Just keep on wishing I was still in NYC
Counting down the weeks til I go back. Pretty bummed that I'm missing out on this series going on at the Lincoln Center for Gene Kelly.
Some quotes from the article: (I also think it's interesting that Kelly thought that John Wayne was "the most graceful man" ^^)
“Singin’ in the Rain” isn’t a dance for the stage but for the screen, in which the choreography and the camera, which Kelly referred to as a “one-eyed monster,” work in stunning tandem. It’s a conversation.
Current techniques of quick cuts, which highlight body parts instead of the total form, create less of a dance than a collage experience. On an episode from “Glee,” in which “Singin’ in the Rain” is reframed as a mash-up with Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” Gwyneth Paltrow and others splash around while the camera - in this case less a one-eyed monster than a violent, twisting fire hose - takes a dizzying tour of the stage.
*That last quote is a lot of what I don't like about a lot of filming, not only dance movies (and music shows - curse you K-pop camera people DX) but even action movies and just regular scenes. So much cutting goes on when you could easily use full shots and such.
Some quotes from the article: (I also think it's interesting that Kelly thought that John Wayne was "the most graceful man" ^^)
“Singin’ in the Rain” isn’t a dance for the stage but for the screen, in which the choreography and the camera, which Kelly referred to as a “one-eyed monster,” work in stunning tandem. It’s a conversation.
Current techniques of quick cuts, which highlight body parts instead of the total form, create less of a dance than a collage experience. On an episode from “Glee,” in which “Singin’ in the Rain” is reframed as a mash-up with Rihanna’s “Umbrella,” Gwyneth Paltrow and others splash around while the camera - in this case less a one-eyed monster than a violent, twisting fire hose - takes a dizzying tour of the stage.
*That last quote is a lot of what I don't like about a lot of filming, not only dance movies (and music shows - curse you K-pop camera people DX) but even action movies and just regular scenes. So much cutting goes on when you could easily use full shots and such.