Dance Video: Research
18.11.14
For our Image Factory unit we must produce a two to four edit of an alternative dance video we shot a couple weeks ago.
The set up for the shoot was fairly simple. We were split off into five groups of four and had 45 minutes to record the entire dance. This meant that in post we could compile all five groups' footage and perhaps use footage that we may not have had the time to capture, or was simply better.
Due to the nature of the project, there was barely any time to carry out any pre-production save a few minutes before shooting to watch the dance and then brainstorm. This meant much of the footage was done on the fly.
But enough about this mumbo jumbo that happened ages ago. I pretty much have no knowledge of how to edit a music video. And I guess this is there part where I watch a load of videos and see what I can draw from them.
"Starting West" - Filmmaker Michael
I like this video because of it's unique take on forms of movement. I really liked how it used the slit-scan effect to distort the dancers' movements. It gave it a pretty surreal feeling.
I decided to give this technique a go on one of the long takes of the entire dance, however, there was too much movement within the frame to make it look vaguely presentable and it just didn't feel it was the right time to use that effect.
I guess from this point I decided to try and keep the edit simple, using continuity editing to my advantage, thus letting the piece breathe a little bit
I decided to give this technique a go on one of the long takes of the entire dance, however, there was too much movement within the frame to make it look vaguely presentable and it just didn't feel it was the right time to use that effect.
I guess from this point I decided to try and keep the edit simple, using continuity editing to my advantage, thus letting the piece breathe a little bit
This is a music video for the son "U and I" by Sarh. This video is such a complex idea but it has been pulled off magnificently. Although this one was such a big shoot that had been probably months in the making, I still liked the idea behind it and decided to adopt a similar one in my final piece.
Director - Paul Trillo
DP - Greg Wilson
I love the art direction in this film and how the Director and the Director of Photography have managed to portray the two dancers in such an intimate way but in the context of a massive scale (the birth of the universe) to really demonstrate how strong a bond between two people can be
The synopsis:
"A man and a woman chase each other through the birth of the universe"
Director - Paul Trillo
DP - Greg Wilson
I love the art direction in this film and how the Director and the Director of Photography have managed to portray the two dancers in such an intimate way but in the context of a massive scale (the birth of the universe) to really demonstrate how strong a bond between two people can be
The synopsis:
"A man and a woman chase each other through the birth of the universe"
I also looked at more contemporary dance and improvisation dance videos that are more structured to how I want my final piece to look.
Olga Kuraeva [improvisation] [contemporary ballet]
This video is sort of the style we aimed for when shooting our rushes; by capturing the intimate moments between both dancers (or in this case, the sentiment displayed by one dancer).
Watching this I felt like I was looking into something deeply personal since there was rarely a frame where there was a wide shot of the room she was in, and any frames the dancer was in, her body was often cut off at the bottom or top thus obliging the viewer to get closer to the dance as a piece of art.
Watching this I felt like I was looking into something deeply personal since there was rarely a frame where there was a wide shot of the room she was in, and any frames the dancer was in, her body was often cut off at the bottom or top thus obliging the viewer to get closer to the dance as a piece of art.
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