In preparation for tomorrows rehearsals with our actresses to block out our piece I have decided to do some research into stylised movement pieces which I feel will be of a similar style to how we want our actresses to move from what I have seen that they can do in the Auditions.
Sia's and Maddie's performance of Chandelier (2014)
I really like this piece because of how abstract yet fluid the moment of the dancer is. She has such a unique style which I don't want to copy completely as after all this isa dance and we are not trying to make our piece sole a dance. However there are a few elements I want to take from this such as the facial expressions of the dancer. They are so large and bold that the camera picks them up even in long shots which is really useful. I feel for our character of the Id we need this similar bold facial expressions to help convey how much the Id is based on the wants of the person. I also like how childish and innocent this dance becomes in places which again works for our Id because we want her to be very childish again to reflect what the Id is. I feel like the abstract style will be built up to this in our piece because the more tension their is and the more that the reality of the pice becomes broken the more we will want to reflect that in our actresses. I feel like the Id will be much more like the animalistic stylised parts of the dance were as the Superego character will stay quite graceful like this dancer was in places. Another interesting aspect this piece has left me thinking about is how well the dancer has interacted with the space here. I feel like we need to think of interesting ways to have our actresses interacting with our props and the space to keep it exciting through out.
Charly Chaplin - The Lion's Cage (1928)
I was drawn to look at the work of Charly Chaplin because when we auditioned one of our chosen Actresses her movements for parts of her audition were very exaggerated and it led me to think of Charly Chaplin. I have looked at this piece in particular because I like how inventive he is trying to get himself out of the Lions cage. I feel we need to think more in terms of are piece how the actress could deal with her reflection in more interesting ways like this. We aren't necessarily going for humour but we want the Id to become exaggerated in this way as the piece moves on. I again really like the facial expressions used here and how much they convey to us as an audience. I need to make sure the actresses get into this mind set of displaying their emotions in a similar way even more so as the tension builds. I like also in this the fast pace of it. We will use that in places however to keep it exciting we won't have it as far paced the whole way through. We will keep it varied.
The Cabinet of Dr Caligari - Werner Krauss (1919)
I looked at parts of this film after a recommendation from one of my tutors after seeing the synopsis for our piece. I liked how this expressionist piece of film uses such abstract techniques yet still portrays a narrative and story to the viewer. I feel like in terms of movement it is very interesting for similar reasons why I found Chaplin inspiring too. I think the large facial expressions here were used but it has made me think more about how interesting lighting can be used in close ups to make you focus on the characters face more. This could be a suggestion I give to our Gaffa. I also felt like the stillness actually really helped to build tension here. Unlike Chaplin they didn't rush through it a instead embraced the long moments of thought from the characters and the reactions which made them make more of an impact. I feel like we need to have a combination of these tense still moments and also of the frantic Chaplin inspired moments to help keep it even more exciting.
This research and viewing has really helped me feel a lot more prepared for when we meet with the actresses tomorrow which means I will be able to give clearer direction. A lot of these thought were in my head anyway but it makes me feel a lot more organised and ready now having thought them all the way through with reasoning. I am very excited for our rehearsals and our shoot now.
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