The Beautiful Illusion Video

 

A short film that tackles the physical pressures that professional dancers put on their bodies. I composed the music using piano, violin and vocals.

Choreographed and Danced by Olivia Ratcliffe and video/editing by Aaron Buckley and Jessica Taylor

BEAUTIFUL ILLUSION video

This is it....the 'BEAUTIFUL ILLUSION' video is now finished!

It is a video to display both sides of ballet...the beauty and pain. Throughout the ballet there are four different sections focusing in on the foot/ankle, knee/hip, spine and shoulder/elbow showing all the possible injuries you can get as a dancer. The red dots signify pain and flash on and off when the dancer experiences pain in that certain area of the body. Hope you enjoy!

Special thanks to Aaron Buckley and Jessica Taylor for filming and editing the short film!

Beautiful Illusion (Rough Cut 1) filmed and edited by Aaron Buckley and Jessica Taylor

Beautiful Illusion (Rough Cut 1) from Aaron M. Buckley on Vimeo.

Nike JUST DO IT dancer vs ballerina ad 

Ballet is no longer the boring and old fashioned dance form but is being recognised by many as an inspirational and aspiring art form thats in 'Vogue' and even Nike are among the many that are using ballet as a way to promote themselves!

Veronique Doisneau 4 

Jerome Bel made this piece for the corps de ballet dancer of the Paris Opera ballet Veronique Doisneau. This film has been done during her last performance of this piece.

 

She shares her life as a ballet dancer...sharing personal facts and feelings about her dancing career.

  A touching and interesting take on displaying what real ballet is...seeing it in a different light and a very personal veiw point. 

TEST IMAGES OF DESIGN WORK AND GRAPHICS FOR 

THE BEAUTIFUL ILLUSION VIDEO.

SLOW MOTION BALLET TEST

FOR BEAUTIFULILLUSION 

Slow Motion Ballet Test from Aaron M. Buckley on Vimeo.

A rough edit of the slow motion test footage for the Beautiful Illusion Ballet Film. Shot at 50fps on the Canon 550D and then conformed to 25fps in Cinema Tools.
Credits - Aaron Buckley and Jessica Taylor.