The Movement Focus
This extended Focus looks at all that moves in the moving image. From performance and cinematography to dance, sport and rhythm, shots explores how movement shapes feeling and storytelling, and why physicality continues to inspire directors, DPs and artists across the industry.
The Way I See It: Ted Rogers
Currently associate artist at the Tracey Emin Foundation, Ted Rogers – choreographer/dancer/painter and all-round Renaissance polymath, who’s work includes promos and ads for brands such as Gucci, Very and Future Islands – is also a fine storyteller. Here they share with Carol Cooper their candid, moving tales of movement.
Bryan Buckley’s resistance in motion
The Oscar-nominated director and the choreographer Matt Steffens share how their viral dance video ResistDance, produced by Hungry Man, found a new way to express the anguish of the killings of Renée Good and Alex Pretti.
How radical tenderness became a dance of protest
Arriving in Mexico for a commercial shoot, director Rachel McDonald was disturbed by events unfolding in the US and, finding her feelings aligned with the ad’s choreographer, embarked on an ambitious dance film.
What movement can teach us about releasing control
Movement isn't just about what happens on the screen, says Sage Bennett, director at Greenpoint Pictures, it also includes the movement and evolution of those behind the lens. So, she says, sometimes you just have to let go.
