Projects matching: Jake Astbury

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Future Document follows the dark journey of a girl, Christina.

Anomalous memories are re-traced in the pursuit of revealing their true intentions. Transmissions have punctuated the strange world, in which the girl has found herself to be the centre of transmissions, she remembers, that may have eradicated the frequency of human life as she knew it.

As her alter-human capabilities slowly unlock (as prophesied by those who are watching her), the truth of her place in the plans ahead is shown to her. The transmission has already begun - Christina, however, still has more to remember.

Directed by Jake & Daniel Astbury, Future Document is the brothers' own unique meditation on a piece of apocalyptic sci-fi. Inspired by the structure and style Japanese sci-fi manga, a powerful female, both violent and child-like, is overseen by an elusive, evil scientist.

Shot in B/W Anamorphic digital video and Super-8 film, Future Document is perhaps the only independent sci-fi with genuine, unexplained UFO footage, filmed whilst shooting a scene in Cambridgeshire. The UFO was only discovered on review of the rushes afterwards and was introduced into the story by way of a strange anomaly that may, or may not, have changed everything.

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Existing within the possibilities of the theatrical and cinematic frame, a figure enters the spotlight feet first - a 'starlet' born by breech. She moves as a figure in flux of femme fatale and demoiselle, meshing the physical architecture of cinematic suggestions of these two archetypes.

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Ex Stasis is a short film based on the recount from an unknown source of a traumatic memory told through fragmented image and text. The film is framed within the confines of a domestic interior, revealed through motion, progressive frames and broken text to tell this dark narrative of an external threat that invades the home of a couple and their cats.

The story is constructed in monochromatic and colour images, producing a foreboding domestic interior of disaccord, frightened cats and human panic.

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A photomotion, alternarrative re-telling of fragments of a story.

A female figure leads each frame through a dialogue of re-telling, by way of telling a story which is punctuated by falling down a hole, becoming smaller, larger and encountering a cat. This is Not Alice.

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Two twins who look a lot like each other decided to see who was best at being a ringmaster.

Surreal constructions of movements, captured on Super 8 depicting a competitive, vicious streak of a female.

An exploration of coded choreography, the female form re-telling the male domain of a ringmaster.

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A female form's mantra broken, showing itself in missing text and revealing less (or more) than intended. The filmic vocubulary of the 'reveal' is employed by both maker and subject, both an exploiter and protector of themselves.

No words are spoken, but they are stated, through words and body semiotics.

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Roll up roll up! It's A Model Artist sideshow! See them paint! See them model! See them change colour!

An artist paints her model, without much success. The model takes matters into her own hands, but the artist has other ideas. Will they they paint their picture before the ringmaster closes the show? A silent sideshow styled by the silent era, modelled on the future.

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Love is like a hired suit. It often doesn't fit.

Charlie wakes up the morning after the night before with an unexpected houseguest. They both just need to make it to the church on time.

A bittersweet comedy about two guys with jobs to do this morning.

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Based on the writings of Bruce Lee, Nunchaku explores the journey of a young urban warrior forced to face his demons.