Fusion Dance in Brunel Bus Station

• Made in 2007
• 6 minute 50 second extract
• Standard definition mini DV, 4:3
• Animation and live action mix, Final Cut Pro, After Effects, Photoshop

The project was made to celebrate Slough’s Brunel Bus Station before it was demolished.

A collaboration with  Davy McGuire. The original piece was about 20 minutes and was made to be projected behind the dancers at a live performance out doors at the Brunel Bus Station in Slough (Berks, UK). Choreographed by Lincoln Allert, and performed by Fusion Dance.

The piece was shot in Slough’s Brunel Bus Station in and around where the performance was held. Some of the shots being made at the performance site so that during the performance the audience would see that exact space in daylight with a continuation of the same performance in it. The screen images were choreographed into the dance piece rather than just being a background to the performance. This meant that we had to work closely with the dancers and choreographer.

Dance company – Fusion Dance

Choreographed by Lincoln Allert

Video work – Davy McGuire

Animation – Lucy Lee

The animation was done in Photoshop and Coral Painter to create the links between performance pieces. The live action and pixilation was composited in After Effects. Edited in Final Cut Pro.