Dance videos research

I chose this film as the lighting and atmosphere were really intense, and both work to enhance the turbulent relationship between the two individuals. The smoke effects work really well to display what the woman's emotions are doing, and the removal of layers of clothing shows how this relationship is figuratively tearing her apart. The fact that she has smoke coming off of her combined with the name of the film 'Abaddon' make me think of her being linked to Hell and demons, as Abaddon is the name of either a high ranking demon from Hell or a place of destruction and devastation. This is confirmed by the woman disappearing into ash at the end of the sequence.




This film I picked because I loved how the dancer chose really specific movements to portray each element. The introduction of each physical element into the dance added a really nice accent to the piece and further improved the quality. In the video the editing played a vital part of making each segment more accurately reflect the element it was currently representing.
The film is comprised of quite simple components, with a plain background and a single dancer, and just a few props throughout and yet all the dancer moves in such a way that you can really tell what element he is supposed to be representing, and the addition of the physical elements doesn't take away from the dance as it might have done if it was a less well made film, but rather increases the quality of the film. The music is very important with this piece, as each section matches up to the element it is portraying.