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Ex Stasis

Synopsis

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.

Details

Year
2010
Type of project
Shorts
Running time
4 mins 30 secs
Format
Digital Media (Stills Photography)
Director
Jake Astbury
Producer
HJX Films
Editor
Helena Mitchell
Screenwriter
Jake Astbury, Helena Mitchell
Director of Photography
Jake Astbury
Sound
Helena Mitchell
Composer
Kouroshi Dini

Genre

Experimental

Categories

Fiction Artist Project and Video / Experimental

Production Status

Complete

Production Company

HJX Films

178 Woolwich Road
London, SE7 7RA
UK

T +44(0)7974 944462

info@hjxfilms.com

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