DV Planning

Overview

We live in Korea and dance is an integral part of society and Korean pop culture.

Dance is also an art that allows us to express ourselves in various genres and forms. Throughout the decades, dance has taken on many various forms and styles. Watch this student's Evolution of Dance and take a screenshot of your favorite part.

For this project, you will choose a style of dance (e.g. dubstep, ballet, oldies, swing, freestyle, bboy, etc.) and choreograph a short 90 seconds (limit) to 2:30 (max) dance to the appropriate music of your choice. A good resource for dance ideas is Just Dance on YouTube and the dancer can just follow one of the routines. You may have up to two dancers dance at one time but it is recommended to use only one because it may be harder with more.

You will not be graded on your dance but you will be graded on effort & enthusiasm demonstrated by the dancer you may receive additional points for quality and creativity; the dance can be professional, freestyle, or even just silly/funny. You may not be the dancer since you are responsible for filming and directing. You may ask another student if they are not dancing for another CA student. Remember that all of the 10th graders have completed this project and would probably help you out. Ask the teacher if you still need help finding a dancer.

You will then take your dance footage and add various AE effects to the video to make it a creative visual film.

Example:

Requirements

The main emphasis of your video is the visual effects with AE and you use a list of effects.

Filming

When you film you will need to plan ahead and use two cameras from two different angles at the same time, both on tripods or something that will keep the camera still.

Song

Choose a song with a beat that will sync well with the dance. Many times choosing a song with beats and no lyrics is a good choice. You may use popular music but it must be 100% appropriate. You may also choose to use GarageBand and make your own remix. Remember that when you film that it must be 90 seconds (limit) to 2:00 (max).

Planning

The first ~11 seconds of the song is for the dancer's intro and then they should start the choreography of the song.

Copy the following (in bold below) and paste into Schoology while filling out the info:

Copy and paste to Schoology the following and describe what you will be doing for the following (these are only your ideas and you can change later if needed):

Main Dancer:
Song Name and Artist:

Youtube link to the dance choreography:
- Specific Dance Location #1:
- Specific Dance Location #2:
- Day & Time of Shooting before Feb 5:
Specific Clothes' Description of Dancer:
- For your dance location, choose a background that is simple (see the Seoul examples below) and not too busy or distracting and make sure the lighting is good. Do the same for your second background. You may film indoors with good lighting if it is too cold outside although you may not film inside a house, apartment, or a parking garage. Also, do not film at YISS unless you get approval from Mr. Heil on the location at school (be creative and film off campus). Have your dancer to start practicing the choreography and in about a week you will submit a private practice video showing their dance to make sure it is smooth and rehearsed.

Effects

Read again each of the DV requirements. Copy the list below into Schoology and explain how you will incorporate the following effects into the dance since these can be the hardest to include.

Effects

JUMPER:

CLONE:

LIGHT WRITING:

Sample

Ask your dancer to use his macbook iSight or phone at home to record (in the actual clothes that you suggested they wear for the real dance recording) just a short sample (minimum 45 seconds) of the song they will perform (example). They can watch a choreography video on their laptop while they dance to it for the practice, which usually helps. You do not have to post the video but show me this short video during next class. If you do not want to turn it in now with this assignment, I will allow you extra time if you prefer and show me in class on Jan 26 but write it down so you don't forget as it will not be on Schoology again. If the dancer does not show much enthusiasm or effort, then they might not get approved as your dancer. Remember, a good resource for dance ideas is Just Dance on YouTube and the dancer can just follow one of the routines.

Remember to upload your plan details and effects listed above to Schoology and a YouTube video to your song that shows the lyrics (if any) along with the evolution of dance screenshot.

Do not do:

Song

template

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1_nizoHGWAkSPC1JuMMPpq1sgCuV42XW3YxuSZkep-rk/edit?copiedFromTrash#gid=0

For your two dance locations, choose a background that is simple (see the Seoul examples below) and not too busy or distracting and make sure the lighting is good. Do the same for your second background. You may film indoors with good lighting if it is too cold outside although you may not film inside a house, apartment, or a parking garage. Also, do not film at YISS unless you get approval from Mr. Heil on the location at school (be creative).

Describe what you will be doing for the following (these are only your ideas and you can change later if needed):

Main Dancer:
Song Name and Artist:

Youtube link to the dance choreography:
- Specific Dance Location #1:
- Specific Dance Location #2:
- Day & Time of Shooting:
Specific Clothes' Description of Dancer:
- Main Camera or Phone Camera Description:
How will you keep the front main camera from moving?
- Second Camera or Phone Camera Description:
List all five angles you will film on the side of the dancer with camera #2?
(make sure you email the information above to your dancer and have a backup plan in case they can't)

Record different angles: Raymond

Ballet Dance [video]