一位來自Hollywood的知名踢踏舞者，演藝生涯長達76年
「舞王」是他的稱號，而我也相當贊同
看過他作品或對表演有研究的人一定能感受到Fred那沉穩中帶點俏皮紳士的靈魂。
*連結至文章－舞王Fred Astaire & 淺談Broadway歌舞片
http://melodydotcon.blogspot.tw/2013/08/fred-astaire-broadway.html
這次要介紹的是他在《Royal Wedding,1951》裡相當出名的SCENE
：Ceiling Dance (or Dancing on the ceiling)
這支舞的拍攝手法對後期的影像工作者有相當的影響力
也啟發後人創作出許多作品
即使已過了60多年，這種效果至今依舊受到年輕人的喜愛，新鮮感沒過期。
先看電影裡的片段
Royal Wedding(1951)- Fred's Ceiling Dance
後來一位來自Tennessee的表演工作者Galen Fott後製了影片
把幕前幕後的畫面同時比較
（可能需要多看幾次，才會慢慢抓出那個概念）
左邊是呈現出來的畫面
右邊是鏡頭跟房間同時旋轉的畫面
Galen在他自己的網站有用文字加以解析
以下是我按照原文翻譯而成，
請笑納：
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為了替大家解惑，我後製了此影片
我主要加入三種元素去做比較
1. 穩固影片
2. 重製房間
3. 旋轉房間
必須承認，在這解析過程有很多都是用猜的，但大致上都合乎邏輯。
我也發現，將這大房間翻轉90度大概花費四秒鐘。
在製作過程，影片當然我看了不下數百次，也因此有了不少發現。
0:27 - Astaire旋轉了椅子，但在 0:37這椅子瞬間被栓住在地板上，以至於它可以跟房間一起轉動而不掉落。
0:55 - 作品中有很多像這種的反地心引力動作，讓觀眾誤以為這房間有逆時針方向旋轉一點點，但我認為這房間以90度作為基本旋轉，而這錯覺僅來自於Astaire身體傾斜變化。
1:39 - 當Astaire跳過吊燈時，天花板上的燈光閃了一下。
請問是有短路嗎？
請問是有短路嗎？
1:42 - Astaire將桌上的相框扯了下來， 那是用什麼固定住的？
根據導演Stanley Donen的說法是：Magnets 磁鐵。
1:45 - 攝影機晃動了（大概是因為要準備轉動吧），而打在天花板的燈瞬間不見。
2:17 - 這take相當明顯是剪接的，看起來像連續鏡頭，其實是從不同片段組裝而成。
（注意以下的2:45也是）
（注意以下的2:45也是）
2:19 - Astaire輕鬆的將相框固定在右牆上了（磁鐵原理）。
2:45 - 另一個相當自然的剪接鏡頭。Astaire的動作與位子持續在移動，卻依舊能銜接起來。而且相當有趣地，房間從原本的順時針360度，再來逆時針270度，接著再順時針270度，我發現每當房間轉動方向更換時，在那旋轉鏡頭的前幾秒都有＂剪接＂畫面。
我不得不提出疑問：這些剪接鏡頭是為了要＂換檔＂嗎？
我不得不提出疑問：這些剪接鏡頭是為了要＂換檔＂嗎？
3:30 - Astaire再次輕鬆地抓了相框起舞。
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每次看完都覺得很神奇
甚至驚嘆著，「天阿，60年前的他們是多麼有創意啊！」
誰會想到在房間四面牆上跳舞呢？
還要拍出反地心引力的感覺。
Q：導 演 怎 麼 說 ？
此部導演Stanley Donen並沒有把Ceiling Dance的製作過程給記錄下來
1986年，Stanley Donen幫歌手Lionel Richie拍攝＂Dancing on the Ceiling＂的MV時
他又再度搬出了「Rotating Room」手法
也藉此機會解說了當年拍攝《Royal Wedding》的概念
影片中有側拍到舞者跟間房的互動方式，相當清楚
（這是最接近當年Ceiling Dance＂真正拍攝方法＂的影片）
＂I have no desire to prove anything by dancing. I have never used it as an outlet or a means of expressing myself. I just dance. I just put my feet in the air and move them around.＂ －Fred Astaire
要完成這樣的作品
Fred需要記得每一個舞步、角度、哪時該傾斜、哪時該蹲低、哪時該扶地板跳躍
舞者與攝影團隊得配合的天衣無縫
是編舞者也是演員的Fred，編舞時得有豐富的想像力才能創作
也的確的，他將舞蹈空間概念發揮得淋漓盡致。
雖然Fred只是在地面上走動，但每當要經過牆角轉換面向時
已經不只是身體了，而是＂整個人＂都要呈現出傾斜與顛倒的狀態
我相信Fred在這方面下了很大的功夫
跳舞本身就不是件簡單的事，更何況要人體刻意反地心引力呢？
離開地面跳舞幾乎是登天之難
只要疏忽一個小細節，就會失去它的效果。
幾年後，導演Donen表示：
「你從來不曉得，原來Fred正在對抗地心引力。
另外，那些傢俱和擺設全都被釘死，房間設置在大滾桶中央。
而攝影師Robert Planck跟他的攝影器材們被一起固定在旋轉板上，
因此，他能與房間同時運轉，拍攝出Ceiling Dance。」
我們也常看到這類型的鏡頭，卻很少花心思了解
想當然的，這樣的創作造就了許多作品的誕生，如：
2001: A Space Odyssey (1968)
Original Scene
Rotating Camera
Poltergeist (1982)
Nightmare On Elm Street (1984)
The Fly (1986)
Inception (2010) 附連結
Inception: Spinning Room
補充－
2013年五月七號晚間
在國外某個舞蹈節目Dancing With the Stars中也出現了此表演手法
美國演員兼拉丁舞者Derek Hough與舞伴Jaimie Goodwin用此表演向Fred Astaire致敬
（許多人以為這點子出自Derek，因此他的粉絲也一夜之間爆增。）
在國外某個舞蹈節目Dancing With the Stars中也出現了此表演手法
美國演員兼拉丁舞者Derek Hough與舞伴Jaimie Goodwin用此表演向Fred Astaire致敬
（許多人以為這點子出自Derek，因此他的粉絲也一夜之間爆增。）
除了電影外，這種拍攝手法也常套用在音樂錄影帶中
9 Mind-Blowing Music Videos以下
１. Jamiroquai – Virtual Insanity
２. Herbie Hancock – “Rock it”
A surreal hybrid of mechanized mannequins and wax-like figurines, the music video was directed by the English rock duo turned music video directors Godley & Crème, and features the robotic sculptures of the artist and inventor Jim Whiting. Hancock himself only appears as a televised image inside this virtual house of bionic creations. Not only recognized for its visual innovation, “Rockit” was one of the first hit singles to feature scratching and other turntablist techniques (performed by GrandMixer DXT).
３. Lionel Richie – “Dancing on the Ceiling”
Inspired by the gravity-defying footwork of Fred Astaire in Royal Wedding, Lionel Richie recruited the film’s director Stanley Donen to re-create the ceiling dance effect for his latest single. Roughly $400,000 later, Richie had himself a giant rotating set and one of the most expensive music videos of all time. With the props and furniture firmly bolted to the walls, Richie was free to dance wherever he damn well pleased. What we learned? Richie knows how to throw a killer house party — keytars and all.
