Ken Quitugua is a martial artist, stuntman, and action designer known
for films like The Paper Tigers, The Challenger, and Unlucky Stars. He
also has deep roots in the indie action movement, having worked on Zero
Gravity projects like Title Pending 2 and Damn 3. You can also see him
in Rope A Dope 2. We talk in depth about movement and action design. You
can see his IMDB here: https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2065605/
Edited by Noel Ross
Action Talks on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLKvT1cdaRn78tV4vF78InER7GhxCKaxU5
Action Talks on Spotify:
https://open.spotify.com/show/7D289YtkiQIkSVhNLDX8O2
Action Talks on iTunes:
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/action-talks-with-eric-jacobus/id1686666319
Telegram: t.me/ericjacobus
My studio SuperAlloy: www.superalloyinteractive.com
Blog: www.ericjacobus.com
Timestamps
0:02:45 How Ken got started
0:07:30 Discovering filmmaking styles and techniques
0:09:31 Learning martial arts/movement and adapting it for film
0:13:59 Chinese Lion Dance
0:16:44 Digital filmmaking in early 2000s
0:18:45 Shooting with Zero Gravity
0:25:05 Damn 3
0:26:33 Other sources of inspiration
0:27:37 His film Act of Revenge
0:34:31 Bookie, story telling, and collaboration
0:38:09 The Challenger
0:43:49 Choreographing "slop"
0:46:47 The Paper Tigers
0:54:37 Unlucky Stars
1:01:14 How does the audience see actopm
1:10:24 Why Ken's not in Hollywood
1:14:10 What Ken looks for in action films
1:17:38 Advice for up and coming indie designers
