Project Detail

A Life On Earth

Synopsis

A hand-crafted celluloid film that uses the cycle of life over one year at an English allotment to structure a personal, poetic, hypnotic regression in time of a family's journey through Invitro Fertilisation process (IVF) for their second child, inviting the audience to philosophise and connect with our relationship to the world.

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Details

Year: 2019
Type of project: Features
Running time: 63 mins
Format: Digital
Director: Benjamin Wigley
Editor: Benjamin Wigley
Director of Photography: Benjamin Wigley
Sound: Sound Design: CJ Mirra
Composer: Maarja Nuut, Richard Skelton, Dirk Campbell, Benjamin Wigley, Pete Hollingsworth, Pete Clark
Format Note: A Life On Earth was originally shot on 16mm / Super 8 film and then developed by hand. Celluloid material was then scanned in high resolution for digital projection .

Genre

Experimental Climate / Environment Science

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

ARTDOCS.LTD

The Broadway Media Centre
14-18 Broad Street
Hockley
Nottingham
NG1 3AL

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