Goshogaoka

After viewing this film, I was left with a sense of, "What was that?" I understood that Sharon Lockhart wanted to capture the essence of movement through a series of warm-ups performed by a girls basketball team. But I was still left with a couple questions in my head.

Why does Sharon maintain a single position with the camera? And why did she choose to shoot a basketball team in a foreign country?

I believe that when Sharon decided to maintain a single position with the camera, it was to try to move the viewer's attention on to the players themselves and their movements, instead of focusing on the movement of the camera. In addition, by using a basketball team from a foreign country, words and appearances become dulled, while the actual movements performed become instense and in focus. The art then becomes the dance that the player's perform (through their warm-ups and tricks).