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Surface Noise

2000 · 18 min

A dense, cerebral collage that rewards close watching, weaving archival fragments into a rhythmic meditation on labour and daily life.

Directed by
Abigail Child
Overview
Found footage exploring public and private space, organized formally as a sonata, centered around work and issues of class: the divisions between home and public, owners and workers, saturation and flow, structure and improvisation.

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Directed by
Abigail Child
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How it feels

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Tone
  • satiricalstrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • eeriestrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • class
  • work
  • identity
  • isolation
  • power
Places
  • big city
  • workplace
  • home
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • found footage
  • nonlinear
  • documentary
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action1
Horror1
Humour2
Realism7
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity8
Emotional weight5

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Directed by
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Runtime
18 min

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