Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: VHS Tape EAN: 0879724005284 Format: Color Label: CustomFlix Manufacturer: CustomFlix Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: CustomFlix Running Time: 8 Studio: CustomFlix
Editorial Reviews:
A road-trip experience never before captured on camera. A film without words. "Reminiscent of extreme IMAX films, Tran Scan has astonishingly beautiful scenery and cinematography of the highest calibre. Undoubtedly the most labour-intensive travel documentary ever created... No still image can convey a sense of this film." POV For GENERAL INTEREST - ENTERTAINMENT - FILM CONNOISSEURS - GEOGRAPHY TRAN SCAN is an action-packed mini-epic of 112 specially designed cross-country timelapse scenes that tour Canada in a continuous, seamless "flight," thrilling audiences while delivering educational value like you've never seen it before. - Silver Award for Cinematography, WorldFest-Huston - Tampere Int'l Short Film Festival, Finland - Hot Docs Int'l Documentary Fest, Toronto - Worldwide Short Film Festival, Toronto - Golden Sheaf Award - Yorkton (Canada) - Ann Arbor Film Festival, Michigan USA CINEMATOGRAPHY: Tran Scan uses a new technique of telescopic, traveling time-lapse, from the point of view of the traveler, fixed on the landscape ahead. We traverse the Trans-Canada Highway from Pacific to Atlantic in 8 minutes, non-stop. A breakthrough in "virtual cinematography" allows us to travel at 5,700 km/h (3,500 mph) in a smoothly viewable fashion never before attained. The land becomes alive. The telescope becomes a microscope... and a stethoscope. SPECIAL FEATURES: Interactive map allows playing by province or topographic region. PRICE INCLUDES: Use by individuals and public libraries only. Not for classroom use. Includes Public Performance Rights as long as no entry fee is charged. No import duty is charged on this item in Canada or USA. ANAMORPHIC (16:9) WIDESCREEN FORMAT. Will automatically play in letterbox format on a regular TV. Produced and directed by Stephen Arthur with funding from the Canada Council for the Arts, 2002-2003. Stephen Arthur directed the National Film Board of Canada production Transfigured.
Spotlight customer reviews:
Customer Rating: Summary: A Masterpiece Comment: I first saw Mr. Arthur's work years ago at ResFest. This piece is the culmination of techniques used in those earlier pieces. He has developed a unique method of investigating his surroundings and exploring movement. I have never seen anything like it. It is an exceptional piece of avant-garde film making.
I sought out this disc when it was first released and it knocked me out. Stephen Arthur shows the viewer a seldom seen world of moments in time linked together through the motion of an automobile. In this movement the viewer connects to the world outside of the car in a very different fashion from what is typical of experiencing your surroundings through the picture window of the windshield.
On occasion film makers achieve, through the frame, a new way of seeing. Mr. Arthur's work rises to that level and is both a technological exploration of film and a beautiful piece of art. Through this ability he provides the viewer a unique and marvelous immersive experience.
