Annabelle dances and dances
At the beginning of cinema history there was a beautiful void. A new technology had been created ... but there was no precedent for what the actual content of a film should be
One of the very first big commercial hits of cinema and some of the most beautiful film ever made was Annabelle Moore doing her serpentine dance. This is actually a compilation of shorts made between 1894 and 1898. These films were so popular that the negatives wore out and the footage had to be re-shot multiple times...
One of the very first big commercial hits of cinema and some of the most beautiful film ever made was Annabelle Moore doing her serpentine dance. This is actually a compilation of shorts made between 1894 and 1898. These films were so popular that the negatives wore out and the footage had to be re-shot multiple times...
dave, mary and frances - sideways
The films I've shot for my number one dance move aren't designed to be shown on a computer screen or a tv screen... they're shot in portrait mode... and you need to imagine them projected so the dancers are lifesize in front of you...
dave
mary
frances
If I was being hardcore I'd put the films up here as they were shot - and viewers could turn their laptops and computer monitors on their sides; but I converted these three into normal landscape orientation for the Cube Cinema Ausform Performance Film event a couple of weeks ago...
dave
mary
frances
If I was being hardcore I'd put the films up here as they were shot - and viewers could turn their laptops and computer monitors on their sides; but I converted these three into normal landscape orientation for the Cube Cinema Ausform Performance Film event a couple of weeks ago...
Kerry, Jason and Tom
These are cuts I used when I showed a work in progress version of the installation in St Weburgh's, Bristol - September 2009.
They're presented here as they're projected so you'll have to turn your laptop or vdu on its side to watch them... like this -
press play -
If you're unhappy about turning your machinery on its side ... I'll put up some videos in "normal" orientation in the next post (above)....
They're presented here as they're projected so you'll have to turn your laptop or vdu on its side to watch them... like this -
press play -
If you're unhappy about turning your machinery on its side ... I'll put up some videos in "normal" orientation in the next post (above)....
in the studio
testing out the films on a cold evening in our studio at Bridewell Island.
dave
kerry
kayle
At the moment I've only put eight of the twelve dancers into the interface.
I wanted each dancer on the laptop screen to be a little dancing movie that acts as a button to activate the big projections, but I couldn't get the movies to run at the right speed. The more dancers I added the more their dancing slowed dowwwwnnnnnnn.
After a couple of days struggling with flash and phoning techie friends I gave up - so the dancers on the interface are still photos... for now.
dave
kerry
kayle
At the moment I've only put eight of the twelve dancers into the interface.
I wanted each dancer on the laptop screen to be a little dancing movie that acts as a button to activate the big projections, but I couldn't get the movies to run at the right speed. The more dancers I added the more their dancing slowed dowwwwnnnnnnn.
After a couple of days struggling with flash and phoning techie friends I gave up - so the dancers on the interface are still photos... for now.
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