Project Detail

The People's Cloud

Name: The People's Cloud
Director: Matt Parker
Genre: Experimental, Climate / Environment, Science
Released: 2016
Duration: 54 mins 42 secs

Sebastien Dehesdin

Synopsis

The People's Cloud is a project investigating the ecology and impact of cloud computing on the lives of those who use it, the places it is physically located in and the people who work to maintain it. Traveling Europe in search of the infrastructure of the internet, the film surveys the acoustic properties of such locations and their relationship with the overall environmental and geopolitical impact of mobile data storage. Interviews take place with engineers, technicians, manufacturers, marketing experts, salespeople, economists, husbands, wives, family members, academics, cultural thinkers and artists and we discover what 'the cloud' means to them and what this data boom has meant to their lives.

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Details

Year: 2016
Type of project: Features
Running time: 54 mins 42 secs
Format: HD Digital
Director: Matt Parker 1st Feature
Producer: Matt Parker
Editor: Matt Parker
Director of Photography: Sebastien Dehesdin
Sound: Chris Amblin, Matt Parker
Composer: Matt Parker, Gary Salomon
Principal cast: Stephen Pemberton, Orn Orrason, Michael Winterson, Henk Steenman, Tate Cantrell, Peter Jamieson, Harry Buhrman, Ronal de Wolf
Additional Cinematography: Michael James Lewis

Genre

Experimental Climate / Environment Science

Production Status

Post-production

Production Company

www.audiogamma.uk

matt@thepeoplescloud.org

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