Music score and choreographing the dance

Katie went to a church hall in Plumpton to film Ellie and Morgan dancing as Grandpa and Fred (respectively). This was in the early stages of mapping out the dance for the animatic.



Thursday 12th April, Katie and Jen went to Brighton Electric Recording Studios. The Swing Ninjas had booked a session to record a new piece of music for us. We also had the dancers, Graeme and Amanda there to record tapping sounds of the dancing shoes. Will recorded several takes of the music (a version of just the music, one with dancing and music together and one with just the dancing.) so that he could be flexible with the editing.




Then on Tuesday 24th April, Katie went down to Brighton (9pm-11pm) to record Graeme and Amanda dancing the final routine in their studio.

The Red Shoes (ballet) 1948

http://youtu.be/BksDeYMlbMo

An American In Paris & Toulouse Lautrec

There is a scene in An American In Paris, where Gene Kelly brings Toulouse Lautrec's drawing of 'Chocolat dancing in the Irish American bar' to life. The sets begin as 2D cardboard cutouts before introducing people as still lifes, posing in the background, who then become involved with the dancing.

An American In Paris - Toulouse Lautrec inspired dance scene

Paddington Bear Singing In The Rain

One of the initial inspirations for the set designs are the flat, illustrated-style backgrounds used in Paddington Bear. After a little bit of searching on Youtube, it turns out that Paddington Bear is also a fan of Gene Kelly.
http://youtu.be/Cmr2-lwXNLw?t=3m9s

Gene Kelly - Singing In The Rain