SIMULTANÉS/CIRCONSTANCES
3. Péniches

by Patrick DELABRE new filmmaker
1977 / 16mm / b&w / silent / 1 screen / 8' 50

Linear/tabular contiguity. Temporal/spatial contiguity

This film is a continuation of the experiment begun with Chantilly in 1976 with Jean-Michel Bouhours on the simultaneous perception of moving images and polyvision from multiple or divided screens. Except that in this film, the images were taken with a camera; Chantilly was composed of abstract pointillist textures.

Sequence 1 Mouffetard: made from shots taken at an iconic Parisian location: the square at the bottom of Rue Mouffetard.
A whole range of camera movements (various combinations of tracking shots and pans across the facades of this location) is explored and analyzed before being segmented. The resulting photograms were taped onto 24 x 36 slides in 9-part compositions (3 x 3) and re-filmed frame by frame.

Sequence 2 Jardin des Plantes: The approach and cutting process for this film are similar to those used in the previous sequence, in order to generate elements for future editing. The 9-image compositions (3 x 3) were pasted onto transparent 35 mm film. The images show the camera moving back and forth, positioned in the middle of the avenue lined with plane trees in the Jardin des Plantes.

Sequence 3 Péniches (Barges): The source film was shot on the banks of the Seine; it consists of a static shot of the river with a barge in the distance. This will be the only reference point, the focal point of the visual field.
A 16mm loop will be created by superimposing the same image on itself using collage, offering more than a hundred different positions. In each fragment of the screen, we have two types of movement: on the one hand, that of the trapezoidal (dark) shapes of double layers of film and, on the other hand, the “dance” of the barges among themselves.

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distribution format Digital file on server (FHD)
screen 1,37 (single screen)
speed 24 fps
sound silent
rental fee 42,00 €