Transmission: The Distance Between (Us) Matters


Transmission: The Distance Between (Us) Matters was a filmmaking project conceived and run by Scott Granville, Jeremy Mayall and Dan Inglis in 2020 during the COVID-19 pandemic lockdown.
The project coordinated contributing filmmakers into teams of four to make short films on the theme of the pandemic and subsequent lockdown.
Accentuating the isolation of the contributors the process gave a writer 24 hours to write up to 150 words on the theme of the pandemic and its repercussions, a voice actor then had 24 hours to make an audio recording of their performance of the text, a filmmaker then had 48 hours to create images for the recording before a composer had another 48 hours to score the film. These contributors, randomly drawn from a pool, had full autonomy over their contribution and were unaware who their collaborators were until the films were complete and released. Over approximately five weeks thirty-one films were created by over fifty contributors from around the world.
The films created as part of Transmission: The Distance Between (Us) Matters are available to view here. Below are the five films for which Dan Inglis contributed the image component.


The Yooditah Bird

2020 | 01:46 | HD Video | 16:9 | Stereo | Text: Scott Granville | Voice: Courteney Mayall | Image: Dan Inglis | Music: Jeremy Mayall

A digital "paper cut-out" animation created as part of Transmission: The Distance Between (Us) Matters.
This film was an extra film made with the same process as the other films of the Transmission project but without anonymity between the contributors.


What You Deserve

2020 | 01:50 | HD Video | 1.2:1 | Stereo | Text: Stephanie Christian | Voice: Tony Smith | Image: Dan Inglis | Music: Kirke Godfrey

An experimental film created for the fourth round of Transmission: The Distance Between (Us) Matters.


Breaking News

2020 | 01:29 | HD Video | 16:9 | Stereo | Text: Trey McClarnon | Voice: Julia Watkins | Image: Dan Inglis | Music: Dave LaGrande

A hand-drawn (digitally coloured) animation created for the third round of Transmission: The Distance Between (Us) Matters.


Cling

2020 | 01:26 | HD Video | 16:9 | Stereo | Text: Stephanie Christian | Voice: Jason Marsden | Image: Dan Inglis | Music: Ron van Riel

A found-footage film created for the second round of Transmission: The Distance Between (Us) Matters.


Gargoyle

2020 | 01:12 | HD Video | 16:9 | Stereo | Text: Laurie Hayes | Voice: Julia Booth | Image: Dan Inglis | Music: Stephen Gallagher

A hand-drawn animation created for the first round of Transmission: The Distance Between (Us) Matters.