COLOR CRY

Rights Information
Year
1952
Reference
F9062
Media type
Moving image
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Rights Information
Year
1952
Reference
F9062
Media type
Moving image
Place of production
United States of America
Duration
0:03:48
Production company
DIRECT FILM CO
Credits
Director: Len Lye
Producer: Ann Zeiss
Music: Sonny Terry

A new type of “direct” film, made by the ‘rayogram’ or ‘shadow cast’ process.

Strips of film were exposed without the use of a camera. Patterns were created by placing stencils and coloured gels over the film. Lye synchronised this to a piece of blues music.