Summary
editProduction
editArt photographer Jacob Krupnick met dancer Anne Marsen in mid-2009 during a promotional video shoot he coordinated for a footwear fashion show. Marsen, who trained in high-intensity ballet and had recently dropped out of University of the Arts in Philadelphia, performed a freestyle dance that blended a variety of styles from classes she had been taking across New York City. The dynamism and confidence of her routine impressed Krupnick, and the two sought a larger collaboration project.[1]
Several months later, in November 2008, the mashup disc jockey Girl Talk released All Day, a chaotic album based on samples from 373 popular songs. Krupnick related his experience of the frenetic album to that of watching Marsen's high-intensity, genre-bending freestyle. They decided to create a dance music video in which Marsen would dance the length of the 71-minute album across the island of Manhattan. A month after the album's release, they shot sample footage guerrilla-style on the early-morning Staten Island Ferry with two additional dancers and Krupnick's wife while avoiding security guards. Krupnick condensed the footage to a preview trailer and uploaded it online, where it received little attention until it was picked up by Gothamist and The Huffington Post in January 2010. Later that month, Krupnick started a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign to raise the remaining funds needed to finish and distribute the film. They surpassed their $4,800 goal within a week[1] and ultimately raised five times that amount.[citation needed]
Marsen spent the campaign period in Mumbai, where she couchsurfed and took an intensive dance class. The project's success defied her preconceptions of paths to success in the dance industry and reaffirmed her decision to pursue her nontraditional, hybrid technique.[1]
Krupnick shot the video in April 2010.[1]
Reception
edittrailer: joyous, weird, youth, energy[1]
Marsen unassuming as a "dorky amateur" rather than a professional dancer, magic a minute in[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f Tough, Paul (March 4, 2011). "An Epic Dance to the Music of Girl Talk". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331.
Further reading
edit- Chen, Joyce (December 1, 2011). "YouTube vid 'Girl Walk' inspires creator Jacob Krupnick to look closer at NYC". NY Daily News. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- Dollar, Steve (December 7, 2011). "A 5-Borough Dance Floor". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660.
- Ehrlich, David (September 22, 2017). "The 25 Best Female Movie Performances of the 21st Century". IndieWire. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- Fujishima, Kenji (October 29, 2012). "Girl Walk // All Day - Film Review". Slant Magazine. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- Geere, Duncan (November 30, 2011). "Girl Talk's All Day Album Kick-Starts 71-Minute Music Video". Wired. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- Gordon, Jeremy (April 18, 2014). "Pharrell's 'Happy' Video Is Very Similar to the 2011 Girl Talk Film Girl Walk // All Day, Video Shows". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 8, 2018.
- Harvey, Dennis (March 9, 2012). "Girl Walk // All Day". Variety. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- Hogan, Marc (April 17, 2014). "How Pharrell's 'Happy' Video Owes a Lot to an Uncredited Indie Film". Spin. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- O'Connell, Meaghan; Kurtz, Dustin (February 16, 2011). "Creator Q&A: Girl Walk // All Day". Kickstarter Blog. Retrieved December 31, 2017.
- The Creators Project Staff (December 5, 2011). "Girl Talk's All Day Gets a 71 Minute Music Video". The Creators Project. Retrieved February 26, 2018.
- Watercutter, Angela (March 9, 2012). "Girl Walk // All Day Turns Girl Talk Album Into Infectious Dance Marathon". Wired. Retrieved December 31, 2017.