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THE SOLDIER


   






























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A damaged character who lives in a world abandoned by God. This character is partially based on a Marvel's comic character. A fictional anti-hero with military past, psychologically traumatized and consumed by anger and grief. He trains very intensely, risking everything, including his personal well-being and even his sanity.

A character - sometimes cold, sterile, inhumane then again grotesque, full of emotion and endearing.
Through use of slapstick themes and exaggerations (juxtapositions in words and images) we make him shift towards humor.

The texts for ‘the Soldier‘ are monologues, expressing the character's inner feelings, thoughts and experiences. The obviously cinematic component guides the viewer through the main character's psychological minefield, creating a visually 'narrative' but also 'associative' portrait.


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‘the Soldier’ long sequence - duration  7:33 minutes




trailer ‘the Soldier’ - duration  01:25 minutes
ADDITIONAL FILMPARTS THE SOLDIER

part 03 ‘the Soldier’
part 04 ‘the Soldier’
part 05 ‘the Soldier’

part 06 ‘the Soldier’


part 07 ‘the Soldier’

part 08 ‘the Soldier’


part 09 ‘the Soldier’
part 10 ‘the Soldier’


credits


concept | choreographer | screendance director  Kristel van Issum
co-creator | performer  Johnny Lloyd
concept | film director | camera | editing | animation  Martin Kers
music composition | soundtrack  Han Stubbe 

filmed at studio het Dak | de Vrije Ruimte (Theaters Tilburg)  
supported by DansBrabant Heleen Volman + Wim van Stam
funding MakersFonds Tilburg | Prins Bernhard Cultuur Fonds

exhibition
Cinedans Fest ’19 Amsterdam | November Music ‘19 Den Bosch | Parktheater Eindhoven





the Soldier


Kristel en Johnny started to work together on the fictional character ‘the Soldier’. For a few weeks they discussed, collected references and materials and created the outlines for this personage. We did a preliminary screentest to share the newly developped material and shot some footage for a trailer.

After that we built a greenscreen studio in studio ‘het Dak’ and ‘de Vrije Ruimte | Theaters Tilburg’, followed by outdoor shooting in Moerenburg near Tilburg. Impulsive and improvising, but based on the material Kristel and Johnny created. After all the filming was done, the footage was re-interpreted and experimental sequences were constructed.  




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