SIX - 300 Word Statement

Six is a 5 minute 40 second single-take screendance. It forms part of the research thesis The Dancer and the Looking Glass by Christopher Lewis-Smith in which the author explores the dancer/camera/screen viewer relationship. Filmed in Bristol, England, the film explores this relationship as one in which the camera is an active participant in the choreography. The camera follows the journey of 5 dancers across an urban space and into an art gallery, where they see and react to a large dark sculpture. The camera takes on a human perspective in that it maintains eye level contact with the performers and their surroundings, and moves at the speed of a person, creating the possibility, through the absence of cuts in the edit, of a participant in the action. This item contains the 300 Word Statement.《Six》是一部时长5分40秒的单镜头舞蹈影像（single-take screendance）作品，隶属于克里斯托弗·刘易斯-史密斯（Christopher Lewis-Smith）的研究论文《舞者与镜中影像》（The Dancer and the Looking Glass）。该论文围绕舞者、摄影机与屏幕观众三者间的关系展开探讨。本片于英国布里斯托尔（Bristol）取景，将上述关系具象为：摄影机是编舞创作中的主动参与者。摄影机跟随5名舞者穿梭于城市空间，随后步入一间艺术画廊，舞者们在此目睹一件大型深色雕塑并作出回应。摄影机采用人类视角，始终与表演者及周遭环境保持平视角度，且以常人的行进速度移动；由于全程未使用剪辑切镜，这使得观众得以如同行动参与者般沉浸式融入其中。本数据集包含一份300字的创作说明。