JAPAN ACTION GUILD

Producing Action Creators Who Can Compete in the Global Action Industry — Presented by JAG. 3rd Term Now Open!

Mid-term enrollment for the 3rd term is open! Information sessions & interviews available anytime.

Film and action directors from the Japan Action Guild — active on the front lines in Japan and around the world — provide direct instruction to develop the talent who will support the next generation of the action industry.

22 action creators have graduated so far!

Authentic instruction only JAG board members can provide

JAG instructors
See detailed instructor profiles

Watch: "What is the JAG Action Creator School?"

Let's create an action scene together!

JAG Director Yokoyama × Director Park — Conversation (2024)

ACTION FILM CAMP (2025)

Why We Founded the Action Creator School

The action industry in Japanese film and drama is now at a turning point.
Globally, samurai and ninja remain popular, and at the same time Japanese action and stunt techniques are drawing renewed attention, with growing demand from Hollywood and other overseas markets. However, the front-line action directors, sword-fight choreographers, action actors, and stunt performers are gradually aging, and there is a shortage of young talent to carry the next era.

So JAG decided to raise, from the ground up, the talent who can carry the next generation of the action industry — and that is why we opened this school.

Why a "school"?

An action industry boom, yet a labor shortage

What made the 1980s action boom possible was that there were places where young talent could shine. In fact, JAG's founding members are all people who entered the action industry in that era. The members who built their careers on action sets in the 1990s and early 2000s are now active on the front lines.
However, action requires budget, time, and skill. After the 1980s boom faded, the 1990s onward saw trends like "trendy dramas," and few action works were produced; on top of that, sets could allocate little budget or time. As a result, the pay for professional action performers and stunt people was low, and in fact many professional stunt performers did action work while also working part-time jobs.
But in the past few years, the situation has changed dramatically. Streaming services have expanded, foreign companies have entered the market, more productions target overseas audiences, and live-action adaptations of manga have increased — so works with action elements are growing. Today there are so many productions that the Japanese action industry is becoming short-handed, and more newcomer stunt performers can now make a living without part-time work. In other words, an action-film boom has arrived.

What's needed going forward is talent who can create the action set itself

The action industry is thriving, but just like the 1980s boom, we believe it will not last forever. The concern going forward is that as the number of works increases, there will be a shortage of people who can direct the set and ensure safety — action directors, coordinators, and the like. At the same time, performers with little experience will be able to go on set as action performers or stunt people, so if things continue as they are, the quality of Japanese action works may decline. JAG wants to seize this opportunity of the action boom's return so that it does not end as a temporary boom or short-lived prosperity — by producing many people who can create action content, and by establishing an environment in Japan that gives rise to sets where many action works and action sequences are produced.
Our goal is to firmly establish the image of "Japan, a great nation of action content" throughout the world.

What do you learn at the school, and what is the goal?

To be able to express "action," there is a great deal you must learn. The JAG Action Creator School has a curriculum designed to acquire, broadly speaking, the following:

[Action Practical Skills] [Directing] [Cinematography] [Video Editing] [Safety Management]

From high-end shoots for film and drama to social-media videos on YouTube and TikTok — talent who can deliver professional action expression in a wide range of situations. The Japan Action Guild defines such talent as "Action Creators" and aims to send them out into the world.

As action creators increase, action sets naturally increase

After graduating, there are many fields where you can be active. First, you can work as an action director, coordinator, or performer on film, drama, and commercial shoots or at live-performance events such as stage shows. Since you also learn shooting and video editing, you can work as a social-media video creator or an editor. There is also the path of working on games and other projects using motion capture. As the activities of our graduate action creators increase, that directly leads to more action sets.
If we can develop and send out such talent — and not just within Japan, but talent who can be active on a global scale — the situation will change. And if anyone can produce such talent, it can only be JAG, which is home to some of Japan's top action directors, sword-fight choreographers, and stunt coordinators.

JAG is looking for people like this!

