Films : Soho Square : all
animate! synopsis
Hot time, summer in the city… A hued thought in a green shade - the life of a square from flesh to ‘paint’ via video. 24 hours of light.
long 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 Hari Krishna, gardeners and lovers.
Soho Square interweaves these characters, whose stories occupy the same space, but different worlds.
key credits
- director
- Mario Cavalli
- lighting camera
- Tony Dow
- art director or production designer
- Ashley Potter
- editor
- Richard Harris
- music
- Nick Franglen
- producer
- Pam Dennis
- Sue Paxton
Mario Cavalli
artist’s website
Mario’s production company
a film by Mario Cavalli
direction
- director
- Mario Cavalli
cast in picture
- performers
- Richard Blanco
- Fiona Graham
- Daniel Taylor-Woodrow
- Jane Edwards
- David Shields
- Karen Chantale
- Kate Shannon
- Angela Chambers
- Andy Johnson
- Trevor Waldron
live-action personnel
- lighting camera
- Tony Dow
image personnel
- art director or production designer
- Ashley Potter
- editor
- Richard Harris
sound personnel
- music
- Nick Franglen
production personnel
- post production
- Owen Hurley
- producer
- Pam Dennis
- Sue Paxton
support
- additional financial support
The Mill
© Mario Cavalli 1992
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technical
process summary
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.
master copy format
- colour or black & white
- colour
video distribution format
- video format
- BetaSP
- screen aspect ratio
- 4:3
- video standard
- PAL
- sound type
distributor
LUX
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www.lux.org.uk
