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And You Were Wonderful, On Stage

2015-10-15 en 46m
MusicDocumentaryDrama
An immersive film installation by Cally Spooner. In this work, a musical for six continuously rolling cameras, a black box soundstage and its inhabitants, are recorded in a single take. The mechanics of the shoot (cameras, microphones, mixing boards, chromakey screens and crew) remain as present as the performers they capture. Cast and crew become a constant-motion human backdrop, pragmatically recomposing scene-changes through lighting cues, voice, body movement, or continuous shifts of filmic apparatus and props. The semblance of a post-production edit arrives through the organisation and orchestration of bodies on set. Delivered by a chorus line of women, the film gossips about various celebrities, athletes and politicians who have outsourced their performances to different technologies.

Director

Cally Spooner

Writer

Cally Spooner

Editor

Cally Spooner

Music

Peter Joslyn

Producer

Edd Hobbs

Choreographer

Adam Weinert

live performance multi-channel short film art film

Status

Released

Countries

  • Netherlands
  • United States of America
  • United Kingdom

Companies

  • Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
  • Experimental Media and Performing Arts Centre
  • Performa 13
  • Tate Modern