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THE GOLEM – AN INANIMATE MATTER

“The Golem – An Inanimate Matter” – the first of our two films made for Animate Projects and Channel 4 TV which was screened on 21 August 2013 is now available for viewing:

http://vimeo.com/peoplelikeus/golem

Random Acts Secret Monsters Commission – Animate Projects/Channel 4 (2013)
Two films were commissioned, the other being “We Are Not Amused”

Title of film: The Golem, An Inanimate Matter
Name of filmmaker(s): Vicki Bennett
Synopsis of film: The Golem, a monstrous being of inanimate matter from Jewish folklore, is accidentally summoned from a book wreaks havoc through a library.

Interview with Vicki Bennett
http://www.animateprojects.org/interviews/interview_with_vicki_bennett1

Screenings
November 2013 – Screening of We Are Not Amused and The Golem – An Inanimate Matter at Bradford Animation Festival

Download stills and photos of work in progress from both We Are Not Amused and The Golem – An Inanimate Matter
https://peoplelikeus.org/piccies/random/pictures-and-screenshots.zip

Editing timeline for The Golem
Editing timeline for The Golem
The Golem to be screened on Channel 4 and then online
The Golem to be screened on Channel 4 and then online

More images from The Golem:

Still from The Golem, rumbled by a character from an old fairy tale
Still from The Golem, rumbled by a character from an old fairy tale
Ergo Phizmiz plays "Simple Stephen"
Ergo Phizmiz plays “Simple Stephen”

http://www.animateprojects.org/news/our_secret_monsters_will_be_revealed

The Golem - and one of the first texts about copying - courtesy of Lewis Carroll
The Golem – and one of the first texts about copying – courtesy of Lewis Carroll in 1863
The Golem - about to be swallowed by text?
The Golem – about to be swallowed by text?
Part of a panning shot in The Golem
Part of a panning shot in The Golem

Vicki Bennett on Animate Projects website
http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_artist/b/v_bennett

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WE ARE NOT AMUSED screens on Channel 4 TV

Thursday 5th September 2013 00:10 Channel 4 TV UK

Random Acts Secret Monsters Commission – Animate Projects/Channel 4 (2013)

We Are Not Amused – the second of our two films made for Animate Projects / Random Acts on Channel 4 TV will screen this Thursday 5th September night at ten past midnight (UK) on Channel 4.  It is listed as the program “Random Acts”.  Co-written with artist Ergo Phizmiz. Update: the film is now archived on the Channel 4 Random Acts website.

We Are Not Amused on Random Acts, Channel 4 TV
We Are Not Amused on Random Acts, Channel 4 TV

Synopsis of film: Who knows where ideas come from? You or me? Or THEM?  The Muses are angry and they want their ideas back! This is a story of thieving and reappropriation, staged on a mythological platform.

Download stills and photos of work in progress from both We Are Not Amused and The Golem – An Inanimate Matter
https://peoplelikeus.org/piccies/random/pictures-and-screenshots.zip

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Destruction of a painting in We Are Not Amused
Destruction of all kinds from the angry Muses in We Are Not Amused