5000 Space Aliens
Every now and again a film comes along which is quite unlike anything else before or since. One such work is Scott Bateman’s 5000 Space Aliens, which claims to be the only extant footage of all 5,000 space aliens currently known to be on Earth and presents images of them, sequentially, for just one second each. Whilst it might sound unwatchable it is, in fact, a film that many people will want to watch multiple times, and which can be interpreted in all sorts of different ways.
Getting hold of a film like this is a treat for any critic, and once I’d seen it, I was determined to get to talk to Scott about how it was made. It’s a work which obviously required tremendous diligence and hard work – with no guarantee that audiences would respond to it after all that was done – so when we met.
Every now and again a film comes along which is quite unlike anything else before or since. One such work is Scott Bateman’s 5000 Space Aliens, which claims to be the only extant footage of all 5,000 space aliens currently known to be on Earth and presents images of them, sequentially, for just one second each. Whilst it might sound unwatchable it is, in fact, a film that many people will want to watch multiple times, and which can be interpreted in all sorts of different ways.
Getting hold of a film like this is a treat for any critic, and once I’d seen it, I was determined to get to talk to Scott about how it was made. It’s a work which obviously required tremendous diligence and hard work – with no guarantee that audiences would respond to it after all that was done – so when we met.
- 11/19/2023
- by Jennie Kermode
- eyeforfilm.co.uk
"5000 Space Aliens", directed by Scott Bateman is a 'non-narrative' film with a visual rhythm of one shot per second, available November 21, 2023 as a digital download:
"Storytelling is everywhere these days", said Bateman. "But not everything has to tell a story. I believe movies can do other things as well, and still be fun and entertaining to watch.
"So with '5000 Space Aliens', I set out to create an entertaining, non-narrative film.
"It's like a ride: you don't have to think, you just let it wash over you. The music acts as a thread through the whole film, your friend who's on the ride with you."
"I did all this animation, created all this music, did the editing, all of it. I had a blast making this film..."
Click the images to enlarge...
"Storytelling is everywhere these days", said Bateman. "But not everything has to tell a story. I believe movies can do other things as well, and still be fun and entertaining to watch.
"So with '5000 Space Aliens', I set out to create an entertaining, non-narrative film.
"It's like a ride: you don't have to think, you just let it wash over you. The music acts as a thread through the whole film, your friend who's on the ride with you."
"I did all this animation, created all this music, did the editing, all of it. I had a blast making this film..."
Click the images to enlarge...
- 9/27/2023
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
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