[Those who aim to be actors and want action as their weapon]
[Those who want to use action to create content for social media]
[Those who love action films]

[Those who want to work in film and drama]
[Those who want to make a living in entertainment]
[Those who want to create distinctive video and content]
[Those who want to enter the entertainment world with action as their specialty]
[Those who want to work as professional video creators]
[Those who want to gain creator skills such as video, 3DCG, and action directing]

We will pass on the skills to become a professional in the future!

What matters most is the desire to be active in the action industry!

"I'm already in my late 20s, or in my 40s — isn't it too late?"
"I have no experience at all, but..."
We get many such inquiries, but age and lack of experience are not really a problem.
Among the 1st-term students, people in their late 30s and 40s studied and graduated together.
What matters is "the drive and the will to see it through" and "openness."
Action and stunts certainly demand advanced skills and athleticism in many situations, but there are also plenty of areas where you can shine in the process of creating action.

Instructors

Yuji Shimomura

Yuji Shimomura

After working with the Kurata Action Club, he became a freelance stunt performer. In 1996, an independent action film he directed won at the 1st Indies Movie Festival. That led to his action-director debut on "VERSUS" (2001). He now heads Yuden Frameworks Ltd. and choreographs action across a wide range of genres — film, games, and commercials. He frequently works on director Shinsuke Sato's films, including the "Kingdom" and "Alice in Borderland" series. His directorial work includes "RE:BORN" (2017).

● Class in charge: [Advanced Lecture — Action Practical Skills]

Action-scene directing, camera work, techniques, and more

Video Message

Kenji Tanigaki

Kenji Tanigaki

Joined the Kurata Action Club in 1989 and moved alone to Hong Kong in 1993. As a member of the HKSA (Hong Kong Stuntman Association), he worked as a stunt performer on numerous projects. He made his action-director debut on the Hong Kong film "Goldfish's Teardrop" in 2001. He won Best Action Choreography at Taiwan's Golden Horse Awards for "Hidden Man" (2018) and at Hong Kong's Film Awards for "Raging Fire" (2022). He joined the DGA (Directors Guild of America) in 2019. Recent action-director credits include the "Rurouni Kenshin" film series, the American film "G.I. Joe: Snake Eyes," and the Chinese film "Sakra." He directed "Enter the Fat Dragon / TOKYO MISSION" (2021), starring Donnie Yen.

● Class in charge: [Advanced Lecture — Action Practical Skills]

Action-scene directing, camera work, techniques, and more

Video Message

Keiji Tsujii

Keiji Tsujii

He has served as action coordinator on numerous works, including films by director Takashi Miike — known for the "Crows ZERO" series — and NHK's flagship period dramas.

[Career]
1981 Joined the Japan Action Club
1985 Founding member of Wild Stunt Team
1991 Founding member of Super Action Mega System (SAM)
2001 Founded Stunt Team Gokuu

● Class in charge: [Advanced Lecture — Action Practical Skills]

Action-scene directing, wire work and on-set stunt safety, horseback riding, sword fighting, and more

Video Message

Makoto Yokoyama

Makoto Yokoyama

In 1988, while still in university, he made his debut starring in the film "Mirai Ninja." As the representative of AAC, which he launched with colleagues, he was active in shows, V-cinema, TV, and film. He also handled the action for SEGA's "Virtua Fighter 2 and 3," and has been active since the dawn of motion capture.

In 1995 he moved to the U.S. and appeared in "POWER RANGERS," then a social phenomenon there. He soon became an action director and led the program for about 8 years as 2nd-unit director across roughly 400 episodes.
He has created many original action works using action and VFX.
• Kamen Rider THE FIRST / NEXT (2005, 2007)
• K-20: The Fiend with Twenty Faces (2008)
• Tag 2 (2010)
• GARO (2005–2019) — involved from planning, supporting the series
• Cutie Honey THE LIVE (2008); GARO: Yami wo Terasu Mono (2013) chief director
• Tokyo Ghoul series; The Fable: The Killer Who Doesn't Kill

● Class in charge: [Advanced Lecture — Action Practical Skills]

