| CODE | DCS1009 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Dance and the Camera 1 | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 01 - Year 1 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 5 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 5 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Dance Studies | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit explores relationships between the body, choreography and technology through: - Study of basic techniques for shooting and editing material; - Study of live and recorded dance works, their histories and development; - Study of the issues of classification and purpose/function; - Explorations with fixed and moving cameras, designing space, shifts of perspective; - Exploration of the moving body, and projections in performance. Study-unit Aims - To use understanding and knowledge of choreography and dance to create and direct movement within a cinematic context; - To demonstrate some understanding of relationships between the body, choreography and technology, and of the ways the camera can limit, extend and develop in its relationship with Dance; - To introduce basic understanding of the practice of filming dance through the use of camera, projections and perspective; - To introduce selected live and recorded dance works, their histories and development with exemplars. Learning Outcomes 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Demonstrate some understanding of relationships between the body, choreography and technology, and of the ways the camera can limit, extend and develop in its relationship with Dance; - Demonstrate basic techniques for shooting and editing material; - Demonstrate basic understanding of the practice of filming dance through the use of camera, projections and perspective; - Explain selected live and recorded dance works, their histories and development with exemplars; - Explain issues of classification and purpose/function, with exemplars. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - Use new technologies to create and organise a portfolio of basic historical and exemplar materials on dvd; - Achieve expertise in the use of various technical apparatus necessary to realise the demands of production in live performance and/or recorded media. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings Indicative Texts: - Brannigan, E. 2011. Dancefilm: Choreography and the moving image, (New York: Oxford University Press) - Blanco Borelli, M. 2014. The Oxford Handbook of Dance and the Popular Screen, (New York: Oxford University Press) - Carver, G. and C. Beardon. (eds) 2004. New Visions in Performance: The Impact of Digital Technologies (Netherlands: Swets & Zeitlinger) - Dixon, Steve. 2007. Digital Performance: a History of New Media in Theater, Dance, Performance Art, and Installation (Mass: MIT Press) - Dinkla, S. and M. Leeker. 2002. Dance and Technology: moving towards media productions: Berlin: Alexander Verlag Berlin - Dodds, Sherril. 2004. Dance on Screen (Palgrave) - Giannachi, Gabriella. 2004. Virtual Theatres: an introduction (London: Routledge) - McPherson, Katrina. 2006. Making Video Dance: A Step-by-Step Guide to Creating Dance for the Screen, (London: Routledge) - Mitoma, J. 2003. Envisioning Dance on Film and Video (London: Routledge) - Popat, Sita and S. Palmer. 2009. 'Dancing with Sprites and Robots' in Butterworth J and E Wildschut, (eds) (2009) Contemporary Choreography: a critical reader (London and NY: Routledge) - Rosenberg, D. 2012. Screendance: Inscribing the Ephemeral Image, (New York: Oxford University Press) - Rosenberg, D. 2015. The Oxford Handbook of Screendance Studies, (New York: Oxford University Press) |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practicum | ||||||||
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| LECTURER/S | Paula Guzzanti Ferrer |
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