2. Plan?
Choreographing solo and duet dance with
the help of GCSE dance teacher – Mrs
Bugby – building a narrative was our
primary focus of the dance
Dress rehearsal
Practice using lights in dance studio
Range of different camera angles when
filming
When choreographing the dance routines
we wanted to have a contrast between
the solo and duet – establishing the broken
relationship.
3. Solo choreography
Solo routine – dance movements included a lot of
enclosed movements establishing the female actor
missing her partner.
Movements included:
Arm movements across her body – misses the chemistry of the
relationship
Hands through her hair – distress and confusion of relationship
Looking down her body - loss of confidence and fear of her
relationship
Punches (closed fists) – anger of the relationship
Sharp movements – dominance and the pain of the relationship
4.
5. Recording dance
When filming the dance we needed to ensure we
used a range of different camera angles that
captured the narrative effectively instead of like a
GCSE exam piece.
To avoid this we needed to make sure we used a
range of different camera angles such as:
close ups / tracking shots / mid shots / extreme
close-ups instead of still shots.
6. costume
Robyn - Black Nike sports bra with black dance
shorts. This costume allows our female dancer to
move around freely without being in danger with
any hazards.
We found that the purple leotard wasn’t as effective
as using a black costume. The purple leotard
distracted the audiences attention away from the
dance scenes
7. Before changing this we gave a questionnaire to the rest of
our class (18 pupils) , asking what costume they preferred
and their reason why.
Overall 16 out of the 18 chose the black and the remaining 2
choose the purple.
purple
black
8. Reasons
Many agreed and thought the leotard colour
(purple) was to bold and would distracted the
meaning of the shot.
Some said that the black costume would look
more effective and would fit the mood of our
song.
The black costume is a more realistic modern
‘pop’ dance costume.
We also thought that this costume looked realistic
for a dancers outfit, acting as a visual signifier for
the audience as well as establishing
characterisation.
9. Location
Location – Dance studio
This was a great location as it worked at a visual
signifier.
PROPS: Dance studio lights
Throughout filming we used black sidelights, this
was to hide the curtains around the side of the
studio. We decided to do this because after
looking at our original footage in the studio we
found that the curtains were really obvious in the
background and looked really unprofessional.
10. Effects with the lights
White and pink spot lights, which used connotations
of romance and purity.
We also used the lights to create a flashing effect by turning
them off and on to the beat of the music. The lights would be
on and then go to black out.
When filming and capturing this effect we used a tracking
shot around the solo character. We found this was a powerful
shot which built intensity for the audience.
A tracking shot worked effectively as the actor stayed
stationary changing upper body moments (e.g hugging) that
established her emotions of sadness while the camera
followed her around her body. This empathised these
movements as well as using a close up head shot to show her
emotions.
