An amazing opportunity for Wift NZ screen professionals, and from one of the best women in the business: Dayna Pomare.
Dayna is offering WIFT members across Aotearoa individual stunt and action consultations for productions in development, completely free of charge, until the end of the year.
As a Stunt Coordinator, she is regularly brought in late in the process, once scripts are locked and budgets are set. The reality is that involving a stunt coordinator early — at story and development stage — can make a significant difference. It helps shape action sequences that are both creatively strong and financially realistic, avoids costly reworks later, and ensures that ambitious ideas are achievable safely on screen.
Whether you're developing a project with action sequences, fight choreography, domestic abuse, water scenes, vehicle work, or anything physical — Dayna is happy to sit down early and answer your questions from a stunt and safety perspective before it becomes a budget problem.
Early consultations for any kind of action sequences should be used more often to support creativity, safety, and budgeting.
To find out more, email Dayna HERE mentioning your WIFTNZ member ID number and with the following information:
- A maximum of one page of their script if applicable
- Questions, issues, concerns, or inquiries, so she can have a think before the call.
Please note this is limited to one free 20-minute phone consultation per project.
Some examples of questions or topics for discussion but not limited to:
- Vulnerable Cast: Specific safety protocols, scheduling, and prep when action involves child actors.
- Water & Environment: Safety considerations for water scenes, maritime shoots, or harsh locations.
- Budgeting Action: How to deliver high-energy fight choreography with minimal budget and small numbers.
- Script Practicality: Breaking down complex action (like car crashes or falls) into affordable, achievable shots. Determine if it's a scene required stunt coordinator or not.
- Actor Capabilities: Assessing and prepping actors who want to perform their own basic stunts safely.
- Specialist Elements: When and how to budget for fire burns, vehicles, horses or safety rigging.
- Pre-Production Planning: Structuring stunt prep and rehearsal days to maximize safety and efficiency on set.
Make haste and contact Dayna ASAP! And for more insight into her phenomenal screen career as a stunt coordinator, horse master and stunt performaner, head to her website HERE.