This is the first draft of Suite 155 featuring Benita Bedell and Marianne Gryder from the Bellingham group. Like Monkeys, Suite 155 will project through one of the hand-cranked projectors. This is the only footage I have where the subjects are so concerned with the camera. Benita reminds me a bit of myself as a teenager when I would be in public with my grandfather. I would be slightly embarrassed, but entertained at the same time. This documentary-style short is somewhat reminiscent of the Lumiére Brothers's Baby's Lunch. The movement is obviously different from Monkeys (see previous post) - no dancing, but plenty of gestural material. I love Benita's direct look to the camera at 18 seconds into the short as if to imply, "Are you getting this?" I'll post the video with sound for the behind-the-scenes commentary that will go on the website.
Lumiére Brothers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEllo1o1J8g
(I find these early documentary-style black and whites interesting, but I hate the soundtracks. I mute them or find something of my own to play.)
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What-the-hay was I talking about? I sent Benita the link. You've really been working.
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