Action-scene directing, camera work, VFX and tokusatsu (special-effects) action, and more

Video Message

Utako Takano

Utako Takano

Geido Tate Hatoryu Takase Dojo — Director / sword-fight choreographer

1985 Entered the Takase Dojo, beginning her work as a stuntwoman
2008 Established "Cinema Action Tate," a sword-fight course for women only

She currently runs classes at the head dojo and in Shinjuku, Osaka, and elsewhere. She teaches at various institutions, including the Haiyuza Theatre Company's drama institute, Osaka University of Arts, Japan Institute of the Moving Image, Japan Vocational College of the Arts, and high schools.

Recent works: stage production "Poupelle of Chimney Town," sword-fight supervision for the anime "Rurouni Kenshin," and more.

● Class in charge: [Advanced Lecture — Action Practical Skills]

Action-scene directing, sword fighting, movement/bearing, action directing for stage and live performance, and more

Video Message

Masaru Yabe

Masaru Yabe

Representative Director of Warsal Inc.

He opened Japan's first "backflip course" and created a backflip boom across the country.

Guinness World Record certified for backflips.

He formed the ninja groups "Raifujin" and "Fukuoka Kuroda Ninja Corps" and has appeared at many international events in Japan and abroad.

● Class in charge: [Advanced Lecture — Classroom Study]

Planning in pre-production, how creators should navigate business situations, production budget management, and monetization management, and more

Video Message

Masatoshi Tamai

Masatoshi Tamai

While working as a stunt performer and action actor, he is also active as a video creator who handles everything from planning to editing. He covers a wide range of fields — film, TV programs, commercials, and more — and also trains editors in post-production.

[Credits]
"Kyokyo Stunt Kyosokyoku" (2010) Director
"Koda Kumi / Pink Spider MV" (2012) Action Coordinator
"CR Batman — Blazing Gotham City" Motion Capture
"Miraidane (TV Tokyo)" Editor
"Musical KAMUI (stage)" (2017) Performer / Action Director
"Utattemita Koishitemita" (2019, dir. Minami Nishiogi) Cinematography, and more…

[Book] "Learn by Doing: DaVinci Resolve — The Perfect Guide to Video Editing"

● Class in charge: [Beginner Action Basics] [Action Directing Basics] [Editing Software / Techniques Overall]

Ryohei Watanabe

Ryohei Watanabe

He started his career as an actor, but resolved to become a film director and moved to the U.S. After graduating from the cinema department of Los Angeles City College, he returned to Japan and in 2013 founded the video production company "Seven Seas Pictures," working as a professional in video and photography. Beyond corporate videos and drama directing, he also runs camera training that leverages his equipment knowledge, and his courses on photography and video — analyzed from the perspectives of "stillness" and "motion" — are highly regarded. He is also well-versed in many fields, including building custom PCs and creating websites.

[Credits]
Udemy online courses — 25,000 total students
Drama "Gokusen 2" (Nippon TV) — regular appearances in all episodes
Harley-Davidson Japan
Canon Inc.
Kokuyo Co., Ltd.
Olympus Corporation
Contributing to the video-production media PRONEWS
Speaker at CP+ PRONEWS SUMMIT 2026
Short dramas, and many corporate video productions…

● Class in charge: [Cinematography / Camera Basics Overall] [Use of Professional Equipment] [Directing Basics] [Use of Editing Software Overall]

Special Instructors

Special Instructors

We also plan special classes by professionals involved in entertainment works — such as film distributors, planners, and stage directors. Because they are active on the front lines, these will be held as remote or in-person special classes, and details will be shared with students after scheduling.

Curriculum

With an emphasis on hands-on practice for the professional set, our classes are built around the concept of giving students the all-around ability to create content that contains action.
Although the genre is "action," you must learn an extremely wide range of things and build real skill. For that reason, the 12-month, one-year program is

[First 5 months: Beginner Lectures] ・ [Latter 5 months: Advanced Lectures] ・ [Graduation Project: 2 months]

structured into three stages. In-person classes are held once a month on the 2nd Saturday for 6 continuous hours. In addition, there is one remote lecture per week (about 2 hours), and an action practice session once a week (about 2 hours).

