Rosco Spectrum: When Apalooza Video produced a two-part dance video series entitled Saltatio, they knew they wanted bright, bold colors for their dance videos. Director Charly Correia, and Lighting Designer Paolo Morvan used two Rosco SL1 MIX® lights to configure several different lighting setups inside Lablab Studio. The fixtures empowered them to create the perfect fusion of light, color, and dance to engage their audience.
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This is truly beautiful to watch. I love the almost neon kind of look that has become so much more popularized over the years, especially in music videos. This really reminds me of the horror movies Suspiria, and the Neon Demon. Both were highly stylized which I really appreciate. Admittedly, Suspiria was the objectively better movie, The Neon Demon seemed to sacrifice plot and characters for style but I can definitely see those influences in videos such as these. I adore how bright and exciting these colors are, they are so energetic and uncompromising when they could have been muddied or duller to give a more moody tone to the video. This company seems to be really nailing it on the head when it comes to vibrancy and energy in these artistic videos, especially in combination with their dynamic lighting effects that emphasize movement which is absolutely perfect for a music video. The flashing of the lights lend a stop motion effect to the dances.
Watching this video was super interesting because it’s a departure from the traditional sidelighting method of dance lighting. Normally in dance lighting, silhouettes and high contrast are used to emphasize the movement of the body, but here, that method is sidestepped by a desire for bright colors and effects. In some ways, I think this works very well. The cinematography and lighting make it so that the dancer’s faces are frequently the focus, and the fast changing colors are mesmerizing, and create the strobe that works so well for dance like this. I admire the skill and experience it takes to have gel colors memorized enough to use them offhand in this way. However, I thought the simple lighting set up flattened the effect of the movement, and didn’t provide enough depth. In the future, I’d love to see similar usage of these fixtures in a way that doesn’t depend on them entirely. Their impressive capabilities aren’t quite enough to bring everything to this video.
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