Light Plays


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Old footage from 16mm film is scratched, drawn upon, and experimentally animated with a quantum dots solution. The film seems at first about sound, the moon, and exotic birds, but it is more about narration, experimentation, and playfulness.




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Director

Anne-Marie Bouchard

Actor

Paul Landriau

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This film, with a title that could sum up Anne-Marie Bouchard's entire filmography, is, as is often the case with her, the outcome of accidents along the way. Or rather, proof that by remaining alert and open to possibilities, it's possible to achieve great things. 

Each explanation of the filmmaker's approach sounds like an adventurer's logbook. "A friend gave me some film reels he'd found in rusty boxes. Even in the way she contextualizes her work, there's a touch of the parnassian. Later, a meeting with a physicist enabled her to try out a new toy: dissolved quantum dots that would take shape in an almost mystical way (for those who are not physicists). The experience impressed her so much that she went on to use it in a subsequent film, Atoms Searching for Immateriality.

An artist, then, with a constantly renewed curiosity, scientific tools and a lyrical sensibility, who incorporates, in these Plays, references to jazz, classical cinema ("Silence partout... moteur!") and a visualization of the soundtrack (an element this filmmaker always works on with the utmost care). Action!


 

Paul Landriau
Director of Programming
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec


 

1. Jeux de lumière / Light Plays. (2018, 16 janvier). Anne-Marie Bouchard.
Available on : https://annemariereine.com/portfolio/jeux-de-lumiere-light-plays/ (consulted on August 31, 2023)


  • French

    French

    8 mn

    Language: Multilang
  • English

    English

    8 mn

    Language: Multilang
  • Année 2017
  • Pays Quebec
  • Durée 8
  • Producteur SPIRA
  • Langue French
  • Sous-titres English
  • Résumé court An animated essay about sound, the moon, and exotic birds, or maybe about narration, experimentation, and playfulness.
  • Ordre 6

This film, with a title that could sum up Anne-Marie Bouchard's entire filmography, is, as is often the case with her, the outcome of accidents along the way. Or rather, proof that by remaining alert and open to possibilities, it's possible to achieve great things. 

Each explanation of the filmmaker's approach sounds like an adventurer's logbook. "A friend gave me some film reels he'd found in rusty boxes. Even in the way she contextualizes her work, there's a touch of the parnassian. Later, a meeting with a physicist enabled her to try out a new toy: dissolved quantum dots that would take shape in an almost mystical way (for those who are not physicists). The experience impressed her so much that she went on to use it in a subsequent film, Atoms Searching for Immateriality.

An artist, then, with a constantly renewed curiosity, scientific tools and a lyrical sensibility, who incorporates, in these Plays, references to jazz, classical cinema ("Silence partout... moteur!") and a visualization of the soundtrack (an element this filmmaker always works on with the utmost care). Action!


 

Paul Landriau
Director of Programming
Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec


 

1. Jeux de lumière / Light Plays. (2018, 16 janvier). Anne-Marie Bouchard.
Available on : https://annemariereine.com/portfolio/jeux-de-lumiere-light-plays/ (consulted on August 31, 2023)


  • French

    French


    Duration: 8 minutes
    Language: Multilang
    8 mn
  • English

    English


    Duration: 8 minutes
    Language: Multilang
    8 mn
  • Année 2017
  • Pays Quebec
  • Durée 8
  • Producteur SPIRA
  • Langue French
  • Sous-titres English
  • Résumé court An animated essay about sound, the moon, and exotic birds, or maybe about narration, experimentation, and playfulness.
  • Ordre 6

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