GAME game (1), n. pastime; spell of play; sporting contest; jest; animals, birds, &c. hunted for sport or food. a. spirited. v.i. gamble. game (2), a. (of leg, &c.) crippled.
A man works with miniature holographic figures over a high tech game tablet to unlock new levels of understanding. Here, movement is the basic datum: it is about balance and the physics of space.
When the game is decoded the man undergoes internal rewiring at a molecular level: we see him morph into a new reformed version of himself. As he walks out of the film we can be suprised that his heavy limp is gone; that he now walks freely and easily. Through the act of playing the game, and the game playing him, he has been radically changed. We met this man at the beginning of the film with a physical disability, and we leave him cured; seemingly unaware that he ever had one.
Our work focusses on the relationship between human movement and moving image, both when it is produced as a result of a choreography for the camera, and when it is produced by the filmmaker's look on movement. We look for the possibility to experiment and to extend - we want to push digital cinema and dance in new directions. This film draws inspiration from early silent movie icons such as Buster Keaton and Charles Chaplin. There is something about the emotive comedy of the body that is so appealing - before technology connected speech to film. Our process combines early film techniques with the latest digital technology. The result is an old cinematic look spiked with complex 3D animation and special effects.
Excerpt from Directors Notes (Daniel Belton)
Copyright (c) 2004/2005 Daniel Belton and Good Company
Screening History, Nominations and Awards:
Finalist in the Vodafone Digital Art Awards 2005, Auckland, New Zealand.
Finalist in the Roma Independent Film Festival 2005, Rome, Italy.
Official selection Videodance International Film Festival 2005, Athens, Greece.
Official selection Kawasaki Digital Short Film Festival 2005, Kawasaki, Japan.
Official selection The Body Global Festival 2005, Christchurch, New Zealand.
Official selection Napolidanza, International Dance Film Festival, Naples, Italy 2005.
Official selection Dance Screen 2005, Brighton, United Kingdom.
Official selection VAD Film Festival, Girona, Spain 2005.
Official selection VideoDiaLoghi Film Festival, Turin, Italy 2005.
Official selection Commonwealth Film Festival, Manchester, UK 2006.
Official selection Vdance International Video Dance Festival, Tel-Aviv, Israel 2006.
Official selection Fuel Festival 2006 Waikato Museum of Art, New Zealand.
Official selection Ultima Film -Dance for Camera, Oslo, Norway 2006.
Official selection The Body Festival of Dance and Physical Theatre 2006, Christchurch Art Gallery, NZ.
Official selection Otago Festival of the Arts, Dunedin Rialto Cinema 2006, NZ.
Official selection Tempo Festival of Dance, Tapac, Auckland 2006, NZ.
Official selection International Art Fair Art Athina 2007 Athens, Greece.
Winner at Filmaka International Film Competition (The Game) 2007, Los Angeles, USA.
Selected for international distribution by The Roma Independent Film Festival RIFF TV, Rome, Italy 2008.
Programmed for Choreographing the Screen at The New Zealand Film Archive 2008, Wellington, NZ.
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SOMA SONGS (7' version) Daniel Belton and Good Companyby danielbelton3,068 views
brilliant as always
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