As discussed previously the use of camera and edits within dance film allows the creation of something adverse from reality. This is epitomised within Michael Downing's 1997 film Cornered which has stylistically been the key influence and inspiration into the filming and editing planned to be explored within the up-coming film for this project.
Cornered, a fast-paced, high contrasted black and white film features a solo female performer dancing within a corner of a white-walled room. Clever camera angles and sharp edit choices create the illusion of a small box like shape in which the performer is trapped. Due to the combination of choreography, camera angles and edit style the film creates an interesting aesthetic - confusing and disorientating the viewer alongside the accompaniment of strange scratching sounds gives to the overall nature of the film a post-modern surrealism.
Cornered, a fast-paced, high contrasted black and white film features a solo female performer dancing within a corner of a white-walled room. Clever camera angles and sharp edit choices create the illusion of a small box like shape in which the performer is trapped. Due to the combination of choreography, camera angles and edit style the film creates an interesting aesthetic - confusing and disorientating the viewer alongside the accompaniment of strange scratching sounds gives to the overall nature of the film a post-modern surrealism.
Due to copyright reasons an extract of Cornered may not be shown within this blog, however the influence for the film Cornered being the famous dance sequence from the 1951 film Royal Wedding featuring Fred Astaire is shown below depicting Astaire appearing to dance upon the ceiling and walls of the room in which he is located.
Source:
- Video: SneakyGuy55, 2011. Fred Astaire - Royal Wedding (1951) - The Famous "Ceiling" Dance. [video online] Available at: <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GNGDe4uNjQ> [Accessed 30 April 2011]
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