Firstly I let the group know that I had been researching into the Psychology behind Phobias and the three chosen phobias in particular. I shared with them what I had found (refer to previous blog post) and this lead me to suggest that the running order for our dance should be...
Arachnophobia - This should be first because it is the most common amongst the phobia we are doing and also is the least severe in terms of how it can effect a persons life because spider are something you can choose to avoid. Also this phobia is well know by a lot of people and therefore would be a good place to start.
Claustrophobia - This should be second because it is less common then Arachnophobia however can be more severe to a sufferer because they have to avoid certain situations in life all together such as tube stations, lifts etc. This would also be a good contrast to the previous phobia as this one is more space related and therefore fits well here to keep the viewer engaged.
Astraphobia - This should be third because it is even less common especially when talking about adults and it could be classed as more severe because it can lead to many other complications such as developing agoraphobia because you don't want to be outside incase a thunder storm strikes. This one also seems like visually it could be the most dramatic and therefore would be a good place to end the dance on.
I like this order and the other group members agreed because it will be a nice way to build tension up throughout the piece but also keep the audience interested by going from something very recognizable to something a little less so.
We then moved on to talk about the Advert which we hare waiting for our Producer to make. This will be an advert to call for dancers to take part within our Dance Video. Here is what we discussed needs to be involved int eh advert...
-Potentially Paid (we will be paying for expenses such as travel and food anyway)
-Dates them must be available, 17th March for Prelight, 27th to 30th March for the official shoot.
- 2 Contemporary Dancers
-3 Phobias
-Send a showreel to our email by the 6th of March to be considered.
-Individual and Pair submissions welcome.
Katherine as producer said she would make this into a poster which we can then circulate online and also email to dance companies and studios. We need it to be circulating as soon a possible so she agreed this would be done by midday tomorrow.
We then all greed that we would use studio B32 in university as this was free on all the dates we needed it (unfortunately other locations weren't). We were happy with this as we want a conceptual space and we by using a 3 light setup we would be able to black out the background and make it almost like a blank spotlight area in the middle for the dancers. Katherine (Producer) agree that she would go book this on Monday and a Risk Assessment would be done by then too. Sugini (DOP) is also going to get the equipment list ready by then too so she can go and book it all out on the appropriate days. We briefly discussed what kind of equipment she will be using so this will defiantly be ready for then.
We then were speaking about possible locations to rehearse in with the Dancers and we discussed the possibility of using the Actinian studios at the University to maybe at the Maltings (local theatre). Another possibility was to contact local schools to ask if they had a studio we could use. Katherine as Producer is going to look into this for us.
We then moved on to discuss music which I was really keen to do. I have a music contact who has offered to make the soundtrack for our piece so we needed to discuss what kind of thing we wanted so we could send it to him in an email so he could start working on it. We discussed the kind of sound effects we might possibly like which were...
Arachnophobia - Scurrying, Sharp ticking Noises, high pitched sounds
Claustrophobia - Breathing, Muffled and distorted sounds
Astraphobia - Thunder, wind and loud bangs.
We wanted these sound effects to hopefully be incorporated into a music track which he would mae so we started thinking into what kind of music we liked. We referred back to a Dance Video we all liked online. Here is the link -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?
We liked the pace of this piece and we also thought it may be a good reference for him as it shows the kind of dance style we are attempting too. He plays a lot more modern instruments and not orchestral instruments so we knew it wouldn't sound like this but we were hoping he would be able to give us a modern take on it. We also made the decision as a group to get the track to be made 6 minutes long with 2 minutes for each phobia as opposed to 3 minutes for the whole thing. This is because we felt this loser track would allow us a lot more opportunity to make interesting choreography. We would rather work towards a longer piece with properly explore the themes then cut it back if needs be rather than it being too rushed or short. Now that we have discussed this I can write and send an email to my contact.
This meeting has been very good because an action plan for the next week has now been put in place meaning we can move forward with the piece a to more.
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