Kiki - Kiki

Japanese: 《キキ》 - きき
Kiki - Kiki

…American musical (stage and film) choreographer and film director. In 1930, he was invited from Broadway to Hollywood, where he choreographed Mary Pickford's only musical, Kiki (1931). In Warner Brothers' revue films, such as 42nd Street (1933) and the Gold Diggers series (1934-36), he expanded the space beyond the limitations of the stage, making free use of cameras mounted on monorails and cranes, and in particular his bird's-eye view shots from directly above (top) are called "Berkeley top shots." His original and bold camerawork, which filmed scenes of chorus girls dancing like geometric patterns or kaleidoscopes, creating gorgeous and rhythmic scenes, is considered to be the groundbreaking film technique that produced the most visually effective results in the history of musical films. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "Kiki" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…アメリカのミュージカル(舞台および映画)の振付師,映画監督。1930年,ブロードウェーからハリウッドへ招かれ,メリー・ピックフォードの唯一のミュージカル《キキ》(1931)などの振付を担当。ワーナー・ブラザースのレビュー映画《四十二番街》(1933),《ゴールド・ディガース》シリーズ(1934‐36)などで舞台の制約を超えて空間を映画的に拡大し,モノレールやクレーンにのせたカメラを自由自在に駆使し,とくに真上(トップ)から大俯瞰でとらえたショットは〈バークリー・トップ・ショット〉とよばれ,コーラスガールの群舞のシーンをまるで幾何学模様のように,あるいは万華鏡のように撮って,華麗でリズミカルな場面に構成した独創的で大胆なカメラワークは,ミュージカル映画史上もっとも視覚的な効果を生み出した画期的な映画技法とみなされる。…

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