Anxiety dance - Concept and reaserch

Creation of the idea and group forming. 

When pitching projects for beyond the boundaries i knew i wanted to take part in another dance project as i enjoyed creating them in second year. I didnt really have an idea but had see a play at Edinburgh fringe festival called blind mans song that i would could make a good starting point for a film. My main interested in the concept of this project was the relation in-between body language and movement the over all story was just something to flesh out this idea.

As lauren pitched her ideas of film project she also sugested a dance film based on bodily movements but hers was in the form of anxiety. As me and lauren worked together on a project last year that went well and the base concept of our ideas was really similar we decided to work together to create her idea of anxiety based dance.

Me and lauren are both working together on my film debbie as well of tom, shahid, and lucy. So we decided to do another film together in the roles we all fit best at. Tom on camera, lauren direct, shahid dop, lucy sound and me direct and edit. This combination fit well together as we all got to work in areas we enjoy and we know we work well as a team together. 

Initial ideas and research. 

So the main concept of the film is about how anxious movements effect  the body, this is a simple and effective idea that could easily be created, using movements that reflected anxious states such as: 

• heart pounding 
• heavy breathing   
• tremors / twitting 
• restlessness 
• dizziness 
• insomnia 

Along side watching similar films to this, i sugested that we incorporate some kind of animation and experimental sound track. This would give the film a different edge to what other anxious based dance films look like and give us a more challenging project. After various research we decided on a film that had animated branches like  this : 

Focused on bodily movements like this : 

with and soundtrack like this : 

All of these things combined would make invoke the scenes of anxiety allowing the viewer to feel how the dancer feels and not just watch a dancer replicate the emotions. 

As the editor of the project i have also been watching several online tutorials and documentaries into what makes a good film edit such as : 

https://vimeo.com/138829554

https://vimeo.com/86125935

I will use the techniques mentioned in these video, to cut the film  to a pace that builds up tension. keeping in mind the continuity of the movements and making it flow nicely.