A Day With a Pole Dancer

  • Michelangelo Torres

There’s a lot of prejudice about pole dance, but through the words of the Italian instructor Valentina Venditti we’ll discover what’s really behind this discipline: training, study, and sacrifice. We'll also understand how pole dancing can be a cure-all both for body and soul. More infos here: medium.com/@michelangelo.torres/why-i-shot-a-mini-doc-about-a-pole-dancer-for-my-rode-reel-2017-film-competition-d271f51bebce I produced this mini-doc to take part in ‘My Rode Reel 2017’ competition but also to measure myself with something totally unknown to me. Here's the link if you want to vote me: rode.com/myrodereel/watch/entry/3266 Shot on: Panasonic GH4, Panasonic LX100 Lenses: Voigtlander Nokton 25mm f0.95, Olympus Zuiko 12mm f2.0, Leica Summulux 24-75 1.7-2.8 Editing: Final Cut Pro X Color correction: Colorista Color grading: Filmconvert - IL D400 (Temperature 5600, Film Color 100, Curve 100, Grain 20, Saturation 100) + KD TMx 100 (Temperature 5600, Film Color 50, Curve 100, Grain 0, Saturation 100) Location: Pole House Torino - Corso Regio Parco 39 10152 Torino (it-it.facebook.com/polehousetorino) Film festivals selections: VideomakerOfTheYear - Milan (Italy ), 2017 International Choreographic Festival - Blois (France9, 2019) Mozi Motion - Hilversum (Holland), 2019