Bill Knowland's website: www.directimages.com
The heated intensity of modern civilization is portrayed by abstract images, time exposure and time lapse photography.
Awards: Grand Prize, Super 8, 1978; Keith Clark Memorial Award, Ninth Annual Ann Arbor 8mm Film Festival.
1978, 16mm, color/so, 8m, $25
VHS Sale: $50
The story of Mike and his impressionistic relationship with women.
Award: Second Prize, Cinemagic Short Film Search; Nevada City Film Festival.
1980, 16mm, color/so, 15m, $45
VHS Sale: $50
Four genres of dance are visually explored through the use of time exposure, step printing, multi-image projection and video synthesis.
Awards: CINE Golden Eagle
Exhibition: Chicago Film Festival; Film/Dance Festival; NYC Experimental Film and Video Festival; SF Int'l Film Festival.
1983, 16mm, color/so, 16m, $45
VHS Sale: $50
The many masks of sculptor Horace Washington are exhibited in the catacombs of his mind. His process of creation is envisioned through a variety of film effects.
Exhibition: Bucks County Film Festival; Kinetic Image Film Festival; NY Filmmakers' Exposition; National Educational Film Festival; film and video summer series, Whitney Museum of American Art.
1986, 16mm, color/so, 8m, $25
VHS Sale: $50
Set in 1912, this surreal experimental narrative is told with stunning visual effects and no dialogue. THE IDEA is a visual fable that can be viewed at three levels. A visual level encompasses diffused and sepia-toned film shot at 10fps and step-printed back to normal speed. THE IDEA contains rotoscoped, bi-packed mattes of lumia and other color images. A simple narrative level tells the story of a luminous egg with magical properties that is exploited by those that come into contact with it. A metaphorical level includes the basic symbol of the egg representing an idea and other symbols representing purity, sterility, unfulfilled emptiness and strength.
Awards: CINE Golden Eagle; Silver Apple, National Educational Film Festival.
Exhibition: Athens Int'l Film Festival; Charlotte Film and Video Festival; Cinequest Film Festival; Film Arts Festival; Louisville Film Festival; Odense Film Festival; Oakland Museum.
1990, 16mm, color/so, 20m, $60
VHS Sale: $80