B/W Mich, NY + Mass starts with black and white shots of nature taken in the woods, possibly in Michigan or Monterey, MA, which JoAnn Elam visited often in the early 1980s. As in other film works by Elam, the camera focuses on the canopy, on tree leaves casting their shadows on the ground, and on dogs running among the trees, when it is not rushing through or panning rapidly over the woods in a series of rapidly edited shots. The second part of B/W Mich, NY + Mass takes place in a city, perhaps New York, where the camera continues to film at a fast pace, from a car driving in the busy streets.
B/W Mich, NY + Mass
B/W Mich, NY + Mass
Video:
Collection:
Elam Subseries I: Films
Date:
circa 1980
Original Format:
8mm
Color:
B&W
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
0h 3m 8s
Abstract:
B/W Mich, NY + Mass starts with black and white shots of nature taken in the woods, possibly in Michigan or Monterey, MA, which JoAnn Elam visited often in the early 1980s. As in other film works by Elam, the camera focuses on the canopy, on tree leaves casting their shadows on the ground, and on dogs running among the trees, when it is not rushing through or panning rapidly over the woods in a series of rapidly edited shots. The second part of B/W Mich, NY + Mass takes place in a city, perhaps New York, where the camera continues to film at a fast pace, from a car driving in the busy streets.
Genre:
Short
Subject(s):
Cityscapes, Nature
Place(s):
Michigan (represents) Monterey (represents) New York (represents)
Source:
http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/7767
Repository:
Chicago Film Archive