THE DANCE ON CAMERA INTENSIVE
an educational and university experience
this 3-day in-person intensive brings a collaborative approach in working with student choreographers, dancers and educators.
We look at how a Narrative based piece originally Conceived for the stage can be translated to an on-camera medium.
the goal is to broaden the artists’ choreographic decisions with how it is effected by framing, lighting, on-location options, camera movements, lens choices and editing.
DAY ONE
Re-working for the frame // rehearsal
participant pre-choreographed 1-2 minute pieces are presented to matt and his team. we discuss the original concepts, inspiration and narrative goals of the choreographer and what they want the audience to gain From the Piece.
The topics discussed are:
what is a Director of Photography & other crew
locations & time of day
use of lighting & physical elements
camera angles, movements and lens options - what they each bring or Could distract from the choreography.
re-working the staging to achieve the new goals for a narrative on-camera performance
DAY TWO
Production
Utilizing professional cinema quality gear provided by Matt and his assistant, We Implement the decisions made on day one and explore in real-time the differences in angle options, use of lighting and discuss how our on-set decisions can effect the edit.
other observing participants can learn from the process as either being part of the crew or watching the filming.
the filming techniques we explore can be applied in all forms of filming - whether it be an iPhone or a larger higher end production. .
DAY THREE
post production // editing
matt and his team will do a rough assembly of the footage from the previous day. We then go into all the choices That can be made within post production. utilizing a large monitor for all to observe the process to get to a final cut of each Piece.
We discuss the following:
full post production process: editing, sound, color grade
how to utilize different types of cuts within the edit to enhance the narrative story.
take a look at how different Angles or framings can drastically change the way choreography reads on camera
ABOUT MATT
Matt is an award winning new york city based cinematographer & filmmaker with a background in dance and musical theatre. He Transitioned from stage to screen behind the camera and has had a large Part of his career focused on lensing dance narrative films.
he is the Director of photography on the critically acclaimed feature Length documentary ‘uprooted: the journey of jazz dance’ which is aiming for released in 2022 nationwide. Other dance narrative films include ‘free’ & ‘early mourning’ avail on Amazon prime as well as the featurette ‘double exposure’ starring krysta rodriquez which includes choreography by emmy-winner, Al Blackstone.
matt has also worked on dance on camera pieces for josh bergasse, sara mearns, ohio northern university, poly prep & the omaha Symphony orchestra.
LATEST UNIVERSITY COLLABORATION…
MATT WAS HIRED BY Ohio Northern University TO TAKE THEIR winter DANCE CONCERT ‘SHIFT’ AND TRANSLATE IT TO A 45MIN DANCE NARRATIVE FILM.
THE FILM CONSISTED OF 10 INDIVIDUALLY choreographed and Conceived pieces. Each Piece was reworked for an on -location or stylized sound stage experience.
The process was larger in scale incorporating many more elements including production designs, lighting designs, wardrobe, props and location scouting.
for further info or to hear from the prospective of the university about my work with them, feel free to contact LIZ COZAD.
