LEWIS del MAR | the CEILING

  • Jason Filmore Sondock

We made this film in isolation with a crew of 5 people. Using really old technology (a Bolex camera and push button intervalometer) and really new technology (MoCo) this video was made in a single take consisting of 14 hours, where the camera would take one long exposure (4 seconds) every 10 seconds (we had to wake up every few hours as it ran over night to change lighting and wind the Bolex by hand. We did two takes so we were up for 48 hours), moving over the distance from one window in my apartment (at sunset) to the other (at sunrise), traveling 43 feet in total. Using a tiny MoCo rig that could be shipped from LA to NYC and had to be able to be assembled by an idiot (me). The entire rig was built in my apartment ourselves, with no grips. It was then animated over using clear inkjet film and scanned in frame by frame. We proved that creativity is like gas: it expands to fit the container you are in. Further we like to think this video would've been an incredible piece of art even if it was made before quarantine.

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