Globe Trot (50 filmmakers, 23 countries, 1 dance)

June 29, 2014 3:32 PM

Globe Trot (50 filmmakers, 23 countries, 1 dance)
This is an international crowd-sourced dance-film project put together over the web. I got 50 filmmakers on all seven continents (including Antarctica) to each shoot two seconds of dance by choreographer Bebe Miller. There was a manual on my website that trained the filmmakers in how to learn their 4-count phrase assignment and how to frame the performer they would find on the street. Each person then sent their footage back to me for editing. I explain it more in this HuffPo blog.

Role: director, editor

posted by Mitchla (5 comments total)

This project was posted to MetaFilter by mathowie on June 30, 2014: Globe Trot (50 filmmakers, 23 countries, 1 dance)

That video was super great, love the dance, the locations, and the collaboration that made it all possible.
posted by mathowie at 3:42 PM on June 29, 2014 [1 favorite]

This is really beautiful. The people are really interesting and brave.
posted by OrangeDisk at 12:40 PM on July 1, 2014

Awesome concept. Thanks for sharing the manual. It's interesting to see the planning and directions given to achieve the effect.
posted by c95008 at 8:07 PM on July 1, 2014

Speaking as a guy who generally dislikes dance in all its various forms, this is absolutely mind-blowing. SUPER awesome flick.
posted by Pecinpah at 1:45 PM on August 14, 2014

Bravo! Great project. Big bouquets of roses to all involved. I've been looking for great clips to show some best-of-the-internet to the elderly people I work with. They will love this, as do I.
posted by valetta at 4:27 PM on September 5, 2014