An assignment is given at the end of each class, and you build your skills by completing it by the 2nd Saturday of the following month. This is because "self-direction" is important in completing a work (an action scene). Also, "by what method and how you complete it by the deadline" becomes that person's own directorial color, so how you use your time over the month is part of the class. That said, there is a weekly progress check, so you won't be left stranded trying to complete an assignment. If questions arise during production, you can ask them.

※1 For those joining from outside the Tokyo area, we accommodate with intensive practice sessions.
※2 Details about practice sessions will be explained in your interview after enrollment.

[Assignments that simulate the professional set]

To get you thinking like a professional, the monthly assignments are "nearly the same difficulty as actual jobs." The assignments themselves are relatively difficult, and you receive frank feedback from a professional's perspective, so they are designed with "becoming a professional" in mind — not as play. Based on the evaluation system established by the JAG school, your performance is managed in points, and this evaluation becomes the basis for graduation-project assignments and for discussing jobs.

[Practical training]

Top performers are actively given the chance to gain hands-on experience on professional sets. Since it is very difficult to suddenly serve as main staff, you participate starting from positions such as assistant. Of course, you can gain experience working on "action sets" as part of the action team, as well as on sets that require creative skills, such as corporate projects, web commercials, and short dramas. And since this is work, compensation is provided.

Schedule

The 2026 class curriculum is as follows. (※ Subject to change depending on the class's skill progress.)

Annual Schedule

Annual schedule

Annual Schedule — Details

First-half curriculum 1 First-half curriculum 2 Latter-half curriculum 3 Monthly schedule

Beginner Lectures (5 months)

  • Basics of modern action and sword fighting
  • Basics of action directing
  • Basics of directing theory
  • Use of professional equipment (cameras)
  • Basic knowledge of camera angles and composition
  • Basic operation of DaVinci Resolve and Adobe Premiere, and basics of video editing
  • Basics of video editing for action
  • Basic knowledge of action using CG, such as VFX and motion capture

The first 5 months establish the foundational abilities required on a professional set.
In class, regardless of whether you are a creator or a performer, you actually move your body to learn basic action movement. After also studying classroom content such as directing theory, you use professional-grade cameras and PCs and, while completing assignments, receive instruction to reach the beginner-to-intermediate level of video production.
The first 5 months are taught by instructors who are currently active and have teaching experience at vocational schools and the like — creators, editors with editing experience at major post-production houses, directors of terrestrial TV production, and active action performers and stunt people. Instruction on professional equipment and editing techniques is also planned to be given by creators who have published technical books, among others.

Advanced Lectures (5 months)

  • Action lectures by Kenji Tanigaki, Makoto Yokoyama, Utako Takano, Keiji Tsujii, and Yuji Shimomura (※ The order of the lecture months may be swapped depending on film-shooting schedules, etc.)
  • Action lectures using private V-conte (video storyboard) materials, footage, and the like
  • How to launch a project and how to write a proposal
  • Video editing of action scenes — intermediate to advanced
  • Effects directing
  • Camera work for action (use of special cameras, etc.)

In the latter 5 months, front-line action directors and sword-fight choreographers lead the instruction, weaving in techniques and behind-the-scenes stories used in actual action scenes, and you learn living on-set techniques while actually using storyboards, V-contes, scripts, and other materials that are not released to the public. The latter 5 months feature lectures in which you re-experience the work JAG's action directors and sword-fight choreographers have done on past projects. If timing allows, you also observe actual action production sites and learn professional techniques in something like a master-apprentice relationship. You also build your skills while keeping in mind what you yourself will create for your graduation project.

