Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Chadman, Christopher
2. DHCA.

Description

1. 1 videocassette (56 min.) : sd., col. NTSC; 1/2 in. (VHS)

Summary

1. Choreography recorded to demonstrate the special capabilities of the steadicam. The dancers are recorded from various angles, with different lighting effects, in close-up and long shot, and with stationary and moving cameras. Chadman occasionally appears, demonstrating or dancing along with the dancers. The voices of camera operators or technicians, speaking in Japanese, are occasionally audible. The final three minutes of the tape contain an edited version of the studio footage, with special effects.

Donor/Sponsor

1. Christopher Chadman Collection. Gift of Jose Muniz.

Subject

1. Camcorders
2. Video recordings > Production and direction

Genre/Form

1. Dance.
2. Video.

Call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3716

Note

1. Title from original container.
2. Original container labeled "Raw footage." For a completed demonstration tape using this footage, see: *MGZIA 4-3717 Via Nippas, Inc. demonstration tape.
3. Time code at bottom of screen.

Event (note)

1. Videotaped at Broadway Dance Center (West 55th Street location), New York, and the Park Theater, New Jersey, on April 12 [and/or 18?], 1991.

Title

1. Steadicam demonstration [videorecording] / [produced? by or for] Via Nippas, Inc. ; dance effects by Christopher Chadman.

Imprint

1. 1991.

Country of producing entity

1. U.S.

Event

1. Videotaped at Broadway Dance Center (West 55th Street location), New York, and the Park Theater, New Jersey, on April 12 [and/or 18?], 1991.

Performer

1. Dancers identified only by first names: Jade, Kelly, Mark, Nancy.

Local subject

1. Dance in advertising.

Added author

1. Chadman, Christopher, choreographer.
2. Chadman, Christopher, dancer.
3. DHCA.

Research call number

1. *MGZIA 4-3716