Rachel was kind enough to come in and run and three day workshop with us, regarding our new brief on making a dance film. I found her workshop really useful as she covered so many different things, from understanding choreography, learning how to frame the body for camera, relationships through movement and how to direct dancers for your film.
The workshop was very interactive but also really helped me to understand how to work with dancers and how to plan your film in order to work with them in the best way possible.
On the third day of the workshop she brought in some professional dancers and they were kind enough to work with us and demonstrate some ways in which they can interpret our ideas. It was also useful to hear them explain what terminology you should use when instructing dancers, things to say that are easier to interpret and get the best result.
We also learnt how to work well with the space when operating a camera around dancers, and how to frame certain shots in order to get the best out of their movement.
The dancers also created some totally spontaneous routines just based on emotions or words that we had given them, demonstrating how words and feelings can influence movement. This was useful to get us thinking about what direction we can give to dancers to get a better result, and what works best when directing dancers.
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