24/03/16's Lesson

I feel the piece we began to develop as an entire class - the slow motion running - could definitely be extremely effective if we work on refining it. I really liked Jasmine and Ivory's initial ideas for the piece - contrasting it with loud footsteps underneath, allowing individual stories to be played out, the quick running at the end - and I think it could be very powerful once it all comes together.

Working with TJ to establish a father/daughter relationship was interesting as we wanted to explore a different way two people in that situation with that relationship would react. We tried hard to show how protective a father would be of their daughter however, this was slightly hard to do in slow motion - especially the moment he picked me up. This is because it caused him to lurch slightly to carry my weight and he couldn't properly control his movement.

The slow motion movement really allows us to explore the different stories individually as it prolongs a moment that is usually done quite quickly. It's extremely hard to control your movements so you have to be fully committed to make sure it doesn't look bad.