hypografia (1997)

The Brothers Quay film "Rehearsals for Extinct Anatomies" set a precedent for my own initial foray into abstract cinema language. This film was made with their work in mind but personal experiences also served as a pretext for the imagery/scenarios. The film was shot on 16mm black and white Kodak stock then transferred to tape, which explains the massive drop in detail. Most of the writing segments in the film are, however, intended to be illegible except for the final segment which reads, "and where does this end?"

Many thanks to Stephen Diggs, who provided the sound design, and whose name, regrettably, was left out of the end credits. D.Wan

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• animation
• abstract
• writing
• stop
• motion
• puppet
• experimental
• B+W
• short
• film

[Manwithcam]

the camera movement is beautiful on the stop-motion shots. Very Quay-like. Did you use a geared head attached to the tripod to move the camera incrementally between each shot, or did you find some other way of doing it?

[otik123]

Hi there! Yes,I had used a geared head to control incremental movements. Thanks for the comments.

[mindprov]

I like the way this was animated and edited. Quite original!