DISSIMILAR/DV

2010-05-11T16:00:00.004+01:00

Exit

“Lifting himself up carefully, he felt his way to the door, sparks of bright pain puncturing the black. He flicked the switch. Eyes shut, he listened to the building. He heard the boards expanding, warming under his feet. The dull pulse in his head slowed. He held fast to the door frame and breathed in. Light cut a knife behind his eyes.”

Exit is a short film by DISSIMILAR and was shot on location in a derelict Royal Mail sorting office in central London.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.

2010-05-11T15:52:00.006+01:00

Silvertown

"The river's tent is broken: the last fingers of leaf/ Clutch and sink into wet bank. The wind/ Crosses the brown land, unheard. The nymphs are departed./ Sweet Thames, run softly, till I end my song."

[Excerpt from The Waste Land by T.S Eliot]

Silvertown is a short film by DISSIMILAR and was shot on location in Silvertown, East London.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.

2010-04-11T15:54:00.003+01:00

Intersection

"Go home, now, stranger, proud of your young stock/ Stranger, turn back again, frustrate and vexed:/ This land, cut off, will not communicate/ Be no accessory content to one/ Aimless for faces rather there than here.

[Excerpt from The Watershed by W.H. Auden]

Intersection is a short film by DISSIMILAR and was shot on location in London.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.

2009-06-22T10:24:00.014+01:00

Dog

“So we are on this island, sunshine bleaching our hair,
driving some piece of shit hire car. Following this tractor, which is hauling this trailer, big red fucker. Beautiful puppy leashed onto the back of this open bed..."

Dog is a short film by DISSIMILAR and was shot on location in a series of derelict [now demolished] buildings at Spittal, Berwick upon Tweed and also on the Holy Island of Lindisfarne. Dog is a recital of a true story, which happened on a small sunny Island, a long way away.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.

2009-06-22T10:24:00.013+01:00

Fear

“I feel a ripple in my spine, traditional fear: haunches, hands to head breathe breath. I feel my hands dampen, I see only my feet and I want only to run, to rid myself of fear.”

Fear is a short film by DISSIMILAR, shot on location in The Black Isle, on Scotland's north east coast. Fear follows our protagonist through a beguiling but darkening landscape, until he finds a sanctuary to sate his fear.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.

2009-06-22T10:23:00.014+01:00

Fragile

“There is a distance between us, a morning breath. Your hair falls as you roll away, deep in sleep. I close my eyes and listen to my blood, interrupted only by the rhythm of your heart.”

Fragile is a short film by DISSIMILAR and was shot on miniDV in Moulin.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.

2009-06-22T09:44:00.004+01:00

Crossing

“Stationary on the surface of the world, your brain is empty you are bored. Stimulus is required now. You’ve held off too long, waited on too many trains, arrived late and left early. Time to arrive in a different place.”

Crossing is a short film by DISSIMILAR and was shot on miniDV in Scotland's industrial central belt.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.

2009-06-22T09:42:00.006+01:00

Venice

"The man is dead now, the white sheet covering his face, the focal point of everyone’s attention, whether looking or looking away. You walk back through the square, dampened. People are milling now rather than standing, moving away from their focal point, quiet. You find out that he was twenty-five and that his friends thought he was fucking around. He was having a heart attack, a massive coronary. It’s three-thirty in the morning."

Venice is a film by DISSIMILAR and was shot on Kodachrome Super8, in the Veneto and in Croatia.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.

2009-06-21T22:22:00.005+01:00

Verlaten

"Your society is protected by democratic structure, policed by uniformed citizens. There is another protection, a sanctuary into which no uniform will enter. Within the four walls of the church, community gives freedom. Unwritten, unspoken but understood universally, your society provides you with somewhere to rest. You wait, sweating within the vast black and gilt interior, incense burning your nose. You stand and move to the door where they wait. You are detained, restrained, thankful only for the brief respite."

Verlaten is a short film by DISSIMILAR and was shot on miniDV in The Netherlands.

DISSIMILAR shoot exclusively on miniDV and Super8, using realtime raw footage to build suspense, harnessing the low-fi elements of these film formats to produce distinct and impressive free-budget films.