Recently, we spoke with John Sabato, who has been nominated seven times for an Emmy for his work as Production Designer on Mad TV. Atlanta production industry members first made John’s acquaintance working with him on Blue Collar TV and Jeff Foxworthy’s Big Night Out. Here is how John sees his role...

"...and Action!!!" How many times have we heard that on set? For a stunt coordinator, it means hard work and sweat, pain - and fun. Here is a little behind-the-scenes look at what a stunt coordinator does and how we do it. I have been performing and coordinating stunts for two decades. I got started doing stunts and action in live shows: sword fighting, jousting and falling off of horses for fun and profit. Let me start with my back-story, as my road to becoming a stunt coordinator was not a straight one.

So you think you want to make a movie and need some post advice? Rather than just going down a checklist of what you should or shouldn't do to make your post experience as seamless and enjoyable as possible, I'd like to offer this bit of advice: be honest with yourself and start by admitting HOW MUCH you don't know.  Like any profession, film and television production must be taken seriously.