Interview by Rafy Mediavilla, w/ Sherrie Silver – Choreographer For The DreamWorks & Universal Pictures Animated Movie, #Sing2. Out Now On Digital, & On 4K UHD, Blu-Ray & DVD, March 29.
Buster Moon and his crew are back preparing to launch their most dazzling extravaganza yet in SING 2, available for the very first time to own and enjoy forever on Digital March 1, 2022 and on 4K UHD, Blu-rayTM and DVD March 29, 2022 from Universal Pictures Home Entertainment.
The film is written and directed by Garth Jennings (Sing, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy), and stars Matthew McConaughey, Reese Witherspoon, Scarlett Johansson, Taron Egerton, Bobby Cannavale, Tori Kelly, Nick Kroll, Pharrell Williams, Halsey, Letitia Wright, Jennifer Saunders, Nick Offerman and Bono. The original score was created by Joby Talbot.
Criticólogos:
Who do you work with directly? You work directly with the animators, with the directors. Who are you or do you give them instructions? How does this work?
Sherrie Silver:
Yeah, first of all, of course, if I was choreographing a human movie, I would be working directly with the director and the characters themself. Right. But in this case, it’s very similar. I’m working with the characters because for example, I can use Nooshy body and be flexible with it, and then I have to be very weary of the things that Johnny can do. But then at the same time, I’m also working directly with the director because, you know, this is his vision and I’m working with the animators because I have to make sure that they get the moves right, especially some of these moves are African moves and I need everyone to be represented correctly. I would say that these are the people that I’m working with and of course my own dancers who are embodying the characters for me.
Criticólogos:
How did you mentally change from one thing to the other one because really, each music, each sound is so different. How do you go about switching between songs and genders?
Sherrie Silver:
Actually, I love that because it just it doesn’t get boring and I’m just very adaptable myself. So, in fact, let’s say I’m working on one thing here and I get a mind block. I’ll just jump to another scene with a different piece of music. And it just keeps my mind and my creative juices flowing. Yes, it’s pretty easy.
Criticólogos:
Did you get to work with the actors? Did you see them dancing in the recoding booth?
Sherrie Silver:
No, I didn’t actually work with the actual characters directly. I did speak to one of them through Instagram. But this is the greatest part about an animation movie, is that the characters, the actors can just focus on getting the voices right, and I’ll focus on getting the moves right.
Criticólogos:
Which character you felt was this easiest and which one was the most challenging one, to make him dance?
Sherrie Silver:
I think Nooshy she’s character was the easiest because I could just really be myself and just go crazy. But I also think that her character was the hardest just because to me personally, she’s the best dancer, because she she’s just so talented. I now had to take my talent level to the next level. So yeah.
Criticólogos:
Which choreography you felt you enjoyed doing the most?
Sherrie Silver:
Wow! Good question, I enjoyed all of them. But I would have to say. That scene where Nooshy was teaching Johnny how to dance, I just really had fun with that because it was just an introduction getting him out of his shell. I would say I really enjoyed that scene, but you might ask me after I watch the movie again and then be like, Well.
Criticólogos:
What are the specific challenges from doing live action choreography to an animated one? Would you be willing to do more animated a character, more often than live action ones?
Sherrie Silver:
Yeah. I mean, I just love doing animation choreography, to be honest. It’s just so much fun allows you to be more creative. You’re not just limited to your body, but you’re limited to your mind as well. If your mind comes up with something crazy, I remember Garth Jennings, the director, said to me, As long as the animators can draw it, then it can happen. And I’ve worked on a different type of animation through motion capture, you know, mocap where you put all the little things on your body and then they animate you, but with that, you’re still limited to what your body can do. But this, honey, you can do anything you want. I loved it and I would love to do more.
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