STARDUST
Director Nicolas Provost
Countries Belgium
Duration 20 min
Synopsis
Provost's 2007 piece 'Plot point' used a subtle combination of music, editing and photography to lead the vieer into a subconscious process of establishing and discovering a story. 'Stardust' takes this a stage further, manipulating recorded conversations taken from films as well as background music. Provost moves from New York to Las Vegas, filming the public going about their daily business. He then uses these clips of people engaging in conversations, making phone calls, watching a scrn or gazing into space, and adds film music and dialogue over the top. Provost is the master of exploiting the associations and reactions learned by the public through years of watching crime and action films and television programmes, using film music to build tension, to induce emotional responses, to alter the nature of what is seen or heard.
Provost's 2007 piece 'Plot point' used a subtle combination of music, editing and photography to lead the vieer into a subconscious process of establishing and discovering a story. 'Stardust' takes this a stage further, manipulating recorded conversations taken from films as well as background music. Provost moves from New York to Las Vegas, filming the public going about their daily business. He then uses these clips of people engaging in conversations, making phone calls, watching a scrn or gazing into space, and adds film music and dialogue over the top. Provost is the master of exploiting the associations and reactions learned by the public through years of watching crime and action films and television programmes, using film music to build tension, to induce emotional responses, to alter the nature of what is seen or heard.