The piece's focus is of the movements associated with anxiety, and therefore I want a lot of close ups of hands, feet etc to show this. These mood boards are not exactly the movements I'm looking for, but are an inspiration for the style and shots we could possibly use. 

Hands

Examples for hands would be tapping, fidgeting, clenching together....

Feet

Set and Visual

For the style of the film, we're thinking of filming in black and white, so that the background is a light grey colour. We are then going to animate the trees and branches darker shades of grey as a contrast. 

We've also looked in to filming with a black curtain and animating in white, as well as doing the inverse. However as there are no smooth white walls in uni studios, and I feel that having the trees / vines white instead of dark with a black background detracts from their demeanour, we think it might be better to go with black and white to achieve our ideas. 

Projections / Animation

We want tree like vines and branches to interact with the dancer. These will be done through animation in after effects, most likely. They will begin subtly and grow more and more throughout the piece, to ultimately entangle the dancer. Here are some stylistic references :

Costume

Laura suggested making the costume nude, to make the dancer / performer look more vulnerable, which I totally agree with. Possibly using a plain nude outfit would keep distraction low and give off her vulnerability. Also the idea of it being plain could relate back to anxiety and the "I'm not good enough' thoughts that may occur. Even in black and white the lightness of the leotard should blend with the tones of the dancer's skin to give that smooth and vulnerable effect.