Directed by Andrew Milne

Synopsis: Mechanical Film Mechanical Film Studies is a series of four short films (3D Jesus/Yard/Architect's Table/2X4) that approach the camera or the subject as objects to be mechanically reordered and subverted. Using modified super8 cameras and techniques of stereo imaging, pinhole lenses, slit-scan shutters, and physical slit-scanning, otherwise conventional film subjects are reorganized and transformed.

Distribution Contact: WFG

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RUNTIME: 5 Minutes
GENRE: Experimental
PRODUCTION FORMAT: Super 8mm
LANGUAGE: None
TECHNIQUES: Pin Screen, Pinhole Lens, Time Lapse
KEYWORDS: Stereoscopic, Text, Pinhole, Abstraction, Mechanical, Chance, Study, Fragment, Distortion, Time, Space

Director's Statement: Mechanical Film Studies is a series of films that all involve the mechanical subversion of the materiality of the camera or the subject being filmed (super8 and 35mm). Techniques explored include slit-scan photography, pinhole photography, stereo imaging, and physical slit scanning.

The use of slit-scan and pinhole cinematography necessitated the modification and creation of specialized purpose built cameras. These cameras were the genesis for an ongoing body of work exploring the notion of Post Cinema technology; reinventing and augmenting the technologies of cinema and photography.