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Shorts 2: Artistic Visions – A Body Appeared at the Lake Today
August 31, 2024 @ 4:17 pm – 4:22 pm EDT
A found footage examination of what happened at the lake today. A collaborative work by Non Films. 8mm images randomly selected from found footage; poem written by Daniel DeVaughn without images; music written by John Touchton and Jeremiah Johnson without images or words.
Director: Brian Ratigan
Writer: Daniel DeVaughn
Music: John Touchton, Jeremiah Johnson
2022 | 5 mins | US | Color | Art, Experimental, Found Footage
Courtesy of Non Films
Screening in Theater #2
About the Filmmaker
Brian Ratigan is an award-winning director and film curator. He is the founder of Non Films, a label for ephemeral animation and experimental cinema in New York City. Ratigan is established in the film festival circuit as a programmer and juror for the Slamdance Film Festival, Atlanta Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, Indie Memphis, and the London Indie Festival, among others. His work has been featured in the New York Times, Moviemaker Magazine, 1883 Magazine, and film festivals worldwide.
Director’s Statement
This is a collaborative work in the style of an exquisite corpse: the images are randomly selected from 8mm found footage, the poem was written without the images, and the music written without seeing the footage or the poem.
The 8mm found footage was a gift from a fellow filmmaker. Without funds to properly digitize the film, I loaded it into a projector and shot it digitally off a wall in my apartment.
This is the third in a series of collaborative films that have been constructed the same way. I really enjoy making films with my friends, even when we are miles apart.