EADA members in Video Shoot for Electronics Giant

A day at rehearsals, and a long long days filming was what lay in store for EADA members, when asked to take part in a new video for Japanese electronics giant Panasonic.

A bitterly cold (and I mean cold!) Blackpool in December was the town, the beautiful and inspiring "Tower Ballroom" the venue, for what was to be a busy, but most enjoyable day for EADA members, Marco Cavellero & Joanne Clifton, Mark & Olga Elsbury, Mairold Millert & Alexandra Hixson, Damien Hey & Hannah Davis, Jodie Earby, and of course not forgetting the real "Stars" of the show Marcus Lee & Sarah-Louise Trim. All were under the expert guidance of Mr Keith Clifton, who did an amazing job of making the whole shoot work through translating to the dancers just what was required by the film crew, which was no easy task considering the director spoke very little English! A testament to Keith’s expertise and know how.

The day started at 6.30am (yes, in the morning!), but of course the girls day had to start much earlier so as to have their hair ready on arrival. Once everyone had been fed and watered, it was into makeup, although this went on for most of the day really. Whenever the dancers came off the floor, the brilliant makeup artists were there in a flash making sure they always looked the best they could, and I think all the dancers would agree how great it would be to have them at a comp!!

So then it was onto the filming, Waltz and Quickstep were the dances, and it seemed to go on forever, I think there was more waltzes danced here then in a week at the Open British!! The film crew wanted it perfect, and went over and over each shot and clip, so there was a lot of waiting to be done; however the waiting was made great fun by the antics of our Juvenile stars Marcus & Sarah, who not only kept the rest of the dancers entertained throughout, but completely charmed the socks off the entire film crew with their personalities. For a couple so young they showed terrific concentration and maturity, and they surely have a fantastic future ahead of them, well done.

After lots of takes and re-takes, and every camera angle possible in the afternoon and it has to be said some great translation work from Marco Cavellero late on, helping us to finish on time. What was a great day drew to a close at around 7.00pm, a big thank you again to Mr.Keith Clifton for his great work, and a huge well done to all the EADA members involved, whose dedication, application and professionalism through out was outstanding and who where great ambassadors and a credit to EADA.

Keep a lookout for the video early next year!

Report by Damien Hey
EADA Amateur Rep 22/12/2005