A Shift in Perception (Trailer) - an experimental documentary film about living with blindness

http://danimations.com.au A humanistic, experimental documentary that explores living with blindness. Enter the lives of Rhonda, Edna and Leander, three blind South Australian women, and share their dreams, fears, stories and observations. The film was made on a budget of less than $500, but has reached audiences worldwide after premiering internationally at IDFA, Amsterdam in 2006.

This film screened at over 60 international film festivals around the world between 2006 and 2008, and won awards at 15, including a hand-picked award from director Philip Noyce at the Human Rights & Arts Film Festival in Australia, 2007. It has also screened on TV in Greece, Brazil and the USA. The film is currently available on DVD from our website, and on the compilation 'Animating Reality' with 12 other documentary films which use animation imaginatively. http://www.buyolympia.com/q/Item=animating-reality

Category:

Film & Animation

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• blindness
• experimental
• documentary
• blind
• danimations
• Dan
• Monceaux
• Emma
• Sterling
• super8
• film
• portrait
• shift
• perception
• a million movies a minute
• ammam
• stop-motion
• dreams
• living dreams
• Adelaide
• independent
• disability
• thought-provoking
• gentle
• subtle
• understated
• biographical
• bio
• conversation
• award-winning
• HRAFF
• human rights
• short

[danimations80]

thanks for the feedback matt... the can sequence makes sense in the complete film... perhaps you should skate over to con-can dot com and see for yourself (before July 17)! it'd be great if you would register and vote on it too.

[tadlee]

imagination comes into play..

I like what you've done. good work.

[mdubuque]

Don't take this other than in a spirit of constructive assistance, please!

I enjoyed the piece, but for me there was a deep clash in tempo; the voices were so contemplative and soothing and relaxed but the cans and other motion seemed too rapid, so it detracted from the dreamlike quality because the two tracks were on such dramatically different tempos....

Best of luck to you.

Matt

[FalseRecall]

I enjoyed the different sensory experience of watching. I suppose it's hard for film-makers to perceive a world without sight - the thought of it is restrictive and confining. The music and the voiceover really added a sense of air, open-ness to other possibilities. Time-lapse is interesting, prepares the viewer to imagine how different the possibilities of a blind life might be

[intergalacticartist]

I like the style of your work...

the stop motion works perfect with the theme, I'm just waiting to see the complete doc.