A short non-narrative 16mm experimental animated film. Utilizing various animated techniques such as back light sand, hand scratch, rotoscoping, photocopy manipulation and charcoal& paint on newsprint. All combined to created a dream that is complimented by the sound track in a personal/ Sisyphian internal journey.
Filter Films
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Stop! In the name of love where did our love go? My world is empty without you – you are everything and everything is you. You keep me hanging on upside down. Remember me? It’s my turn. I’m still waiting. I’m gonna make you love me. I’m coming out. I hear a symphony. Doobedood’ndoobe, doobedood’ndoobe, doobedood’ndoo. A film about the pressures of modern love.
Surrender
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“Timbre” is a short film exploring sensory perception within an urban environment. The public space of the city is deconstructed into the private experiences of four women and their unique connections made between sight and sound.
Timbre
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A filmmaker’s exploration of fleeting existence. Filtered through a personal story, “Benediction” is a last attempt to pay homage to those things left and leaving. When faced with the realization of her grandfather’s mortality, a young filmmaker journeys to find meaning in the wake of absence and loss. Is she trying to hold on to something that was never there? Winner of the Norman McLaren Prize at the Festival des Films du Monde in Montreal. Winner of the Kodak Award for Best Cinematography in a Canadian Short at the CFC Worldwide Short Film Festival, 2006. Screened at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2005.
Benediction
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Deanna Morse has produced over thirty films and videos since the early 1970s. This DVD is an interactive journey through her work, featuring 36 short animated and experimental works and hundreds of production stills. “MOVE CLICK MOVE is not only a terrific teaching/learning tool, it is also a tribute to the visual arts” – Mike Allore, Michigan VUE). For Sale Only. INTRODUCTION: HOW ANIMATION WORKS, 2001 move click move (2:13) SAMPLE THE FILMS About this DVD (6:59) 27 “making of” stills FUN SHORTS! MONKEY’S T-SHIRT, 1990 Embedded figures puzzle (1:31) 8 “making of” stills NIGHT SOUNDS, 1991 Scared of the dark? (1:17) 11 “making of” stills + Storyboard on Angle button DOGS, 1991 All kinds of dogs (0:58) 10 “making of” stills + Storyboard on Angle button KITCHEN CREATURE FEATURE, 2001 Monster in a domestic crisis (1:21) 6 “making of” stills MORE FUN STUFF! STARCYCLE, 1978 Metamorphic life cycle of a cartoon star (3:42) 12 “making of” stills RANKY TANKY, 1978 An African-American folk game (1:21) REALITY CHECK, 1981 “Dogman,” a gravel-voiced, jive-talkin’ philosopher (3:55) JIMMY BROWN THE NEWSBOY, 1978 Silhouette animation with pet frog (1:37) 11 “making of” stills SUNNY SUNDAY, 1978 Anijam flipbook: “exquisite corpse” by 8 animators (1:19) FLIP FILM, 1978 Student flipbooks: stick figures cavorting (3:21) HANDSPEAK: ARTIST IN THE SCHOOLS, 1989 Documentary about teaching video in an unusual setting (9:46) (8:42) Sample student videos SANDPAINTINGS, 1992 Two Navajo-inspired figures explore symbols and their meaning (8:18) 19 “making of” stills + Storyboard on Angle button HAND, 1982 A hand dance (4:41) 9 “making of” stills HELP! I’M STRANDED…, 1981 The surfaces of a hotel room (4:13) 7 “making of” stills DREAMS AND VISIONS: LOST GROUND, 1992 A modern love story (2:50) 13 “making of” stills + Storyboard on Angle button AUGUST AFTERNOONS, 1985 Sunlight and shadows whisk through time (5:12) 7 “making of” stills CATS AT THE DOOR, 1978 A daring escape attempt (3:03) THE A.m. DREAM, 1990 Questioning cultural dreams (5:34) VISUAL POEMS: CHARLESTON HOME MOVIE, 1980 A nostalgic reverie (5:02) 13 “making of” stills CAMERA PEOPLE, 1984 Friends react to being “on camera” (7:16) 8 “making of” stills A MOTHER’S ADVICE, 2000 Body images and a rite of passage (7:03) PLANTS, 1989 A life-long obsession revealed (3:45) 12 “making of” stills EARLY FILMS: DEJEUNEZ, MON AMOUR, 1970 Close-up vision of American consumption (2:47) MARRIAGES, 1970 Dancers reveal Japanese word origins (2:08) CONSTANT CONSTANCE, 1970 A surreal commentary on advertising (2:49) THE MIDNIGHT DANCE, 1975 When dolls come alive… (2:22) COLOR FIELD STUDY, 1971 Music and color perception (3:39) COMMERCIAL STUFF: MAIN St. M, 1989 Promotional spot: animating fired ceramics (0:32) 5 “making of” stills TO BUILD A HOUSE, 1987 An odd family gets construction advice (9:06) 21 “making of” stills + Storyboard on Angle button PERSISTENCE OF VISION, 1994 Documentary by Roos/Eefsting Productions: Orientation for SIGGRAPH Art Show, Deanna Morse, chair (10:15) (3:57) “Future Watch” Segment RECYCLE, 1981 Public service announcement: animating garbage (1:01) TEA TAG M, 1989 Promotional spot: Grandma Morey’s tea tag collection (0:16)
Move Click Move
