First Draft of Dance

Stimulus:  The fear of having no escape and being in closed or small spaces or rooms (claustrophobia)

This first draft I thought went really well and with the feedback from the class managed to help me for the final filming, feedback on the lighting, mise en scene and clothing were all given to make the performance more effective the second filming.

Three main ways of improvement:

1)

Clothing, my dancers clothing was unprofessional and didn't fit well with the theme and structure of the song.

To improve this I could have him in more plain clothes and a colour which reflects the stimulus of the dance. Such as black.

2)

Mise en scene, the area he is dancing in has boxing and 'garage equipment' in, something which some would suggest takes the mood away from the original concept of the dance.

A way in which I could improve is to base the dance in a more plain, tight space (keeping with the stimulus), but a way around this was to use darkness and lights facing towards the dancer to make the scenery less of an object and ensure the dancer is the main attention point, also the lights would add to the claustophobic feel of the dance.

3)

The lighting could be changed as it's almost high contrast and draws too much attention to the less important areas such as the 'garage equipment'.

Improve to this issue could be the use of lights facing inward towards the actor which the garage main lights were off, this not only would hopefully look better and reflect the stimulus but would also be quite the challenge to work in the darkness.