In Process - Fragmented/Fused

Yesterday afternoon Alex and I wrapped our second blue screen shoot this month, and celebrated a Fragmented/Fused milestone with beer and burgers at the King's Head Pub in Winnipeg's Exchange District. They have local brew company Half Pints on tap ($5.25), including one of the best IPA's I've tried, the Little Scrapper. The citrus rind scent of this strong ale was an able pairing for the Big Kahuna burger ($9.95), a 7oz beef patty with choice of cheeses (I took swiss), jalapenos, sauteed mushrooms, bacon and more. Served with a mound of high quality pub fries, we stuffed our selves with a well deserved feast.

After 10 months and 9 Fragmented/Fused shoots (5 with Alex) in 3 cities, we finally have usable material. It's not all perfect, but there's much I can work with to design and edit video backdrops for live performance. The video above is a sample of the fragmenting technique we used (blue painter's tape) to break up the body. I imagine one of those wooden figures used in drawing. To see more, check out Freed's myspace.

www.myspace.com/freedthepuppet

We have at least one more blue screen event on the calendar, as we've now shot 2 of 3 sections for the project. The third contributes to the narrative of the spectacle, and we are currently developing the characters for this segment of the work. Props to Video Pool and Winnipeg Film Group for the studio space, and Alex for her patience and dedication.

movement, choreography - Alexandra Elliott

set, camera, editing - Travis Macloud