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    Swing

    • 2004
    • 00h 01m 18s
    • Francisca Duran
    • Rent $100
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    Synopsis

    “Swing” was rotoscoped from a 16mm print of the filmmaker’s son on a swing. The drawings were then scanned and assembled digitally.

    Categories

    • Animation,
    • Youth,
    • Childhood,
    • Multiculturalism,
    • Works by Women

    Shooting Format

    • 16 mm

    Languages

    • English

    Additional Details

    • Black & White,
    • Sound

    Available Subtitle

    • None

    Region

    • Central Canada

    Screening Formats

    • AppleProRes,
    • MiniDV,
    • H.264

    Credits

    • Director: Francisca Duran

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    More By Francisca Duran

    Mr. Edison’s Ear

    • 2008
    • Francisca Duran

    An inventive exploration of the visceral nature of sound and how we learned to capture and reproduce it over time. Anchored by the discovery of the phonograph by the brilliant-and deaf-inventor Thomas Edison, this visual and conceptual collage of rich archival footage and animation playfully traces the birth of technological reproduction and the beginnings of our modern, audio-drenched world.

    Mr. Edison’s Ear

    In the Kingdom of Shadows

    • 2006
    • Francisca Duran

    "In the Kingdom of Shadows" documents a paragraph being typeset on an early twentieth-century Ludlow Linecaster. The text is taken from Maxim Gorky's 1896 review of the Lumiere Brothers' film "Arrival of the Train at La Ciotat" (1895). As the words melt into a pool of lead, the alchemical magic of printing is linked to that of cinema.

    In the Kingdom of Shadows

    Boy

    • 2005
    • Francisca Duran

    The visual poetics of Vancouver are brought to light as the filmmaker reflects on the cities she has lived in, motherhood and the birth of her first son.

    Boy

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