Lou Diamond Phillips practices with the Austin
P.D. SWAT team to prepare
for the role of SSG Monfriez in Ed Zwick's Courage Under Fire.
- Script Consultation: Research for writers, authentic
dialogue of military slang and technical language
- Assist with government clearance for locations and
facilities
- Obtain obscure and unusual military equipment
- Historical research for all departments
- Basic training for actors
M-1 Abrams on the attack in Ed Zwick's Courage
Under Fire
- Coach actors, to include dialogue, weapons handling,
customs, courtesies and protocol (i.e. how and when to
salute) as well as the dynamics of specific roles in
military hierarchy
- Instruct in the proper use of military equipment (i.e.
radios, sonar, mine detectors)
- Military vehicle training and services (tracked and
wheeled)
- Wear and appearance of military uniforms for all branches
of the service
- Radio language; contemporary and historical
- Foreign military uniforms, weapons, equipment, and
procedures
Members of the VETS "loop group"
record military radio traffic for the
tank battle scene in Ed Zwick's Courage Under Fire.
- Looping and Realistic radio chatter
- Cadences and Jody Calls
- Assist with sound effects
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