FILM
Mario Cavalli
AnimateTV 1992
1992
Duration: 11'00"
Soho Square uses a painterly approach to colour and composition to evoke the atmosphere, sights and sounds of the London square on a typical summer’s day.
Credits
Director Mario Cavalli
Lighting Camera Tony Dow
Art Director/Production Designer Ashley Potter
Editor Richard Harris
Music Nick Franglen
Choreographer Jane Turner
Producers Pam Dennis & Sue Paxton
Synopsis
Soho Square uses a painterly approach to colour and composition to evoke the atmosphere, sights and sounds of the London square on a typical summer’s day. The square is an oasis and a refuge for many people whose paths would not normally cross: the wealthy and the destitute, the esoteric and the mundane, office workers, winos, tourists, police, students of Tai Chi and of Hare Krishna, gardeners and lovers. Soho Square interweaves these characters, whose stories occupy the same space but different worlds.
Technical information
All the scenes depicted are based on real characters and events recorded on Hi-8 video. This material was then edited and recreated in the studio with dancers and mime artists, then re-coloured, re-timed, and composited on video with various artwork elements to create the impression of events unfolding over a single day.
Full credits
Director Mario Cavalli
Performers
Richard Blanco
Fiona Graham
Daniel Taylor-Woodrow
Jane Edwards
David Shields
Karen Chantale
Kate Shannon
Angela Chambers
Andy Johnson
Trevor Waldron
Choreographer Jane Turner
Lighting Camera Tony Dow
Art Director/Production Designer Ashley Potter
Editor Richard Harris
Music Nick Franglen
Post Production Owen Hurley
Producers Pam Dennis & Sue Paxton
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