Nadia's Fresh Dance Moves FINAL

well this is my final piece what i was trying to portray was to show the beauty of the cook islands and also to show the type of dancing we do and how gracefully we are. the reason why i did silhouette is because i am a very shy person that doesn't like to perform in front of people and cameras so  i figured out a way to express my feelings without showing my identity.



In my video i tried to make it look calm by using cross fade and different views to capture my movements also i choose this song because it has a meaningful story behind it.

what went well is that it was to long and it went with the song so using rhythmic technique.

and showing images from the islands gave that tropical beautiful in site of what it looks like .



what i could of done was have more footage and edited it more to the whole song but next time i could do that.

Shigeyuki Kihara -Taualuga the Last Dance

this is an artist that did a documentary on a traditional dance that was used in samoa to show how gracefully her moves are to this song and also how she follows her actions. another thing is that by using a dark room with having a light coming from the side gave a effect that made you just focus on the person that is performing and the story she is telling. Not only that this performance is a mid shot through out the whole time so you could see her whole body.

nadz experiment

Another experiment that i did trying was to use the effects that i was shown. what went well was the opacity of the image of the islands looked good on top of my dancing in silhouette .

also how it fades in and onto the next

what went bad was that i didn't know how to start off my video and also my dancing didn't really go with the song.

what i could do next is that have a different song and also have more meaning to it.

experiment

This is an experimenting with the lighting. what i was trying to do was have a strong lighting from behind so that i could get a clear image/shadow

what went wrong was that there wasn't  enough lights at the back and also i stood far from the sheet .

also the camera handling wasn't good as well because it was quite blurred and to much movement.

Jasper James

interesting silhouette idea from artist jasper james, dont think i could reach this look but silhouette is my aim.

Katu- Roimata noou

Ive used this song because it goes with the actions that I've done in my sort film

also because it is a very meaningful song in the cooks

Images of two cook island groups performing .
Cook island dancing is one of the main attraction that we have to entertain foreign people but also to keep our culture alive. Also their is a lot of creativity that is put into it with the actions , making of the costumes also the music to have an end result of a great performance.