Film Details

  • Title: Jellyfish
  • Date: 1973
  • Genre: Animation
  • Original Format: 16mm
  • Duration: 8 mins
  • Length: 350'
  • Sound: Yes
  • Colour/BW: BW
  • Digital Version Available: No

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Jellyfish

Amber Films 1973

Using images of people and objects linked together only by their presence on a beach, the animation creates a mood of threat and anxiety, heightened by its references to the nuclear issue. Made by Peter Roberts, who joined Amber when it had moved up to Newcastle upon Tyne, the manipulation of still imagery paved the way for the use of still photography in Byker and The Writing in the Sand.

Location

Animation using photographs of the beach and other imagery


Credits

Director, Producer, Script & Camera: Peter Roberts

Made with financial assistance from Birmingham Polytechnic and Northern Arts

Cast

Animation

Keywords

Beach, Nuclear, Anxiety

Reviews and Awards

Winner of Silver Hugo, Chicago, 1975

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