Autopsy: (a.) Personal observation or examination; seeing with one’s own eyes; ocular view.

Antonin Artaud believed that “for every emotion there is a breath and for every breath there is an emotion. Starting with your breathing and a very personal moment in your life, choreograph a short movement phrase that best translates and evokes the emotion at that time.

Choose one basic emotion and stick with that. According to Susana Bloch there are 6 basic emotions: anger, fear, sadness, happiness, erotic love and tenderness. Choose one of these and create the solo.

Then shoot a 3min, not longer or shorter, video dance. Criteria: No location. White wall behind you. No “costume”. One spoken sentence or phrase. Use a variety of different shots – ECU, CU, WS. No tripod. Use one or two shots where YOU shoot YOURSELF. One improvised shot. Edit in camera ie. just shoot a short phrase hit pause, then shoot again. Create a storyboard. Plan your shoot. Get someone to help you. Use simple or natural light. Record the diegetic (found) sound. No music.

I would like to create a long annotated video for MoveStream out of all the videos you submit. It forms part of my research: Bending Cinema | emotional and kinaesthetic amplification of the authentic and digitalised body in online screendance.

UPLOAD (as many as you wish) onto You Tube Move, entitled: MoveStream autopsy |……..(and the emotion), making it private See options when you upload.
THEN email movestream@gmail.com the You Tube link, 50 word synopsis, name and contact details. By doing this you also permit me to use your footage. This is also part of a larger project that I am looking to get funds for.

Get your entry in by end of September. Any questions, write to me at movestream@gmail.com
Good luck! Enjoy.
Jeannette