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    Black Box

    Black Box is an experimental short film that uses the power of music and dance to explore emotions.
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    Black Box

    Uploaded Dec 12, 2013
    Black Box is an experimental short film that uses the power of music and dance to explore emotions. In the strictest sense, it is a dance film; however, it serves as a conceptual video art piece as opposed to a straight performance work.

    The dancer in the piece clutches a black box representing the human heart as a repository of life’s emotions. It is a metaphor for all of the turmoil and pain we carry with us inside. Through a series of movements, the character becomes free from the heavy burden of the black box, and he is able to leave it behind and thus arrive at a state of inner peace.

    The idea for this video originated with the music, the second movement of Franz Schubert’s Death and the Maiden. I had always loved this melancholy and stirring piece and thought it could serve as the foundation for an artwork if the song was married to powerful visuals.

    Once I developed the concept and treatment for Black Box, I turned to Syracuse, New York-based choreographer and dancer Brandon Ellis. Ellis interpreted the concept and developed and executed the dance routine.

    For the production I collaborated with Michael Barletta and Courtney Rile, founders of the Syracuse-based production company Daylight Blue Media.

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    Black Box

    Directed by Francis DiClemente 2012

    Black Box

    Uploaded Dec 12, 2013
    Black Box is an experimental short film that uses the power of music and dance to explore emotions. In the strictest sense, it is a dance film; however, it serves as a conceptual video art piece as opposed to a straight performance work.

    The dancer in the piece clutches a black box representing the human heart as a repository of life’s emotions. It is a metaphor for all of the turmoil and pain we carry with us inside. Through a series of movements, the character becomes free from the heavy burden of the black box, and he is able to leave it behind and thus arrive at a state of inner peace.

    The idea for this video originated with the music, the second movement of Franz Schubert’s Death and the Maiden. I had always loved this melancholy and stirring piece and thought it could serve as the foundation for an artwork if the song was married to powerful visuals.

    Once I developed the concept and treatment for Black Box, I turned to Syracuse, New York-based choreographer and dancer Brandon Ellis. Ellis interpreted the concept and developed and executed the dance routine.

    For the production I collaborated with Michael Barletta and Courtney Rile, founders of the Syracuse-based production company Daylight Blue Media.

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    Black Box

    Black Box is an experimental short film that uses the power of music and dance to explore emotions. In the strictest sense, it is a dance film; however, it serves as a conceptual video art piece as opposed to a straight performance work.

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