Proximity


An upside-down time-lapse camera moves along a beach, inverting the ground and the sky. The result is a disorienting and mysterious space on the screen.


Credits

A film by Inger Lise Hansen
Collaborators Hilde Malme, Greg Pope, Helga Fjordholm, Patrick Jolley, Farhad Kalantary, Horst Malkenbur, Emily Richardson
Sound Design Sturla Einarson


Synopses

An upside-down view creates a mysterious and disorienting space.

An upside-down time-lapse camera moves along a beach, inverting the ground and the sky. The result is a disorienting and mysterious space on the screen.

An upside-down time-lapse camera moves along a beach, inverting the sand and sky as the weather changes. The result is a disorienting and mysterious space where the originally solid ground at the top of the frame appears to be sliding past like a lava stream.

An upside-down time-lapse camera is moved, frame by frame, on a track along a beach, inverting the ground and the sky. The camera moves through four shots recorded in different weather conditions. The result is a mysterious and disorienting space in accelerated time, where the originally solid ground at the top of the frame appears to be sliding past like a lava stream. Proximity was shot on Super 16mm film, on location in North Jutland, Denmark.


Technical information

Proximity consists of four tracking shots. It was shot on Super 16mm film where the camera was placed upside-down on a small dolly and moved 1cm at a time by hand, and shot frame by frame. The track was 15 metres long and was placed in different positions in different climates on the same flat beach in Denmark.

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