Earthworm (experimental documentary film) Lane Michael Stanley dir.

This short film is directed by Lane Michael Stanley. This film is experimental dance film exploring genderqueer femme embodiment through meditation and yoga. It was commissioned by Dance Camera West, California Creative Corps & Kern Dance Alliance. Lane wanted me to blur the lines between sound design and music. We did some pre-production where I did some experimentation, created unique sampled instruments and sent him demos before the on set production began. After several discussions, some experimentation and demos we decided to use the main character’s breath work and vocalizations and weave those into the music. I was unable to be on set so I did some planning with Lane and the production audio recordist to capture some sounds on set that we thought would be useful. After more experimentation where I tried to use the sounds like samples, I found it was better to just edit the recorded sounds and put a lot of effects on them and then make them a part of the music. That worked better than putting the sounds in a sampler and trying to use them like different pitches (musical notes) given the material that was recorded. From there I sent Lane more demos to get to three sets of sound palettes/instrumentation for the four sections of the film with the beginning and ending sections sharing the same instrumentation and palettes which fit the bookends feeling of the film. More info here: https://www.twine.net/signin