tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29975141812076174362024-02-08T06:13:28.308-08:00Dark One: Bio Elaine Painicecubefactoryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01102961193207452622noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2997514181207617436.post-27348491209453516692013-01-11T11:57:00.000-08:002013-01-11T11:57:31.055-08:00Elaine Pain: Selected Filmography<style type="text/css">h1 { margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; }h1.western { font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; }h1.cjk { font-family: "Arial"; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; }h1.ctl { font-family: "Tahoma"; font-size: 10pt; font-weight: normal; }p { margin-bottom: 0.08in; }</style>
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<span style="font-size: small;">2012 “</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>Within
Living Memory” / “Walking with Spirits”</b></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">In
research stage. Researcher/ Writer: Elaine Pain</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Exploration
of family roots leading back to Newfoundland</span></div>
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the late 1700s. Idea of assumptions and where they led.</span></div>
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2007 “<b>Thinking of
You” </b><span style="font-weight: normal;">video – 30 sec.</span></div>
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A
postcard from rural Saskatchewan, the images are gleaned from works
by
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Elaine Pain and combined with her thoughts on the importance of the
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Saskatchewan Filmpool Co-operative.</div>
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2007 “
<b>Next Year Country”</b> – video – approx. 10-20 min.</div>
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In Post Production Director/Videographer: Elaine Pain</div>
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Video/ Audio Editor: <b>Darryl Miller</b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">When future meets present
optimism dies</span></div>
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2000
<b>"Bewildered"</b> - Video 7 min. 30 sec.</div>
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Director/ Script writer/Videographer: Elaine Pain</div>
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Video/Sound Editor: <b>Darryl Miller</b></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">In
the end they put grandma into a Home. It was best.</span></div>
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They said all the right things. It wasn't what she wanted to hear.</div>
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1996 <b>"Thin
Ice"</b> - Video to Film. 14 min.</div>
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MFA Thesis : University of British Columbia</div>
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Investigation into the qualities of the wind within the </span>
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Prairie landscape
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Sound design and execution: <b>Darryl Miller</b></div>
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<b>Nominated:</b>
Saskatchewan Showcase, 1996</div>
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Best Direction,
Best Overall Sound</div>
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<b>Award</b>: Best Experimental</div>
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1995 <b>“Fading
Away”</b> - 16mm. 30 min.</div>
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Producer/Director/Editor: Elaine Pain</div>
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Cinematography: Ron Jacobs</div>
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Additional Cinematography: Elaine Pain</div>
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Location Sound/ Sound Editor: <b>Darryl Miller</b></div>
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Music: <b>Darryl Miller</b></div>
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A docu-drama explores the disintegration of a rural way </span>
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of life through personal family memories with emphasis on
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environmental change and impact.</div>
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<b>Nominated:</b>
Saskatchewan Showcase, 1995
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Best
Documentary, Best Cinematography</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1995 </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>"Walking
on Water" </b></span><span style="font-size: small;">- Computer assisted Video 3
min. 30 sec. </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Investigation of
painterly qualities of computer to enhance </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> images of
birds and water.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1992 </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Serenity”</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
- 16mm. 7 min. 30 sec.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> A state or quality of
being tranquil, dignified or</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> quiet. Combines
images of cormorants, Hoo-Doo</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> formations and Japanese
gardens through 16mm and Super</span></div>
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action, and slides.</span></div>
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1990 <b>“A
Letter From Violet”</b> - 16mm. 5 min. 10 sec.</div>
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A sensitive portrayal of the early history of the women’s </span>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;">suffrage movement in
Saskatchewan. The film takes the</span></div>
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form of a fictional letter from Violet McNaughton. </span>
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( Part of Five Feminist Minutes: Studio D. NFB)</div>
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1989 <b>“Edge of
Extinction”</b> - 16mm. 5 min. 30 sec.</div>
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Combines
rotoscope images of whooping cranes with</div>
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slides and
photographs. Includes line drawings, re-photography
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and multiple
exposures.</div>
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“Gone the way of
the whooping crane.</div>
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Once a symbol of
certain extinction,
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today a sign of
hope”.</div>
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A haunting
animation whose images blend hypnotically</div>
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with the
inventive sound to form a powerful and hopeful</div>
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statement on
survival.</div>
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<b>Nominated:</b>
Golden Sheaf Awards, 1989</div>
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<b>Award:</b>
Best Animation: Saskatchewan Showcase,
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1988 <b>"Deadication"</b>
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re-photography,
multiple exposure.</div>
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An animated
montage of images of life and death. The film is a
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poetic critique of
human excess, constructed from footage
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gathered at popular
ice fishing lakes. The film concentrates its
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attention on the
fish left rotting on the ice through the inept
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stupidity of
irresponsible fishermen. These grizzly images are
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interwoven with
common symbols of life and death - fire, water,
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skulls and bones -
to become a microcosmic metaphor for the
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environmental
abuses taking place world wide.</div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1987
</span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Magic Kingdom Shrine”:</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
Video Installation </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> The
glorification of Mickey Mouse - an experimentation in </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">repetition, disintegration of image, and iconography. </span>
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Produced for: Art History 301</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Re-installed for: Anniversary Celebration University of
Regina -</span></div>
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College of Fine Arts </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1984 </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Morning
Light”</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> - 16mm. 6 min.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Silhouette animation
and multiple exposure.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> French and English
text.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> A
children’s story about a small sun finding a home.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1981 </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Boundaries”</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
- 16mm. 2 min. 12 sec.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Cut out and multiple exposure animation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Exploration and
formation of boundaries through the use of </span>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> geometric shapes.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Award:
Athens, Ohio Film Festival</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1980 </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Fly
My Spirits”</b></span><span style="font-size: small;"> - 16mm. 3 min.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> Cut out and multiple
exposure animation. Poem by Elaine Pain.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> A lyrical exploration
of stylized birds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">Permanent Collection of Cinemateque Quebecoise</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;">1978 </span><span style="font-size: small;"><b>“Sandswitch”</b></span><span style="font-size: small;">
- 16mm. (blow up Super 8) 2 min.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: small;"> A playful
film of transforming mandalas.</span></div>
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