I made this film for the U.S. leg of U2's INNOCENCE & EXPERIENCE tour in 2015. It was designed to play on the double screen that ran the full length of the stage, hence its unusually elongated aspect ratio. We shot Morleigh Steinberg in Dublin performing a contemporary version of THE SERPENTINE DANCE, originally filmed and hand - coloured by The Lumière Brothers in 1899, then projected selected takes onto stacks of junk in a warehouse. Camera and projector were locked together whilst tracking, to give the impression we were following Morleigh through the space and the colour streaking effect was added in post production.
Producer..................................................................NED O'HANLON
Director Of Photography..........................................FEDERICO REA
Editor...............................................................EUGENE McCRYSTAL
I first worked with Morleigh on FASHION AID in 1985, as part of the MOMIX dance group performing for designer Issey Miyake, so it's a 30 year full circle for us.