Films : Blinded by Light : all

animate! synopsis

Vision on again as the eyes have it after doing time in the dark. A post-operative sight recorder voices the hope, scores the fear. Taking things at face value. It looks like it might just work.

one sentence synopsis

A man blind from birth gains his sight at fifty.

short synopsis

A man blind from birth gains his sight at fifty. This is the story of his struggle to learn to see.

The film is a dramatic monologue with special effects to take us into the world of the newly sighted man.

key credits

director
Simon Pummell
blind man
Richard Earthy
editor
Lee Sutton
sound designer
Larry Sider

Simon Pummell

a film by Simon Pummell

direction

director
Simon Pummell

cast in picture

blind man
Richard Earthy

live-action personnel

makeup designer
Suzi Zamit

image personnel

editor
Lee Sutton

sound personnel

sound designer
Larry Sider

© Simon Pummell 2000

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technical

process summary

Shot on DV, edited on Avid, output to DigiBeta.

master copy format

colour or black & white
colour

video distribution format

video format
BetaSP
screen aspect ratio
4:3
video standard
PAL
sound type
stereo

distributor

LUX
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