Choreography of Movement
2014-07-16
In April, New York cinematographer Mkrtich "Mko" Malkhasyan led a three
week intensive workshop on the visual language of movement entitled the
"Choreography of Movement". The aim of the workshop was to introduce
students to the language of motion. The 15 participants split into four
groups and explored the Tumo grounds to understand the concept of visual
language and choreographed movements. The two groups filming at Tumo Park,
the soccer field, the basketball court and Tumo Plaza filmed game movements
of children at play, while the two groups filming inside the Tumo building
captured the dynamics of daily movements of Tumo students and staff. Each
group also focused on using one particular sound in their short film: drums,
piano, trumpet and guitar.
Blue Team
Davit Avetisyan
crew | 17
Davit Mkhitaryan
crew | 15
Karine Avdalyan
crew | 17
Tigran Galechyan
crew | 17
Green Team
Aghateh Avetisyan
crew | 15
Arpine Hovhannisyan
crew | 16
Levon Yepiskoposyan
crew | 15
Sahak Manvelyan
crew | 18
Orange Team
Hrachya Sargsyan
crew | 16
Marine Ghazazyan
crew | 18
Narek Babiyan
group leader | 16
Red Team
Harutyun Sargsyan
crew | 15
Mariana Sargsyan
crew | 16
Tatev Arakelyan
crew | 19
Students rapidly went from pre-production to actually shooting the scenes
during the course of the workshop. In June, students began working on
post-production and completed their project in another three weeks. The
result was an impressive four-minute short film comprised of the one minute
standalone segments produced by each group. The films depicted Tumo in a fresh
way, focusing on motion and sound both inside and outside the building.