This is a project that makes me happy. Photographer/Filmmaker Jacob Krupnick describes his new project, now in the editing phase, as "combining the amazing talents of improvisational dancer Anne Marsen (and a supporting cast of contemporary dancers) with the epic new Girl Talk album, All Day to create an album-length music video of grand proportions." Krupnick filmed a 7 min clip of Marsen & some of the other dancers on and around the Staten Island Ferry about 8 months ago, put it up on vimeo & started a Kickstarter campaign to raise funds to complete the project. It took off & he received 5x the funds he requested.
It's an unusual way to go about funding a film & the film follows an unusual structure since we're all used to getting our music videos in attention span coddling nuggets of only a few minutes each. What would an album length music video be like? Well, it will be interesting to find out, but I'm personally looking forward to it. Dancing and film go way back but it's died out in recent years. Marsen's dancing is indeed amazing, & her presence on the screen charismatic. The other dancers look great too. Who hasn't wanted to bust out dancing in a totally un-dancey place? Who hasn't wanted to have the skill, energy & guts to be able to step up & really (& I mean really) dance?
Well, like most people, I don't have those skills but I do have the desire. I look forward to dancing vicariously through Anne & the rest of the dancers to Krupnick's film of the new Girl Talk album.
The trailer has an irrepressible, playfulness to it. Check it out. Seriously, do yourself a favor & check it out. I think it contains prescriptions strength fun. It almost reminds me of this delightful bit from one of my favorite films (&, little known fact, first movie crush) Gene Kelly from Singin in the Rain.
