Wavelength (1967 film)

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Wavelength is a 1967 experimental film by Canadian artist Michael Snow. Shot from a fixed camera angle, it depicts a loft space with an extended zoom over the duration of the film. When making Wavelength, Snow had limited experience in film and was primarily known for his prior work in painting and sculpture. He shot the film in December 1966 over the course of a week, casting friends of his to appear in its brief narrative events. He experimented with mixed film stocks and other techniques that produced changes in the image's appearance. The film's soundtrack combines synchronized sound with sinusoidal output from an audio oscillator, which increases in pitch until the end of the film. Snow designed the original version of Wavelength for a limited release and first showed it at a private screening in May 1967. He submitted it to the 1967 Knokke-Le-Zoute Experimental Film Festival in Belgium, where it won the Grand Prix. Critics emphasized the film's presentation of continuous space and...

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