~ After Graduation ~

We evaluate your performance and progress in class, and for top performers, JAG members may invite you to work (if you wish), have you produce videos for the Japan Action Guild YouTube channel, or have you join the next JAG-hosted event (private) as a member — JAG supports you as a member who helps energize the action industry even after graduation. In addition, only those who complete the graduation project are awarded a JAG certificate, recognizing that they possess a certain level of skill as judged by JAG.

JAG school graduation ceremony

Skills You Can Acquire by Graduation

Over the one-year curriculum and assignments, you acquire skills like the following.
※ Not all of them, depending on your desired path; but in awarding the JAG certificate, we judge whether you have acquired these items at a professional level.

Action Practical Skills

Modern Action / Sword Fighting

・Can perform a routine of 20 to 50 moves with no problems after only a few rehearsals
・Understands the difference between stage and screen choreography and can switch between them
・Understands how to wear hakama and obi, and how to handle props such as bamboo swords

Body Techniques (acrobatics, etc.)

・Can properly perform basic gymnastic moves and break-falls
・Can provide the spotting/assistance needed when learning a technique
・Can give basic instruction even to actors and others with no action experience

Directing

[Directing] Action Directing

・Can construct an action scene along a given theme or script
・Can give precise instructions to other staff — on angles, lighting, etc. — while envisioning each cut of the action scene (or each scene on stage)
・Understands the fundamentals of stage and screen directing

Safety Management

Ensuring Safety

・Can set up mats and identify and remove hazards in various stunt scenes
・Can ensure on-set safety by considering possible dangers — fitting protectors, planning the sequence, etc.
・Can manage equipment, fit harnesses, and handle wire-pulling for wire action and the like

Other Essential Knowledge

Motion Capture

・Acquires the ability to work as an action director or actor on a motion-capture set, including basic 3DCG knowledge and shooting methods.

Industry Terminology

・Understands the industry jargon used on film and drama sets and in post-production.

History of Action

・Acquires the basic knowledge to communicate smoothly with people in the action industry not only in Japan but around the world.

Video Editing

Premiere Pro

・Can do basic cut editing, speed changes, color correction, captions, and effects processing to create video works.

DaVinci Resolve

・Can master the features across all pages to do the same as — or more than — nonlinear software such as Premiere.

After Effects

・Can use After Effects to create the composite shots often used in action scenes, such as magic and muzzle flashes.

Fusion (DaVinci Resolve)

・Can create the same composite shots achievable in After Effects, and can composite with 3DCG.

Compositing / 3DCG Basics

・Acquires the basic knowledge to give appropriate instructions and proposals to compositors and editors on action scenes involving compositing software with large industry share, such as Nuke, and 3DCG created in Maya, Blender, and the like.

Photoshop Basics

・Can do simple image editing such as masking and compositing, and prepare the images needed for V-contes, composite cuts, proposals, thumbnails, and so on, by oneself.

Cinematography

Camera Equipment

・Understands the performance and characteristics of various camera equipment, and can judge the situation and select the right gear.
・Understands camera operation at the level needed for V-contes and can shoot.
・Can communicate with the camera operator as needed for shooting, using technical terms

Production Record

Portfolio

・By completing the monthly assignments and the graduation project, you build your own collection of videos (a body of work) — whether or not you go on to a career in film or action. Especially when entering the video industry, this is an essential item that is required to be submitted alongside your résumé, so it greatly changes how easily you can work after graduation.

Voices of 1st-Term Students Who Produced Videos for Corporate Projects

We present the achievements and voices of students of the one-year JAG Action Creator School.

This was my first experience handling a project from planning all the way to delivery, and it was a valuable experience full of nothing but learning. There are too many examples to list, but because shooting time was limited this time, I realized things like "I should have shot a cut from this angle" or "I should have rephrased this line" — that pinning things down at the competitive-proposal stage is something you should do, not only for the quality of the work but also for efficiency.

As for what I was conscious of in planning: I analyzed the attributes of job-changers and tied it to a social issue. This time I produced a video on the theme of harassment, aimed at people in their 20s and 30s.

