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Cameraman lends a hand
Media Release
24 October, 2012
Cameraman lends a hand
The video and editing skills of Waikato Hospital’s Mark Forster-King have helped a group of breast cancer campaigners win a national award and a $10,000 research donation.
And for Mark his work on the Pink Glove Dance competition entry also touched a personal chord: breast cancer claimed his mother, and his wife is a survivor of the disease.
Mark is Viscom’s team leader photography and audio-visual. He was asked to film and edit the entry by a group of women at Hamilton’s Southern Cross Hospital whose dance was inspired by the courage of women going through breast cancer treatment.
As winners of New Zealand's inaugural Pink Glove Dance competition they earned a $10,000 donation to the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation in the hospital's name.
Their winning entry -- to the song ‘’You Won't Dance Alone’’ -- tells the story of a woman arriving at the hospital for her breast cancer treatment in a state of fear, and leaving with new hope and confidence.
Thirty staff -- nurses, receptionists and admin staff -- were involved in the performance, which was directed by operating theatre manager Christine Gregor. She also plays the “patient” in the video.
Mark filmed the dressed-up dancing women on a Saturday morning, and spent about 20 hours reviewing and editing the footage in his own time.
“I’m really happy for the team at Southern Cross and the fact the video is going to raise $10,000 for breast cancer research,” Mark said.
“My wife had a bilateral mastectomy at Southern Cross in 2010. My mum died of breast cancer, so it’s a cause close to my heart.”
Mark had to learn a few new tricks making his first music video but enjoyed the challenge. “It really helped that the girls at Southern Cross had put so much work into the choreography. They really put the hours in and were ready to go.’’
Christine said they were inspired to enter the competition as a tribute to the courage and resilience of four colleagues diagnosed with breast cancer in the past few years, as well as their patients.
The Pink Glove Dance competition was established to raise awareness of, and money, for breast cancer. Pink Glove Dance ran in Australia last year for the first time, and has been running for two years in the US. Pink Glove Dance videos have generated more 13 million views on YouTube.
See dance video on You Tube on http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=38t48lJg2kI
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