FINAL!!

Midterm With Music

My Final Treatment plan

This video dance is of a girl who is at a park. Her movement is pedestrian, but also very gestural. She is sitting on the benches trying to figure out what she is going to do. When she realizes the interesting things that she is able to do with her movement around the cluster of benches she is sitting in between. She begins to use her imagination more, and when she is done with the benches she looks around to notice a playground not very far away. She makes her way to it, following the cracks on the ground with her feet on the way. She makes patterns in the sand and creates movement patterns as she heads to the swings. She "plays" some more on the playground and makes her way to the hill. Rolling and moving her way down the hill where she will finish her adventure sitting in front of the pond.

The look and atmosphere is very lively and playful, she is realizing how much fun she used to have as a kid on the playgrounds. She is wearing normal street clothes more colorful and tennis shoes, hair in a pony tale and normal day make-up.

The piece will be about 3-4 minutes, maybe a little longer if the idea needs to be developed more.

Midterm Project

Hannah Close up Face

Continuity Project

In Camera Editing

Theme and Variation Effects

Chapter 1: Exercises

Types of Ideas

Theme

Gravity itself is very interesting, and the fact that it can be manipulated on camera is very intriguing. I want to create camera angles that help create the allusion, that little or no gravity is effecting the dancer. Turning the camera upside down, or sideways placing the dancer in places that seems like they are sitting on the ceiling, standing on the wall, etc. Along with movement that supports the idea. Tricking the brain into thinking that gravity played no effect in the creation of the video.

Work of Art

This painting creates a sense of thematic point of view. Creating movement patterns that include running, jumping, swooping, lounging, prancing, and any other type of action-based movement. It also stimulates a sense of mystery from the shadows and the way the staircase is set. Yet the architecture is very beautiful and inviting.

The project is not limited to stairs, but a large portion will consist of the use of stairs in some way. Along with shadows and architectural like movement. There will be three dancers in the piece creating the sense of friendship and tension.

Writing a treatment

2. If my foot steps follow yours, do we make a path?

This video dance is a video of five individual dancers sitting on a ledge. They are wearing regular street clothes of all different shades and colors. Some are in dresses others in pants and shirts. Creating a sense of normal life. One begins to move giving the feel that they are talking, or telling a story using their whole body. Their movement then triggers the person directly next to them and that person begins to dance as well creating a small duet. The others along with the camera just continue to watch this take place. Shortly after the first person "finishes" their story and sits, in a different spot, creating a chain reaction of movement to occur which then gets two others to join. Now having 3 dancers standing and moving, and two sitting on the ledge having their own "conversation". This movement pattern continues as they each take a turn sitting and creating a ripple effect till they are all standing.

The camera will then focus on their feet and become apart of the movement, no longer an outside viewer. Creating a sense of movement in and of itself. The dancers will then one by one finish "what they have to say" and one at a time sit back down on the ledge the way the began.

The ledge is outside in a courtyard with gravel, closed off from other areas, not a big open space creating a smaller more enclosed feel. The atmosphere of the work is different for each dancer. One may be frustrated while the other happy. Each dancer will take on a different emotion as they are the "listener" or "talker". This is a short film 2-3 minutes in length. The soundtrack is the sound of their feet as they scuff along the ground and their breath as they are moving. So it is a complete raw feeling. As if they just decided to do this and it wasn't planned. Very spontaneous.

Theme and Variation Videos

Without transitions

With transitions

Camera 5 Shots

Shot one

Close up of dancer moving (moving the rocks with their feet creating shapes.)

Concentrated on that not looking at the camera.

Same dancer same movement showing whole body.

Then a close up shot of just the feet and the movement.

Second Shot (Not Rotated)

Someone is sitting on the round section so it looks as if they are sitting on the ground. They will then slowly stand on the ground which will seem like the wall. Then push off the wall and create different poses.

Third Shot

Shot Four

Pedestrian movement "looking for something". Have one person start, then add a second, then, third then fourth than fifth. Camera staying stationary.

Five

Just feet in this shot, Coming in and out of the frame, walking running jumping, turning, lots of articulation. Feeling as if they are trying to find a place to sit and after a little while of movement they will find a spot and then they will sit.

Extra Shot