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Bad Owl And The Fox Boy

James Batley

Synopsis

A trailer for a short experimental film by James Batley using animal totems and occult magick to exhibit and effect transformation 'as above, so below' augmented by an arresting ritualistic soundtrack.

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Year: 2011
Type of film: Shorts
Running time: 8 mins 49 secs
Format: Super 8mm
Director: James Batley 1st Feature
Producer: James Batley
Editor: James Batley
Screenwriter: James Batley
Director of Photography: James Batley
Sound: James Batley
Music: Laura Whitticase
Principal cast: Christopher Ditchburn, Kesley Cage, Athena The Owl

Genre

Experimental Horror Fantasy Sci-Fi

Production Status

Complete

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A poetic memoir and political report, shot in Berlin and Leipzig, and in landscapes around the British Isles. The film’s narrative builds out from the events of the Reichstag Fire in Berlin in 1933 in which the pioneering German-Jewish sound recordist, Ludwig Koch, on whom the film ultimately centres, plays a minor role, placing him and his family in danger. The film is structured in two parts, juxtaposing Koch’s persecution in Nazi Germany with his experiences as a refugee recording bird song and other sounds in Britain. <br /> The film’s images of contemporary urban and rural terrains, and of objects and documents, create a collision between past and present. Shifts in time are further emphasised through the use of Koch’s original sound recordings from Germany and Britain which feature throughout the film.

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Stringed along by frameworks of a hard to grasp outside world a life sized puppet who longs to connect to their own rhythm.

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