４. Genesis – “Land of Confusion”
This is an appropriately-titled track, considering the music video is mildly disorienting, to put it lightly. Where do we even begin with this allegorical puppet acid trip? Ronald Reagan, Ayatollah Khomeini, Michael Jackson, Godzilla in a bow tie, Prince eating his own tongue, and the pope slaying on a guitar – what does it all mean?! After seeing a puppet caricature of himself on the 1980s UK sketch show Spitting Image, Phil Collins did what any self-respecting artist should do and commissioned creators Peter Fluck and Roger Law to create puppets of the entire band for a music video. The puppet version of Phil Collins is the stuff that nightmares are made of – with the facial proportions of Tweety Bird and a beatnik turtleneck – and yet we can’t look away.
５. White Stripes – “Fell in Love with A Girl”
For French director Michel Gondry, making brilliant music videos is mere child’s play. With just a basic brick set of Legos, Gondry created his own form of animation and effectively helped launch the White Stripes’ career. A stickler for detail, he filmed the band performing and then printed out pixillated images of the footage to make individual Lego models for each image. Each frame required the animators to rebuild the Legos until it appeared that the blocks were in motion. It would be just one of many collaborations Gondry had with the band.
６. Peter Gabriel – “Sledgehammer”
This groundbreaking video went down as one of the most memorable videos of the decade. We’re not usually fans of literal lyric depictions in videos, but we’ll make an exception for this brilliant stop-motion animated piece. Created by Aardman Animations (of Wallace and Gromit fame) and the Brothers Quay, the video was a composite of claymation, pixillation, stop motion animation, and a serious amount of Dep hair gel. Gabriel’s patient perseverance of sitting under a sheet of glass for 16 hours paid off when he beat his former Genesis bandmates for Best Video of the Year in 1987 at the MTV Music Video Awards.
７. Radiohead – “Street Spirit (Fade Out)”
Another visual treat from director Jonathan Glazer, this music video used a special photosonics ultra-slow motion science camera, a device so precise that it can track the speed of a bullet from a gun. This effect – now frequently employed in television openings – was revolutionary at the time in 1996. Coupled with the contrasting black and white imagery and fluid choreography in the California desert, it all made for a beautifully haunting video. Glazer would later go on to direct their video for “Karma Police.”
８. The Pharcyde – “Drop”
Known for their groundbreaking efforts in early hip hop, Pharcyde always managed to stick out from their peers with both their music and videos. Teaming up with legendary music video director (and now Oscar winner) Spike Jonze, they filmed the entire video in reverse, even memorizing the phonetic lyrics in reverse so the lip-synching would match up. The same reversal technique was used in the music video for “The Second Summer of Love” by the Scottish band Danny Wilson in 1989, and then later in Coldplay’s “The Scientist” video in 2003.
９. Cibo Matto – “Sugar Water”
Through the intricate use of a visual palindrome, Michel Gondry turned a simple split-screen technique into a compelling double story-line all in one take. One the left side, you have Miho Hatori’s story playing forwards, while on the right side is Yuka Honda’s story in reverse. The playful yet peculiar video precisely captured the style of the Japanese art-pop duo and made the track a favorite on college radio in the mid-’90.
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