Act Support - Channel 4
I have been watching a show on channel 4 called Act Support. A 15 minute documentary on the roles of certain people to help create film.
A bollywood choreographer explains how bollywood films are based around main themes such as family values, good vs evil, love, drama and action. She interprets these themes through dance and facial expressions. She explains that dance is universal, there is no bollywood dance only a dance through the music. But certain situation call for certain dance moments such as tradition to modern. A major difference in making dance in western and eastern culture is, in a western dance scene it is reheard weeks prior t the scene being shot and in eastern dance the dance a fragmented into small sections. The actors/actresses are shown a small portion of the dance routine and is instantly filmed by the director. If the dance sequence is not right then it would take minimal effort to re-shoot the small section. It is the editors job to make the sequence look as smooth and effortless as possible.
A location finder talks about how he searches for locations for directors to give them as little hassle as possible in certain sections of London but giving them the freedom to shoot as much as possible. He mimic the locations of major citys around the world that can be found in the U.K. A good example that he had worked on was Jackie Chan Around the World in 80 days. He finds places that 'would' look like certain areas e.g. the back of buckingham palace. He continues to talk about the relationship between the location and the audience and how it connects to them, make them believe that they are there. It is certainly experience that allows him to find these locations, many places that he has used but photos taken from different perspectives.
A bollywood choreographer explains how bollywood films are based around main themes such as family values, good vs evil, love, drama and action. She interprets these themes through dance and facial expressions. She explains that dance is universal, there is no bollywood dance only a dance through the music. But certain situation call for certain dance moments such as tradition to modern. A major difference in making dance in western and eastern culture is, in a western dance scene it is reheard weeks prior t the scene being shot and in eastern dance the dance a fragmented into small sections. The actors/actresses are shown a small portion of the dance routine and is instantly filmed by the director. If the dance sequence is not right then it would take minimal effort to re-shoot the small section. It is the editors job to make the sequence look as smooth and effortless as possible.
A location finder talks about how he searches for locations for directors to give them as little hassle as possible in certain sections of London but giving them the freedom to shoot as much as possible. He mimic the locations of major citys around the world that can be found in the U.K. A good example that he had worked on was Jackie Chan Around the World in 80 days. He finds places that 'would' look like certain areas e.g. the back of buckingham palace. He continues to talk about the relationship between the location and the audience and how it connects to them, make them believe that they are there. It is certainly experience that allows him to find these locations, many places that he has used but photos taken from different perspectives.
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