Regarding editing, I used to feel Premiere was easier to use, but through the school I came to truly appreciate the strengths of DaVinci, and I used DaVinci for this project through delivery. At the school you can touch various software, including CG, so I feel my horizons have broadened.
This was my first time earning money from my own work, and along with the joy and fun, I also felt many points of reflection. I don't think anyone makes a fully satisfying work on their first try, so I want to use this reflection as nourishment for the future and keep striving to make better work. Thank you for this valuable experience!

Ryutaro
Ryutaro

Being able to take part from the planning stage let me pack in lots of exciting elements, and it was a really fun production. For the horses, we had Dark — who played General Wang Qi's horse in the film "Kingdom 4" — and Roasso, the horse of his adjutant Teng, appear together; a famous duo that gets you fired up if you know it. This time, while making what I wanted to make, I was also conscious of "something that draws numbers," "being worth more than the price," and "trends."
Also, in this work I was conscious of the improvement of labor conditions in the action industry that JAG is working on. To achieve that, I was greatly helped by "the method of preparing for a shoot to deliver maximum performance in a short time" that I learned at the Action Creator School.
I'm very grateful that it was completed with the cooperation of many people, starting with Gokuu Horse Village.
I plan to keep making more and more works, so if you'd like to create together, please get in touch.

Graduation Project — Director's Work "Maison Heibon": Screenings & Awards

  • Sep 2025 Aichi International Women's Film Festival 2025 — Film Competition Nominated & Screened Will Aichi (Aichi)
  • Oct 5, 2025 Atami Independent Film Festival "cinefil Award" Winner & Screened 123MUSIC Outdoor Stage (Shizuoka)
  • Nov 2025 Meguru Numazu Film Festival Selected as a "Pick" from 137 entries & Screened Within Numazu City (Shizuoka)
  • Nov 2025 Kobe Independent Film Festival 2025 Selected & Screened Within Kobe City (Hyogo)
  • FY2025 5th SAITAMA Nantoka Film Festival — "Under 30 Minutes" Category Nominated & Screened Within Saitama City (Saitama)
  • May 14, 2026 Fellowes Monthly Short Film Screening Vol.21 Selected & Screened (with director's stage appearance) Euro Live (Shibuya, Tokyo)
Natsuko Aratama
Natsuko Aratama

This time I handled the editing of an action scene. It was my first time editing for pay, and unlike the school assignments it carried real tension. Editing always takes me a lot of time, so it was very hard to bring it up to the required quality in a short period. It was only a few seconds of action, but I received advice and made revision after revision, and when I finally got the OK I was so happy. My goal is to work as a stuntwoman in the future, but being involved in a work on the editing side became experience that will also be useful on set. It was tough, but I'm glad I could have such a valuable experience!

Yu Tanaka
Yu Tanaka

This was my first corporate project. Rather than freely making what I like as before, the task of being paid by a client as a professional and thinking through and making what is wanted was of course difficult — but it was also a thrilling, fun experience.
It began with creating my first-ever proposal, and I agonized over how to keep an action-filled video from looking like a dangerous video. This time I tried to focus on "reactions" — action that isn't the everyday punching and kicking. I also realized that this was my first time imagining the faces of the people who would watch the video I made. Starting from how to get people to watch it, and then how those who did watch could relate to and enjoy it — even now, after delivery, I still don't fully know, but I was able to face and be conscious of these things.
Through this project, I found many more things I want to try, so I want to keep editing and making works so I can be involved in projects like this again.
The editing techniques and proposal writing I learned in class actually came in useful, and I feel I can now see a little more clearly what I want to do after graduation. I'm currently working on my graduation project, and personally I've become interested in lighting and color grading, so I want to shoot and edit all kinds of footage.

Io Ayano
Io Ayano

Class Locations

Yushima D&A Bldg. B2A, 1-10-5 Yushima, Bunkyo-ku, Tokyo 113-0034
AAC STUNTS GYM

・Within Tokyo
・A studio managed by a JAG founding member
・A post-production house in Tokyo

※ Depending on the class content, some material requires confidentiality. In the case of a shooting location, we may gather and travel by location bus or similar, so we will inform you each time.

