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Asylum- The Stephen King of Dance Films

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ya2x4yeJ82s When first given the task of completing a dance film in the time period of only a few weeks, I was honestly terrified. I had hardly even worked with iMovie and my old phone took terrible quality videos. Now I was going to be using an advanced program, Final Cut Pro, and having toContinueContinue reading “Asylum- The Stephen King of Dance Films”

It’s All About The Angles: Analysis of Pascal Magnin’s “Reines d’un Jour”

Pascal Magnin’s “Reines d’un Jour” utilizes a dynamic variety of camera angles and transitions to reflect the ever-changing quality of movements in the choreography presented. The relationship between camera and dancer as well as dancer and audience provokes a communal feel shared between both the dancers and the viewer. The film begins with a heightened senseContinueContinue reading “It’s All About The Angles: Analysis of Pascal Magnin’s “Reines d’un Jour””

Moving Space

The “Moving Space” project consisted of picking an allotted location in Sullivant Hall and integrating movement into it in order to highlight the structure. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxeoHw1j9l0 After considering various places, my group decided to choose the cartoon library stairs as our space. Often something as simple as stairs are taken for granted. We walk on themContinueContinue reading “Moving Space”

Shifting Sounds

When Elijah first came into our class, I was incredibly excited because I have always wanted to know how to properly use GarageBand. The majority of tools we were taught how to use were relatively easy for me to learn. I soon felt confident in cutting music, adding loops, and panning or fading music.ContinueContinue reading “Shifting Sounds”

The Dance Community

The Dance Community Dancers are weird. Really weird. We take weird pictures, make weird jokes, and have weird relationships. When I remove myself from the fantasyland of the “dance world” and go back into reality — by that I mean General Education classes, Ohio State football games, etc., — I find myself in a lotContinueContinue reading “The Dance Community”

Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody

The English words “everybody, somebody, anybody and nobody” are very reminiscent of multiple psychological phenomena in society and play a role in behavior and human interaction. For instance, these words perpetuate the psychological idea of mob mentality in our society. Mob mentality is “the behavioral tendency of people (or other social animals) to act inContinueContinue reading “Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, Nobody”