SOMEWHERE

by Stephanie MAXWELL

1999 / Beta SP / coul / son / 5' 00

Watch an extract the online video
This film has been digitized with the support of the Ministry of Culture, during the 2009 digitization plan. An excerpt is available online. The full movie is viewable in our documentation center.

A collaborative work with Alan Schindler (composer).
In SOMEWHERE, we have attempted to create a fluid, high energy, game-like work, intricate in its construction but often impulsive and sometimes unpredictable in its constantly shifting focus and gestures. «Close», «distant» and illusory spatial perceptions, and a play between symmetrical and assymetrical patterns (which often «turn on a dime») underly the formal design and expression of both the imagery and the music.
The images were created by hand-painting directly on 35mm film, then digitizing these images to apply visual effects. Many of the musical sounds were created by computer accoustical analysis and, during resynthesis, transformation of instrumental, vocal and environmental sounds. Algorithmic programs written by the composer generated many of the rythmic, melodic and textural ideas, but others were created the «old fashioned» way, at the composer's piano.

1 PRINT IN DISTRIBUTION

distribution format	Beta SP 1 reel
original format	Beta SP
speed	25 ips
sound	son Stéréo
rental fee	20,00 €