A Place to Stand (film)

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A Place to Stand
Directed byChristopher Chapman
Produced by
  • Christopher Chapman
  • David Mackay
Cinematography
  • Christopher Chapman
  • Laszlo George
  • Josef Seckeresh
  • Peter Turner
Edited byChristopher Chapman
Distributed byOntario Department of Economics and Development
Release date
  • 1967 (1967)
Running time
17 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

A Place to Stand is a 1967 film produced and edited by the Canadian artist and filmmaker

Québec, Canada. For the film, he pioneered the concept of moving panes, of moving images, within the single context of the screen. At times there are 15 separate images moving at once. This technique, which he dubbed "multi-dynamic image technique"[1] has since been employed in many films, notably Norman Jewison's 1968 film The Thomas Crown Affair. Jewison has credited Chapman as the creator of the edit style.[1] The technique can also be seen more recently on television in the series 24
.

It is said that most of the editing decisions were worked out in an accountant's spreadsheet book and the pencil edit plan resembled flow charts.[citation needed] Chapman has remarked that at one point in the editing process he stood there in the room, bits of footage hanging from clips all around him. He felt crushed by the force of his vision and was a breath away from quitting. Even at the first screening, Chapman was exhausted and unsure but as he left the room, Steve McQueen watching at the back, grabbed Chapman and told him that he was blown away by the film.[2]

The 18-minute film used 70mm stock and was projected onto a 66 by 30 foot screen. It contains no dialogue, but only music by a 45-member orchestra and a 15-member choir.

Best Documentary Short Subject and Best Live Action Short Subject. It won the latter prize, which Chapman accepted on April 10, 1968.[1]

The film won the

18th Berlin Film Festival as part of Young Canadian Film, a lineup of films by emerging Canadian filmmakers.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b c Konder, G. C., (2004) A Place to Grow Archived 2018-06-28 at the Wayback Machine (caption) Accessed January 28, 2007.
  2. ^ a b Leslie Scrivener, "Forty years on, a song retains its standing Archived 2012-09-25 at the Wayback Machine", Toronto Star April 22, 2007.
  3. ^ a b Expo 67, Expanded Cinema, http://www.yorku.ca/filmexpo/film.html#placetostand Archived 2012-06-29 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ISBN 0-7737-3238-1
    . pp. 81-83.
  5. ^ Gerald Pratley, "In and Out of Cinema". Cinema Canada, September 1968.

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