Filming intimacy: towards a model of ethical interactivity for Intimacy Coordination within film production

这项以实践为基础的研究试图建立一种亲密协调的方法论(以下简称IC)，以现象学为基础，以双方同意的互动伦理为指导，植根于即兴表演和Laban动作分析(以下简称LMA)。对IC的研究需求从未像现在这样强烈。在#MeToo运动--诞生于戏剧、电影和舞蹈的多起丑闻--之后，发布了一些关于亲密行为的指导方针。然而，许多人声称，这使创作过程钙化，导致“创作者不愿使用[亲密]协调人”(希尔顿2020)。对于IC内部即兴创作的使用也存在怀疑。Pace(2020：68)总结道：“即使已经建立了明确的界限，即兴亲密也不是一个安全的选择。”然而，我相信，在IC中合乎道德和经过研究的即兴表演应用不仅可以维护表演者的人格完整性和创造性，而且可以从表演者的创作中获得积极的好处，从而对亲密场景的艺术质量和意义产生显著影响。事实上，这项研究不仅将对IC和戏剧学校内亲密关系的探索产生影响，而且将对我们对电影制作中的伦理决策的理解产生影响。这项研究的及时性从最近推出的基于同意的表演杂志(戏剧亲密教育2021)、BFI为幸福促进者提供的资金(DAMS 2022)和围绕社交距离的挑战(Baughan 2020)中可见一斑。

This practice-based research seeks to establish a methodology of Intimacy Coordination (henceforth "IC") rooted in improvisation and Laban Movement Analysis (henceforth "LMA"), informed by phenomenology and guided by an ethics of consensual interactivity. The need for research into IC has never been greater. In the wake of the #MeToo-movement - born from multiple scandals in theatre, film and dance - a number of guidelines were published for working with intimacy. Yet many claim this calcifies the creative process, leading to a "reluctance by creators to use [intimacy] coordinators" (Hilton 2020). There is suspicion, too, about the use of improvisation within IC. "Even if clear boundaries have been established, improvising intimacy [...] isn't a safe choice" concludes Pace (2020: 68). I, though, am convinced that an ethical and studied application of improvisation within IC can not only safeguard but positively benefit from the personal integrity and creative agency of performers and thus have a marked influence on the artistic quality and significance of intimate scenes. Indeed, this research will have an impact not only on IC and the exploration of intimacy within drama schools, but our understanding of ethical decision-making within film production in general.The timeliness of this research is evident from the recent launch of The Journal of Consent-Based Performance (Theatrical Intimacy Education 2021), BFI funding for wellbeing facilitators (Dams 2022) and challenges surrounding social distancing (Baughan 2020).