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Video Dance Lectures: Parts 1 & 2

Alternative title
Video Dance (2 Parts)
Synopsis
Six of Australia’s leading choreographers and six film and/or television directors joined 18 professional dancers for a two-week dance/television workshop run by Bob Lockyer. The series is a record of their rehearsals and filming, showing how the choreographers and dancers came to understand video technology and, with the directors, explored the creation of dance for the camera.
1: The relationship between dance and dtelevision is displayed using background images of workshop dance sequences to illustrate the ideas, thought and impressions of the interviewed choreographers and directors.
2: Highlights of Bob Lockyer’s workshop lectures on everything from how to script a dance video to studio direction, vision mixing, floor managing, sound, lighting and television recording.
Language
English
Country
Australia
Medium
Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 55, 24 min.
Year of production
1992
Availability
Sale; 1998 sale: A$295.00 (set)
Notes
AVRC VP744 contains a 15-min sequence.
Subjects
Dance; Film & television production
Keywords
choreography; dance performance; film and video production techniques; video production

Credits

Director
Kathryn Brown
Producer
Jason Wheatley

Distribution Formats

Type
DVD
Format
Region 0 PAL
Price
£162.00 (University rate)
Availability
Sale
Duration/Size
80 minutes
Year
2013

Sections

Title
Video dance
Synopsis
1: The relationship between dance and dtelevision is displayed using background images of workshop dance sequences to illustrate the ideas, thought and impressions of the interviewed choreographers and directors.

Title
Video dance lectures
Synopsis
2: Highlights of Bob Lockyer's workshop lectures on everything from how to script a dance video to studio direction, vision mixing, floor managing, sound, lighting and television recording.

Distributor

Name

Artfilms Europe

Email
info@artfilms.com.au
Web
http://www.artfilms.co.uk External site opens in new window
Phone
+44 208 265 1752
Fax
+44 207 117 5174
Address
PO Box 71507
London
SE10 1BY
United Kingdom
Notes
Artfilms Europe is the European distributor of the collection of Contemporary Arts Media, Australia (previously known as Hush Video). The collection originally specialised in drama and the performing arts but has since widened its remit across the arts spectrum to include visual arts, design, architecture, new media and digital arts in its collection of over 5,000 titles. Separate subject catalogues, printed or online in pdf format, are available for theatre, dance, visual arts, film & cinema, new media, music, performance art and communication & culture. Sale on DVD or streamed on a pay-per-view or subscription basis from www.artfiflms-digital.com. From 2015, private users can subscribe via a digital site licence for £8 per month, allowing access to a selection of 300 - 400 films.
Name

Australian Film, Television and Radio School

Email
direct.sales@aftrs.edu.au
Web
http://www.aftrs.edu.au/shoponline/ External site opens in new window
Phone
+61 2 805 6455
Fax
+61 2 887 1030
Address
PO Box 126
North Ryde
New South Wales 2113
AUSTRALIA

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