Reviving Swashbucklers: Crafting a Short Film with Gedaly Guberek

About this episode

The episode explores the revival of swashbuckler films through the lens of Gedaly Guberek's short film, discussing character, tone, and choreography.

Swashbucklers aren’t dead—they’ve just been hiding in plain sight. In our second episode with multi-hyphenate filmmaker Gedaly Guberek, we dig into how his short, The Flower of Battle, was brought to life. Gedaly breaks down how he used character, tone, and choreography to bring story into his fight scenes, as well as how historical roots and comedic timing shaped the film’s identity by channeling the adventures from the Golden Age of cinema. Like and subscribe to the Indiewood Podcast, sha...

People in this episode

Guest: Gedaly Guberek

Topics covered

• swashbucklers
• short film
• filmmaking
• fight choreography
• Golden Age of cinema
• character development
• comedic timing

Keywords

• swashbucklers
• short film
• Gedaly Guberek
• fight scenes
• cinema history
• comedy
• filmmaking techniques

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: The Flower of Battle

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