Thursday, October 18, 2007

Nonlinear Movies You Can Try At Home

It's nice to see filmmakers go nonlinear!
And it's fun to try their movies.

Here is Late Fragment
http://www.latefragment.com/

which the filmmakers say is based on Switching
http://www.switching.dk/en/

... branch, branch, branch, y'know?

3 comments:

metamatic said...

Wow, great examples Angela. Thanks for posting.

Looking at Late Fragment it strikes me that it is a very particular form. Each clip is like a pregnant moment or emotion-filled pause. There is not much language. In fact, it is as if each shot is composed as a photograph -- a single moment in time that illustrates a tableau. Most are solitary people, as if a portrait. There is a kind of openness that allows for the branching structure to work.

I'm curious if the full version contains more live-action, dialogue, people interacting with one another.

metamatic said...

ps, the navigation is very elegant, pared down and well-considered.

angela said...

yes, the navigation is wonderful and an elegant solution to one of the standard headaches of interactive.