KEEP MOVING
film by
experimental filmmaker and video artist
Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe
In a succession of still photograph and live footage images, two characters walk, run and gaze across an industrial-looking street-end over which trains pass constantly. No motivation is given for their actions, nor is any definitive direction or conclusion reached. Rather, by a constant shifting of viewpoint and variation in the treatment of the images, the repeated actions focus the attention on movement itself, and on the barely perceptible changes that result.
A Quicktime Excerpt from this video is viewable online:
21-second excerpt
in which two women run and trains pass—increasingly
frenetically. The shadow of a lampost also traverses the screen. (1.1 MB)
Winner,
Director’s Choice Award, Black Maria Film Festival, 1985
Finalist, Melbourne International Film Festival, Australia,
1985
Finalist, Greater Union Awards, Sydney International Film Festival,
Australia, 1985
Winner, Third Prize, Experimental, Baltimore International Film
Festival, USA, 1986
10:00 minutes © 1984
B&W and color/optical sound; 16mm
Credits:
Cast: Geraldine Foley and Mandy Mullen
Writer/Director/Producer/Editor: Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe
Camera: Lorraine Stacey
Oxberry Camera: Lorraine Stacey, Rohesia Hamilton Metcalfe
Sound Recordist: David Lucas
Sound Engineer: Trevor John
KEEP MOVING
was made with generous support from
The Women's Film Fund, Australian Film Commission
and with the support of
The Australian Film and Television School
“Striking and imaginative...Metcalfe’s...use of sound and image
is original and clever, displaying an instinctive understanding and control
of the film medium.”
-Raymond Brazil, 2SER Radio, Australia, 1985