POINTE & PRE-POINTE
Practice Video
Practice Music
When We All Get to Heaven starting at 4:44.
PERFORMER DETAILS
VIDEO SPECS
Two videos due June 17.
Treat this project like a real live performance. Spend some time putting together the details–costume, hair, makeup–and give yourself plenty of rehearsal time before filming. Here are the guidelines for dancers in Pointe & Pre-Pointe::
HAIR & MAKEUP:
- Dancers should dress “performance ready” for this video, just as if they’re performing in front of a live audience.
- Hair in a low bun, slicked back and secure.
- Wear blush on the cheeks, colored lipstick, and eyeshadow to enhance features for the screen.
COSTUME:
- Channel the look of a ballerina cowgirl, yeehaw!
- Stretchy jeans, a solid color leotard or tank top, and a tied shirt. (Use what you’ve got at home or grab cheap at the link.)
- Pointe shoes or flat shoes, depending on what permissions from Ms. Elan you have been given.
ACCESSORIES AND/OR PROPS:
- Cowboy hat (Safely borrow or grab cheap at the link.)
Required videos:
- Send a video of your performance using the settings listed below.
- Send a video of yourself “close up” to the camera, smiling, waving, bowing, blowing kisses, etc. for 10 seconds with no music.
When preparing to film your part for our Showcase, please take care to do the following so that we can have consistency in the clips (any not conforming will be returned and asked to be reshot):
PERFORMER SETTING:
- Performer should be in full costume and makeup as noted in Performer Details.
- Make sure you smile and perform full out with energy and enthusiasm!
BACKGROUND SETTING:
- Plan to film during the daytime in a room that provides good natural light.
- Make every effort to have a solid color background wall, or make the background as clean as possible.
PHONE SETTING:
- Set your phone to the highest camera setting possible for maximum quality.
- Make sure the volume is all the way up on your phone before you start filming.
- Be sure to begin filming about 5 seconds before the start of your performer’s routine and for five seconds after while your performer holds the final pose.
- Make sure the performer’s body fills the frame of the phone (not too close or too far back). We should see the dancer’s whole body with space in the frame around his/her head and feet.
- The phone must remain still while filming. Place the phone still on a table or your lap, etc. so it doesn’t move or shake while filming the routine.
DIRECTION OF CAMERA/PHONE:
- Film in Landscape Orientation (Horizontally) on the phone, with the camera lens on top.
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