Ferment (Tim Macmillan, UK, 1999)
Runtime: 5 min
Synopsis:
In a quiet city square an old man clutches his chest and falls to the ground, and time stands still. We travel from the square, down streets, through buildings – the human condition unfolds in glimpses of frozen moments.
Tim Macmillan
Tim Macmillan was born in Portland, Oregon in 1959. He studied at Bath Academy of Art and the Slade School of Art. Macmillan developed his sculptural ‘time-slice’ cameras while at the Slade, and later successfully developed the technique commercially as a way of sustaining his own use of the medium, and related still-image work. He has used it in a diverse range of works, including gallery installation, natural history, commercials and feature films, including Dead Horse which was shortlisted for the Citibank Prize in 2000. This invention of the 'time-slice' has been widely exploited in recent years by science and advertising, as well as the ‘bullet-time’ of The Matrix films.
animate!:
animate! tv is commissioning its 17th annual slate of personal projects for television, with running times of up to 6 minutes, and production budgets between £5,000 and £20,000. Individual works will be premiered on Channel 4 in autumn 2008, and will enjoy a long and highly visible international profile.
To be eligible for the competition, you must be an artist or animator with experience of experimental practice in film or digital media, and be based in the UK. Celluloid, tape and digital technologies are all acceptable, in pure or hybrid form. For further information please visit www.animateonline.org.
| Credits:
Director: Tim Macmillan |
