Specifications

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Introduction
Using the Enclosed DVD
The DVD included with this book contains the project and media files that you
will need to complete the exercises within the “Practice Your Skills” sections.
Most of the footage is from the documentary Urban Nutcracker: Anatomy
of a Ballet, © 2009, written and produced by Gonca Sonmez-Poole of
Mediation Way, Inc. (a 501c3 nonprofit company based in Massachusetts).
Urban Nutcracker is a ballet performed in Boston each holiday season that
features fusion dancing set to the music of Tchaikovsky’s The Nutcracker
ballet. The documentary focuses on the experiences of many of the danc-
ers, instructors, and patrons of Urban Nutcracker.
Yo u w ill fo cu s o n t wo s equ en ces us ing fo ot ag e f ro m t he f il m: a mo nt a ge
set to Tchaikovsky’s Trepak (Russian Dance) and a documentary interview
sequence, highlighting the ballet’s transformation scene. The sequences
you will build do not appear in the actual film but are smaller projects
designed to help you build a sequence from start to finish.
Yo u’ l l a ls o wor k w it h f oot a ge fro m t he f ea tu re f ilm Pearl, © 2009, pro-
duced by the Chickasaw Nation. Pearl is about the 1928 adventures of
the nation’s youngest aviator, 12-year-old Pearl Carter. The sequence
you’ll work on is an actual scene from the film that features a conversation
between Pearl’s father and his friends about Pearl’s aviation exploits, as
Pearl eavesdrops.
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