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2017 NITEHAWK SHORTS FESTIVAL

IN UNDERTOW

Directed by Joe Garrity

U.S. / 2017 / Music Video / 4 mins / DCP

Plays In:
MUSIC DRIVEN

November 9, 2017 7:30 pm SOLD OUT

Description

In designing the visuals for In Undertow we combined practical effects with cutting-edge projection techniques, including a 360 ‘Holodec’ that stitched multiple projections into a unified frame. Throughout the video we utilized analogue feedback imagery–the mirroring effect created when a camera points back at its own monitor–in everything from the rear-projections to the final ghosting effect created with a VHS camcorder. Exploring the motif of infinite loops, our aim was to hybridize the analogue with the digital in an homage to the bygone era of video.

Director's Bio

Joe Garrity is a writer, filmmaker, and improviser based in Brooklyn, New York who has studied at UC Berkeley, NYU Tisch, and BATS Improv in San Francisco. His experimental short video, LETTERING, was awarded Berkeley’s Eisner Prize in Film, and the 16mm short film FERRIS WHEEL ON FIRE screened at the Berkeley Art Museum.

Through Jog Films he has produced video and film projects since 2005, including the autobiographical fiction, TWINVERSION. His latest short film, TWINSBURG, premiered at Cinequest Film Festival and won Best Comedy at Taos Shortz Film Fest and the Industry Choice Award at Dances With Films. He has worked with the Telluride Film Festival, NBC’s Saturday Night Live, and Pixar Animation Studios.

Credits

Cast: Kerri MacLellan, Molly Rankin, Alec O'Hanley, Brian Murphy
Producer: Alex Mallonee
Editor: Joe Garrity, Alec O’Hanley
Production Designer: Lejla Catovic
Art Director: Justin Buschardt
Director of Photography: Inder Mann
Steadicam Operator: Erik Goldstein
First Assistant Camera: Pat Raymond
Gaffer: Ian Nessier
Set Builder: Josh Heintze
Production Coordinator: Leanna McMillan
Key Production Assistant: Daniel Louse
Pre-production VFX Supervisor: Roger An
Post-production: ROGUE
Technical Director: Colby Cannon Welsh
Visual Effects Producer:: James Tunick
3D Generalist: Justin Weiss
2D Designer: Isabell Hacker
Colorist: Alex MacLean

Plays in

  1. MUSIC DRIVEN

    78 mins
    The MUSIC DRIVEN program highlights new voices in music videos and documentaries. This program includes a special selection from Mass Appeal and a post-screening Q&A with filmmakers.

    In This Program: IN UNDERTOW, A NOVEL LIGHT THAT CHANGED, ACTION BRONSON’S FAVORITE FOODS, HATIS NOIT, THE AFGHAN WHIGS – ORIOLE, HATES BECOMES YOU, MY DARLING, MISTER GOODNITE – ADULTERESS, THIAROYE BY THE SEA, MY BODY – MOOD, DIFF’ERENT, DJ MOJO – MUSIC IS LIFE, CHRYSALIS, RHYTHM ROULETTE: WONDAGURL, BURN THE RIVER DOWN

Dates & Times

Plays In:
MUSIC DRIVEN

November 9, 2017 7:30 pm SOLD OUT