Intimacy on set with Ita O’Brien

Used to be called an intimacy director but directors felt it was stepping on their toes.
- They are coordinating with the director/ actor etc.

- Openness and transparency. Bringing it up is the actor’s responsibility.

- Actors can offer the intimacy guidelines to the director.
- If anything feels gratuitous, does not serve the character or the storyline. Have a
conversation with the director. Is it necessary? What is the moment about? IC
facilitates the actors and directors to talk about it.
- Animal rhythms: and techniques for choreographing
- Having a clear and particular professional language. Allows us to talk about it in a
professional way. What language movement system works?
- Animals: can take you away from yourself.
- Musical: language: pizzicato, legato, crescendo etc.
- Find a language that resounds with everybody, serves the character in a way to help
everyone tell the story.
- Hunting girls – book by Kelly oliver
- Consent isn’t a moment it’s a process. You can give it at the start but it can change
and evolve.
- Your no is your gift. It makes your yeses clear and strong.
- Your maybe is a no – youre not free there. You can only work creatively and freely
within your yeses.
- Working creatively to get around the “nos”
- Spit story – sex education
- Bare genetelia should never touch
- Liken it to a stunt coordinator.
- Well being at the end of the shoot for the artists.
- Vanessa ewan -actor movement.