Traditional images of ocean waste are all over the news, whether it’s rubbish filling otherwise beautiful beaches, seagulls and fish caught in plastic rings or the slow degradation of the coral reef. While these images can be distressing, the question lingers over their effectiveness, as so little seems to have been achieved when it comes to stopping the impact of our actions upon the environment. Yorkshire-born, Australia-based filmmaker Simon Robson (last seen on Dn here) tries a radically different tack with Ghost in the Machine, envisioning the ocean itself as a kind of living, breathing artificial machine, slowly choking to death as a result of plastic pollution. The result is a provocative and haunting portrait of the way mankind has mistreated the ocean, completely made with computer-generated imagery. Robson joins us today to dig deep into the animation tools used to create Ghost in the Machine, his desire to create a brutalist,...
- 6/15/2022
- by Redmond Bacon
- Directors Notes
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