Admission Details & Tuition

Mid-term enrollment for the 3rd term is open!

Remote info sessions & interviews available anytime! Apply via the contact form.

Enrollment Fee
(facility & equipment usage fee)
¥250,000 (¥275,000 incl. tax)
Tuition
(¥660,000 per year)
¥50,000/month (¥55,000/month incl. tax)

Application Form

You can apply or make inquiries through the form below. A staff member will get back to you.







    Q&A

    Is it okay even for beginners?
    Yes. It's fine even if you have no action or video experience.
    What matters is "passion." We warmly welcome action lovers who think "I want to make action films" or "I want to work in action," as well as those who think "I want to learn professional video production" or "I want to be able to make a step-above video and content."
    Are there any application requirements?
    ・Be physically and mentally healthy
    ・Not be anti-social or belong to such an organization
    ・As a rule, 12 years or older (however, since the course is taught at a general level, you must be able to work hard to keep up at that level)
    ・Be able to apply yourself diligently
    Since assignments of a certain difficulty are given, you need the "emotional drive" to keep working on assignments and studying in parallel with your usual schooling or job.
    For minors, is parental consent required?
    Minors require the consent of a parent or guardian.
    Do I need a computer?
    Basically, yes. Only during in-person class hours do we lend high-spec PCs with software such as Adobe Premiere installed. For remote classes at home, you will need your own PC.
    What video editing software do you use?
    In class we use Adobe Premiere Pro, Adobe After Effects, and DaVinci Resolve. However, when producing assignment works, you are free to use whatever software you like — for example, "I'm used to Final Cut X or EDIUS, so I want to use that." We leave it to each student's judgment.
    I don't have an Adobe Creative Cloud subscription — is it required?
    It is not required.
    There are times in class when we use Adobe Premiere Pro and After Effects, but they are installed on the loaned PCs. Instead, please install DaVinci Resolve on your own PC; for remote classes, we basically proceed using DaVinci Resolve.
    Why do you use DaVinci Resolve?
    Because it can be used for free, making it easy for all students to adopt.
    Also, in the editing classes, instructors well-versed in DaVinci Resolve teach, and we plan to handle high-end cameras such as the Blackmagic Design URSA Mini 4.6K and codec footage such as BMD RAW. We will explain in detail during class.
    Is it possible to film the classes?
    As a rule, no.
    The video materials used in class may include footage actually used in released shoots, as well as unreleased footage, so while the Japan Action Guild may film for its activity records, other filming is not permitted.
    Can I participate from outside the Tokyo area?
    Yes.
    Since in-person classes are held once a month, only on the 2nd Saturday, you need to come to Tokyo at that time. Other classes are held remotely, so you will need a remote connection environment such as Zoom.
    Why are the action practice sessions for those who wish to attend?
    Because action practical skills also assume the attendance of semi-pro or pro players at an advanced level.
    At this school, JAG founding members — active on the front lines of the action industry — teach skills and content such as directing, cinematography, and editing techniques that you cannot acquire just by aiming to be a player, so even professionals have reason to attend. In the action practice sessions, instruction is given by looking at the overall level of the students, but because we may practice at the beginner-to-intermediate level, we make them "for those who wish."
    Will you introduce me to work after graduation?
    We do not provide job placement, so we don't make introductions as such. However, since nearly all the instructors are representatives of companies or organizations, depending on your ability they may individually reach out to you about projects or assistant positions. Also, some of the assignments given during the course are based on actual jobs. Top performers may be asked to help with work or handle projects even while still enrolled.

    Since we want graduates to be active as "action creators" as much as possible and to help energize the industry, we provide career advice and as much support as JAG can — practice sessions, study groups, and so on — even after graduation.
    I'm a working professional with a company job — is it hard to attend?
    You can participate. Among the 1st-term students, some graduated while working a company job by meeting the required attendance rate. Also, the class content is fairly difficult, so you can review the class content as video archives on the dedicated member site.

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