Knotashed: an Alderson Oasis
Synopsis: Knotashed: an Alderson Oasis takes the viewer on a journey, seeing through the eyes of the filmmaker, his camera the vehicle, transports us to tranquility and silence. The warm summer sun reminds us of our own personal oasis, a place of seclusion where we can go to heal and rejuvenate our soul. For the filmmaker, this oasis is not a place but a state he enters when creating his art. Through his camera and his process he finds comfort. The filmmaker hand-processed the footage for this film and created the final projection print using a 16mm film editing table.
Technical Notes: Knotashed: an Alderson Oasis was filmed at a cottage on Lac St-Germain in Gatineau, Quebec. Principal of Photography took place over the period of two years. With Knotashed I did not have an end point in mind, I was just collecting images. Though I did not know what film I was making I had made the decision to not make a point of filming myself or anyone else in my family. The only shots in the film that do reveal human contact is when we see a shadow passing through sunlight. We also catch the edge of my wife’s body paddling a canoe out on the lake. This was the first time that I had worked this way and found it pleasing until I got into the editing room and started to think of other shots I wish I had gotten. However once I start editing a film I never go back and re-shoot footage or collect more images. I had locked myself into using what I had in front of me. I used both 16mm film stocks 7222 and 3374 to photograph with, basically just using what I had in the fridge at the time of visiting the cottage.
Technical Notes: Knotashed: an Alderson Oasis was filmed at a cottage on Lac St-Germain in Gatineau, Quebec. Principal of Photography took place over the period of two years. With Knotashed I did not have an end point in mind, I was just collecting images. Though I did not know what film I was making I had made the decision to not make a point of filming myself or anyone else in my family. The only shots in the film that do reveal human contact is when we see a shadow passing through sunlight. We also catch the edge of my wife’s body paddling a canoe out on the lake. This was the first time that I had worked this way and found it pleasing until I got into the editing room and started to think of other shots I wish I had gotten. However once I start editing a film I never go back and re-shoot footage or collect more images. I had locked myself into using what I had in front of me. I used both 16mm film stocks 7222 and 3374 to photograph with, basically just using what I had in the fridge at the time of visiting the cottage.
