How successfully does the use of film techniques take the viewer on a journey through the building in

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How successfully does the use of film techniques take the viewer on a journey through the building in “Where Angels Fear To Tread”?

     Where Angels Fear To Tread was choreographed by V-TOL Dance Company (formed in 1991 by Mark Murphy) and performed by a group of B-TEC dance students from Islington. The whole dance is based on people living in close proximity to one another.

     The dance is structured in 5 main sections. These are:-

Section 1-The Ballroom Scene

Section 2- The I.D. Parade

Section3-The Cubicle Scene

Section 4- The Crypt

Section 5-The Chapel

     Now I will show how the use of film techniques takes the viewer on a journey through the building.

     In section 1, “The Ballroom Scene”, the film edits are quite successful because the viewer can see clearly what is going on in this scene and the camera does not jump around a lot. The camera is used a tool to communicate the key themes and issues as the set is supposed to be a ballroom and ballrooms are usually quite spacious. In this scene, the camera uses wide-angled shots showing the whole room therefore making it look extensive. The camera also pans from side to side therefore facilitating the action content because the dancers move a lot like the camera. At one point the camera moves very quickly when the music speeds up and it keeps swapping from the dancers to the musicians. Also, when the scene ends and the person is running down the corridor, the camera keeps referring back to the ballroom to link the scenes together.

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     There aren’t really any sound effects in the first section just music. The music is first of all harmonious and the dancers use a lot of contact but not much space. Then the music changes to quite a violent rock and the dancers use a lot more space.

     The lighting in this scene is quite light which works well for the first scene because it grabs the viewers’ attention.

     Section 2, “The I.D. Parade”, is a very short scene. The first view the viewer gets of the dancers is a side view then ...

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