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At the beginning of the project I began with basic spider diagramsas I didn't know if i wanted to do the dance film or fields & frames or both so i decided to write/work on both and see the outcome. Also by developing ideas for both I would be able to use ideas for the other one if i ended up doing just one. DANCE for dance i found it difficult to think about as a common/generic dance film wasn't something I was interested in due to the fear of a) not being able to make something interesting and b) trying to think about the physicality of the body. So, I decided to look more into a different side of movement and think of other things like theatre. I had quite a lot of visual ideas from the very first class in this blogpost here . things on the spider diagram: Shadows - because of my difficulties in comprehending the physicality of dance and movement, i thought about filming just shadows as this would also take away the identity of the 'dancer' as its inevitable...

While in class I had a few thoughts/ideas. The first thing that came to mind to do with movement and physicality was how Berkoff uses movement in his plays like mime and synchronisation. I remember during GCSE we did the breakfast scene and moved along with the tick of a clock and also synchronised. Then thought of Artaud and the theatre of cruelty as I mentioned it in my essay so it was at the front of my mind. Ive also been looking into a lot of intense/noise jazz and noise music in general and I like the sound of that and its sense of destructiveness. This then made me think of things like punk clubs or just clubbing/dancing in general and ususally people dont dance 'interpretively' they just jump around and i think there's something interesting in that energy. also like the 'we are golden' video by mika. I also think intense jazz sometimes as though its falling down/stomping down some stairs which is interesting imagery wise. I then thought of a more...