Super 8 film, digitally edited, 4:25 minutes, 2008
This film was made for an experimental film class in 2008. It stars Teresa U.
I'd been trying out my rental camera by filming scenes in my neighborhood and creating stop-motion animations of various objects in my apartment. This was my best attempt at pulling all of the footage together into a single project.
You can tell this is serious artwork because it has classical music.
UPDATE: I just realized that with the recent transition to digital TV, the static featured in the film is now a thing of the past. If you are reading this in the future, the static is what used to happen to TV shows when the electrical beams got scrambled in the atmosphere.
I love the Super-8ness of the film. It's so resolutely pre-digital, it looks like it was made in the late 70s or something. I guess one day we'll forget what TV static looked and sounded like--a tragic loss.
Posted by: Jake | October 12, 2009 at 01:33 PM
Mmmm. There's something a bit William Kentridge-y about this, only without charcoal.
Posted by: Flocking101 | October 12, 2009 at 10:57 PM
I remember sleeping in my van at that intersection before I sold out.
Posted by: Carl W | October 13, 2009 at 06:55 PM
I bet Lucas and Spielberg are shitting themselves!
Posted by: THanks | October 18, 2009 at 07:20 PM
I really enjoyed this, John. Your well on your way to Svankmajer greatness. Takes me back to all that 60s and 70s stuff that was on when I was a kid. (Why was it on?)
I accidentally watched this without sound the first time through, which made me think a nice Buddy System project might involve folks coming up with different sound tracks for one of your stop-motion/Super-8-ish shorts. We audiophiles are hankering to make ourselves heard, if you know what I mean.
Posted by: Morit G | October 20, 2009 at 11:00 PM