CREATING MAGIC

A step by step journey through the preparation for the multi-award-winning short film ADNAN

Directors, actors, coaches, producers — you will find this so useful!

In this case-study interview I talk with co-director Steven Chatterton who speaks inspiringly about the process in rehearsal and preparation for multi-award-winning short film ADNAN (2020). Here you can see a link to the trailer.

Hassan Akkad, Ayham Kabi and Steven Chatterton on set

I had the privilege of supporting and advising Steven on this film. I was in New Zealand on Zoom and phone. Meanwhile on-set and in-person we had coach Acushla-Tara Kupe. She is one of many young coaches I have mentored, all now successfully working on films and TV shows, their work as coaches sitting alongside their own careers as actors. Message me if you are interested in learning these skills!

Together on ADNAN, Steven, Cush and I used a new way of working with kids on set that allows the performance to be alive and spontaneous rather than programmatic and by-the-book. These are the tools you will read abou…