Letter to the World

Synopsis

Commissioned for the Emily Dickinson International Society Conference, Oxford, in 2010. The film is designed to interpret some of the poet’s tropes including her microscopic representation of the outdoors Nature and Garden ‘Convicted could we be - Of our Minutiae, - The smallest citizen that flies - Has more integrity’ and her Imperial role-play within safe domestic space ‘I touched the Universe - And back it slid - and I alone - A speck upon a Ball - Went out upon Circumference - Beyond the Dip of Bell’. Visual influences from Dickinson’s era including cartography, costume, daguerreotypes, and optical devices such as magic lanterns and other early lens technology are used to enhance the sense of scale and location. The film combines shadow puppetry and multiplane photography with human and object pixillation.

Language

English

Country

Great Britain

Year of release

2010

Year of production

2010

Subjects

Literature

Keywords

animation films; Dickinson, Emily (1830-1886); literature - American; poetry

Credits

Director

Suzie Hanna

Cast

Elisabeth Gray

Distribution Formats

Type

DVD

Format

Region 2 PAL, Region 1 NTSC

Price

£15.00

Availability

Sale

Duration/Size

9 minutes

Year

2011

Distributor

Name

suziehanna.com

Email

mail@suziehanna.com

Web

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