A glitchy fever dream where a boy, an ocean, and a crank machine violently birth something new.
Repeating images of a boy running in the snow, an ocean, abstract shapes, and a man turning the crank of a giant machine all collide violently with one another as new video forms result. Technical details: 320x240 209kbps 3.3MB 11fps
Editing
Violent collision editing that feels like digital blunt force trauma.
Practical Effects
Crank machine as lo-fi steampunk nightmare fuel.
Director
Jake Barningham
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The 'Western' genre tag is either algorithmic nonsense or a brilliant commentary on frontier mythology collapsing into digital rubble.
At 209kbps, this film has lower bitrate than most Spotify songs—Barningham weaponized poverty-spec aesthetics before lo-fi was mainstream.
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