Hello and welcome to Scene 2 Viewed Podcast! I’m your host Valerie Complex, associate editor and writer at Deadline. Today I’m chatting with the author and privacy coordinator Brooke Haneyone of the first 50 intimacy coordinators recognized as qualified by SAG-AFTRA.
Haney has worked around the world in theater, film, television and academia. They are the creator of The actor’s warm-up a 20-minute closing practice for actors working on difficult material, and the editor of The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guide: Specialties for Stage and Screen.
Haney has worked in television with companies including CBS, Paramount+, Warner Bros, Disney, Prime Video, HBO, 20th Century Fox and more. She also loves working in film; Some of her favorites include Birder, She’s clean, Flock, Ponyboi and Irish departure (produced by Oscar winners Trevon Free and Nicholas Maye, and starring Zaria). Haney has taught workshops at Vassar College, Syracuse University, NYU, University of Central Florida, Ventura College, Missouri State, and Marymount Manhattan College, where she also taught for eight years.
As for Haney The Intimacy Coordinator’s Guide, reveals how intimacy coordinators use their cultural competencies and specialties to create the most compelling narrative. The job requires proficiency in the language of choreography: Every move performed for the camera or a live audience, from a passionate kiss to a chilling assault, is meticulously choreographed, like a dance or a fight scene, along with tool training. like modesty. clothing and accessories. It also features stories from other intimacy coordinators and includes conversations with Olivia Luccardi (producer and actress who played Melissa in the twothe first television show to employ an intimacy coordinator), Tai Leshaun (thunder force and The other black girl), Becca Blackwell (trans actor, performer and writer), Jimmy Smits (New York Police Blue, Sons of Anarchy) and others. The chapters also explore:
- Work with minors, ethically and effectively, with knowledge of developmental psychology, privacy issues and legal aspects.
- Nudity, attention to each actor’s physical and emotional comfort levels, and ability to work with prosthetics and modesty clothing.
- Intimacy and disability, including awareness and sensitivity to non-apparent disabilities. (For example, Selena Gomez has lupus, Orlando Bloom has dyslexia, and Daniel Radcliffe lives with dyspraxia, a neurological condition that affects movement and coordination.)
- Working with overweight, African American actors, and queer intimacy, including positioning mechanics, equipment, and toys.
- Stories of trauma and acts of sexual violence, with awareness of triggers among cast members, the ability to choreograph disturbing scenes, and more.
In this episode, Haney and I talk about the guide, the training needed to become an intimacy coordinator, and how the language of intimacy has changed over time in Hollywood.
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