

TO (Sookie and)

LORELAI AT LUKE’S

#amy sherman palladino #you will always be famous #lorelai x luke #luke x lorelai #Gilmore girls #Lorelai Gilmore #luke danes #max medina #lauren graham #Daniel palladino #Michael Katleman #director #intimacy choreographer #intimacy coordinator #intimacy choreography #intimacy #theatre

[freshmandarin]

said this on twitter already but also First Kill season 1 proves that you can make a super sexy show without gratuitous nudity. that’s the power of a FEMALE/QUEER GAZE.

and of course if the girlies do want to take their clothes off in other media they should be empowered to!! but my main point here is womxn creators are in touch with a whole different dimension of sensuality like this couple showed no nudes but still had more captivating intimacy than every teen show out there. And hearing the cast talk about how it was one of the better and more thoughtful intimacy coordinations they’ve ever experienced is so important too, because what is the point of fun media if it harmed those who labored to create it?

#all i’m saying is first kill is monumental from a production perspective even though it’s slammed for being unserious #first kill #intimacy coordinator #female gaze #queer gaze #intimacy #rant #first kill netflix