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INTIMACY COORDINATION
Intimate scenes need trust, clear communication and precise preparation. Our intimacy coordinators help productions to implement closeness, touch, kisses, nudity or sexualized content professionally, respectfully and in the spirit of the story.
Realize intimate scenes confidently, respectfully and with narrative clarity.
Proximity is no coincidence. It is prepared.
When it comes to stunts, one thing is clear: physical actions are not improvised, but planned, agreed and safely executed. It’s similar with intimate scenes. Here, too, it’s about body, trust, boundaries, timing and choreography.
Intimacy Coordination therefore fits very naturally with our understanding of professional work on set. Youstunt Concepts stands for safety, physical work, precision and responsible preparation. With Intimacy Coordination, we expand this standard to include sensitive scenes in which closeness, vulnerability and physical boundaries play a special role.
What does an Intimacy Coordinator do?
What is Intimacy Coordination?
An intimacy coordinator supports directors, producers and performers in the preparation and realization of intimate scenes. This is not about preventing creative decisions. On the contrary: good intimacy coordination helps to implement the artistic idea more clearly, more securely and more resiliently for everyone involved.
It creates a professional framework in which expectations, boundaries, movements and processes are discussed before the shoot. This creates security on set – and at the same time more freedom for acting, directing and camera.
Script & scene analysis
We check at an early stage which scenes require special preparation and which physical, emotional or organizational requirements arise from this.
Coordination with director & production
Together with the director, production, costume, make-up, camera and production manager, it is clarified how the scene is to be told and what framework conditions are necessary for this.
Communication with performers
Before the shoot, boundaries, questions, uncertainties and consent are discussed transparently. This way, everyone involved knows what is planned - and what is not.
Choreography of intimate scenes
Touches, movements, lines of sight, positions and sequences are defined in concrete terms. This creates a sense of security without making the scene look artificial.
Support on set
During the shoot, the intimacy coordinator ensures that the agreed procedures are adhered to and that the performers can concentrate on their work.
Sensitive follow-up
After intense scenes, a short debriefing can help to bring the situation to a clean conclusion and get back to the normal set routine.
When should a production schedule Intimacy Coordination?
When is Intimacy Coordination useful?
Intimacy Coordination is useful for scenes with kissing, nudity, simulated sexual acts, sexualized violence, strong physical proximity, sensitive power relationships, emotional vulnerability or situations in which performers are particularly physically exposed.
Not every intimate scene is automatically problematic. But every scene in which closeness, shame, physicality or personal boundaries play a role benefits from clear preparation. The earlier these issues are discussed, the calmer and more professional the day of filming can be.
A contact for physically sensitive scenes
Our Intimacy Coordinators
Our aim is to create a professional set routine in which artistic requirements are clearly defined and performers can concentrate on their work.
For the area of intimacy coordination, Youstunt Concepts works together with experienced colleagues who accompany productions in the professional preparation and realization of sensitive scenes.
With her scholarship from Amazon Prime, Swaantje successfully completed her training as an IC. Since then, she has been supporting performers and productions in the safe and respectful realization of intimate scenes. Her focus is on clear communication, trust and precise preparation so that sensitive content can be told professionally and credibly.
Katrin supports productions in realizing intimate scenes in a structured, sensitive way and in the spirit of the story. She creates a professional framework in which artistic freedom and personal boundaries can be considered together.
Fritzi combines intimacy coordination with practical experience in front of the camera. As an actress, stuntwoman and movement expert, she understands both the artistic side of a scene and the physical demands on set. She accompanies productions in scenes with closeness, kissing, nudity, simulated sexuality or sexualized violence and attaches particular importance to clear agreements, consent, choreography and a professional framework for everyone involved.
1st inquiry & first assessment
We check which scenes are affected and to what extent intimacy coordination makes sense.
2. script breakdown
The intimate or sensitive scenes are analyzed in the script and classified according to effort, content and requirements.
3. preliminary talk with director & production
Artistic intention, visual language, limits and organizational framework conditions are clarified.
4. discussions with performers
Individual limits, questions and consent are discussed confidentially.
5. choreography & set preparation
Movements, touching, costume issues, protective measures and closed-set procedures are coordinated.
6. support on the day of shooting
Implementation is monitored and communicated with the relevant departments.
What you should know!
Confidentiality
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No. Good intimacy coordination supports the creative vision. It ensures that intimate scenes are clearly planned, clearly communicated and can be professionally realized by the performers.
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No. Kisses, strong physical closeness, sexualized content, power relationships or emotionally very vulnerable scenes can also make professional support useful.
Sensitive handling
The best time to do this is during preparation. The earlier sensitive scenes are discussed, the better they can be planned artistically, organizationally and humanely.
Yes, when scenes contain physicality, fighting, violence, falling, fixing or other physical actions, close coordination between Stunt Coordination and Intimacy Coordination can be very useful.
Are you planning an intimate or sensitive scene?
Let's Work Together!
We would be happy to check together whether and to what extent Intimacy Coordination makes sense for your production.