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“The Passion of Rita Camilleri” is a 24- minute cinematic vision seen through a child’s eyes. Rita is eight years old, a Maltese Canadian and a Roman Catholic. She is able to see Jesus fly, her sister’s brassiere turn into wings, and a local mutt become a demonic beast. Lonely and insecure, she becomes even more lonely when her best friend Diane dies in a house fire. During and after the funeral, Rita is filled with awe and questions until Diane appears at her window as an angel. Rita is still alone but not as lonely. With the reassurance of what she perceives to be her guardian angel, she conquers her fears and gains a new-found confidence. “A lyrical and tender flashback to the days of big bad wolves and fire-and-brimstone preachers… an unobtrusive reminder of the fears of growing up.” – Angela Baldassarre Awards: Best Film (Golden Knight Award), Malta Film Festival; Silver Plaque Award, Chicago Film Festival; Golden Plaque, Chicago Television Production; Best Music, Atlantic Film Festival
The Passion of Rita Camilleri
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As a woman stands at a subway stop, she dreams of arresting time and moving through it more gracefully. In this moment of pause, we dive into the whirlwind of her thoughts about both the beauties and horrors of life. “An arrestingly beautiful, stunningly assured journey into the psychic depths of one moment in a woman’s life. By turns ominous, humorous and romantic, it reveals the magic hidden behind the veil of time.” – Toronto International Film Festival, 1996 “Within its allusive narrative strands of feminine fantasy and power, ‘One Day I Stood Still’ is a poetic, romantic and engaging exploration of a troubled figure stranded between nature and civilization… An accomplished, absorbing work by a talented filmmaker.” – Take One Magazine “Kudos in particular for actor/director Valerie Buhagiar’s ‘One Day I Stood Still’ – an arresting 11-minute meditation on one woman’s mortality that makes downtown Toronto look like the kind of place where meeting Death on the subway might be a fairly normal occurrence.” – Eye Weekly, Sept. 5, 1996
One Day I Stood Still
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“A surrealist delight, a playful series of human melodramas occurring in a single day. Beautifully shot in black and white, ‘L’Amour l’Amour’ features an eccentric cast of characters, archetypes that hint at larger narrative structures… This is the type of film that is both pure visual spectacle and profound philosophical statement, a wonderfully absurd mix of laughter and tears.” – Barbara Goslawski, Take One Magazine
Amour, l’Amour Shut the Door Por Favor
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A glimpse into the unique, eccentric mind of a pioneering Canadian photographer, Hannah Maynard (1834-1918). Born in England, Maynard immigrated with her family to Vancouver Island in 1862, where she set up her own portrait studio. After the sudden death of her youngest daughter, she produced a troubling series of experimental images that reflected her haunted state – an attempt to contact her beloved daughter’s spirit. Considered overly bold and unconventional, Maynard experimented with such techniques as collage, multiple exposure and photo-sculpture. She developed a surreal vision, a world obsessed with children and death, but also the spiritual possibilities of duality, mirrors and the infinity contained within them. Selected screenings & awards: Best Experimental Film Award, Female Eye Film Festival, Toronto, ON, 2005; International Festival of Films on Art, Montreal, QC, 2005
Multiple Selves of Hannah Maynard, The
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INDUSTRIE / INDUSTRY Oeuvres récentes / Recent Works by Richard Kerr Edited by Brett Kashmere This unique DVD-format exhibition catalog contains two hours of audio-visual material, including three new collage films and a spellbinding slide show by the Montreal filmmaker and visual artist Richard Kerr, as well as a bonus 60-minute audio collage/radio drama by Gerstyn Hayward. The disc is accompanied by 70 pages of critical writing, notebook drawings, production notes, photographs, exhibition documentation and related artworks, in printable PDF format. With essays, conversations, program notes and other texts by Gerda Johanna Cammaer, Randolph Jordan, Brett Kashmere, Michael Rollo, Astria Suparak, Bart Testa, and William C. Wees. Essays in English and French. DVD CONTENTS collage d’hollywood (Richard Kerr, 35mm film, 2003, 8 min) hollywood decollage (Richard Kerr, digital video, 2004, 9 min) le bombardement le port des perles (Richard Kerr, 35mm to digital video, 2004, 8 min) Demi-monde (Richard Kerr, 35mm slide show, 2004, 25 min) A Family Thing (Gerstyn Hayward, audio collage, 2004, 60 min) DVD-ROM CONTENTS: Taking Inventory / Le Grand inventaire Introduction by Brett Kashmere Notes, Drawings and Ideas for Industrie / Industry Richard Kerr Richard Kerr’s Recuperation: After Motion Pictures and Les Collages de Hollywood Essay by Bart Testa Richard Kerr’s Stilled Cinema: Instilled Visions, Distilled Revisions Essay by Gerda Johanna Cammaer Melodrama for a Dying Medium: Richard Kerr’s Adventures on the Periphery Essay by Randolph Jordan Re-making collage d’hollywood A dialogue between Brett Kashmere and Michael Rollo Stealing from the Dream Factory: Collage, Montage, Hollywood and the Avant-Garde Essay by William C. Wees TROUBLE Program notes by Astria Suparak and Brett Kashmere 2005 Telecine Editions and Concordia University ISBN: 0-9736523-0-6
INDUSTRY: Recent Works by Richard Kerr – Educational Edition
