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AQA Dance Faultline Essential information
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- 1Lighting: TerminologyWash - is a scattered light that colours the floor
Spotlight - creates a sharp focus of light
Cyc flood - only lights the backdrop
Gobo - is like a stencil that creates a pattern of light
-Sidelights are mysterious
-Light is never dull, dark or dim. It's high, low or medium intensity - 2Lighting: Kamala's Solo-Two bright green strips of light in the background, look like neon signs or window lights at night
-The strips frame her on the orange panel
-Banks of harsh, high intensity white floor lights gives a harsh edge to and exposes her body shape - 3Lighting: Men's Opening Trio-Boys framed in 4 squares of light that enlarge to give the effect of zooming in
- 4Accompaniment: Overall Music-Scanner created tension by trapping voices, textures and harmony, very eerie
-Eerie soprano composed by Errollyn Wallen
-Altogether feeling of darkness and apprehension are created - 5Accompaniment: Mens Opening Trio-As it begins a recorded haunting womans voice plays round and round in the same sequence
-Sequence builds as a second recording is layered on top and brassy long notes underneath
-Booming notes from prologue return with long violin notes, adding to the sense of build, climax and momentum - 6Set Design: Overall-Large curved screen upstage, stage right
-Covered with canvas that's painted grey to look like a wall
-Smaller screen upstage left
-Covered in grey gauze so can be solid or see through depending on lighting
-Overlap of the screens creates a hidden entrance
-Very architectural like walls in a street - 7Costume: Men-Black, fitted stretchy shirt with 3/4 length sleeves
-Brightly coloured tie (yellow, pink and purple)
-Black, wide legged trousers with a black belt - 8Costume: Women-Loose hair with black, sunray pleated skirt
-Kamala has dark grey metallic halter neck top
-Yamana has a black, fitted, see through blouse with a black bra underneath - 9Motif: Peacock Motif-Walk in a circle to the left with angular elbows parallel to the floor and hands in a partial fist with first and middle finger sticking up
-Turn to the left with one hip leading
-Immediately step back with left leg leading into a deep lunge
-Head in the same line as body, elbows angular with middle and ring finger pressed against the thumb
-Stand up sharp and smooth - 10Faultline: ThemesYouth Culture
-Vanity
-Bling
-Attitude
Gender Stereotypes
-Flirtation
-Femininity/Masculinity
Identity
-Gang culture
-Pack mentality - 11Faultline: Stimulus-Book Londonstani
-Film by Peter Gomes
-Music by Scanner - 12Faultline: Costume DesignerUrsula Bombshell
- 13Faultline: Movement Style-Mainly contemporary
-Hand gestures from Bharatanatyam
-Contains pedestrian hand gestures - 14Faultline: Lighting DesignerLucy Carter
- 15Faultline: Set DesignDick Straker
- 16Faultline: Composer-Main Music by Scanner
-Patricia Rozario's solo composed by Errollyn Wallen - 17Faultline: ChoreographerShobana Jeyasingh
- 18Faultline: First Performance2007
-Octet with 8 dancers, but 5 main characters - 19Faultine: Structure and Staging-Film prologue
-3 dance sections
-Film
Proscenium with Film - 20Faultline: Choreographic StyleNarrative and Cinematic
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- Detailed flashcards on AQA's set piece Faultline. Covers everything from motifs, lighting, set design and costumes to the themes and names.
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