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This 1966 hand-made scratch film, created by Canadian animator Pierre Herbert, is made from 24 black and white geometrical shapes rapidly rearranging and combining, often creating new abstract patterns as they overlap in the space of a single frame. The music that accompanies the images is an abstract form of clicking and popping percussion that is rigid and sharp in its rasping precision. It matches the breakneck flow and pace of the images perfectly and creates an interdependence between image and sound that plays with the viewer’s perception of shape and rhythm as well as negative and positive space. I couldn’t tear my eyes away from this film as it watched. It is a complete assault on the senses and highly arresting in its uncompromising and stark presentation. With my own film, I would like to show images of the twisted deep sea life for single frames to give them a subliminal quality then, as the Diver sinks ever deeper, show them for an increasing number of frames to signify that he is starting to accept his place among them. Comments are closed.
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AuthorMy name is Clay Sandford and I am currently studying an FDA in Film and Media Production at University Centre Weston. I have a keen interest in directing, cinematography and camera operating. Archives
April 2017
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