And You Were Wonderful, On Stage

An immersive film installation by Cally Spooner. In this work, a musical for six continuously rolling cameras, a black box soundstage and its inhabitants, are recorded in a single take. The mechanics of the shoot (cameras, microphones, mixing boards, chromakey screens and crew) remain as present as the performers they capture. Cast and crew become a constant-motion human backdrop, pragmatically recomposing scene-changes through lighting cues, voice, body movement, or continuous shifts of filmic apparatus and props. The semblance of a post-production edit arrives through the organisation and orchestration of bodies on set. Delivered by a chorus line of women, the film gossips about various celebrities, athletes and politicians who have outsourced their performances to different technologies.

Cast

Rhiannon Drake

Rhiannon Drake

as Singer

Jenny Minton

Jenny Minton

as Singer

Priya Malik

Priya Malik

as Singer

Rebecca Thorn

Rebecca Thorn

as Singer

Chloë Turpin

Chloë Turpin

as Singer

Hai-Ting

Hai-Ting

as Opera Singer

Logan Kruger

Logan Kruger

as Dancer

Kristen Foote

Kristen Foote

as Dancer

Caroline Fermin

Caroline Fermin

as Dancer

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