Running time: 07:29
Format: miniDV
choreographed/performed by Jana Jevtovic
directed, recorded, edited by Boldi Csernak
Synopsis
In „Dusk” we see a lone female figure emerging from the distance approached by a male holding a camera.
The interaction of the two is presented in split-screen so the viewer is able to watch from a distanced, static
wieving point and a gradually shifting camera point, attached to the body of the male. As the filmmaker is fully
engaged in the camerawork he follows the choreography. From the fixed point of view
he becomes part of the content of the film while he doesn’t stop functioning as a filmmaker.
Review by Chirstinn Whyte
"(..) In Boldi Csernak’s Dusk (2007), the retreat of a lone female figure from the cautious approach of a male was
presented simultaneously, by means of a split screen, from a distanced, static viewing position and from a gradually
shifting camera point, attached to body of the ambulant male.
The use of exterior location, functionally-oriented camera work and naturalistic, though emotionally heightened,
movement vocabulary, recalled aspects
of low-key surveillance and wildlife filming, contributing to a disquieting
engagement with the acts of witnessing and documenting."
Read Chirstinn Whyte's article
http://www.realtimearts.net/article.php?id=8661