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Moonlighting

Documentary Trailer · Directed by Jay Shetty
Cinematography: Rene Auguste

Documentary · New York City

About the film

Four women navigate the tension between conventional expectations and unconventional pursuits.

Rene Auguste’s cinematography moves between intimate interviews, city streets and rehearsal spaces, bringing the women’s stories and performances into view.

Cinematography
Rene Auguste
Director
Jay Shetty
Executive Producers
Allix Devenish & Jay Shetty
Editor
Ursula Kelly

A closer look

Inside the frame

Four frames from the trailer, exploring light, expression and the shape of movement.

A dancer in a pale top moves in front of a large grid of sunlit windows.

Window light

The window grid frames the dancer, with soft light and open space around the figure.

A close-up of a woman with tears in her eyes beside a bright window.

An intimate portrait

A close view brings the woman’s expression into focus, with the bright window at the edge of the frame.

Two dancers lean back during a floor routine in a studio lit with violet light.

Movement at floor level

A low viewpoint follows the lines of the dancers’ bodies against the violet light of the studio.

An overhead view of dancers extending their arms and legs across a studio floor.

Choreography from above

The overhead view reveals the group’s formation and the patterns made by outstretched arms and legs.

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