Brandon John Barnard

  For my film  diaDOGue , I wanted to continue my investigation into non-human agency like I did with  Doggy Style  and  Tinguely Feeling . For both of those previous productions, I tried to embrace chance by recording the subjects (dogs/robots) and having agency in the editing process through the selection of footage and its use in the editing process. I wanted to twist the format this time around. My plan was to film Toffee and Noodle and then use the selected footage to form a narrative. For example, if they looked concerned, I would write a piece of dialogue where they sounded concerned, and so on. So, I spent a few hours on the first day filming the dogs. They got tired pretty quickly, so I thought to myself “okay, so this will take a few days. No problem.” “Stop filming me” When I woke the next day, I found that Noodle had absolutely decimated my toy plesiosaurus (my favourite dinosaur). It was completely my fault because, one, she is a dog and knows no be...

  This article will be going over the events that led to the creation of ‘ Arc ’, a short film I made recently. Me in Dartmoor holding the spirit mask — Photo by  Anastasia Forbes . For a few months now I have wanted to make a film about or in nature — mainly focussing on mushrooms (because they are cool). There are several reasons why I wanted to make a ‘nature’ film. Firstly, I want to push myself to do different genres and motifs. With every film I learn something new, and there are so many wells out there, so why not dip my toes into as many as I can. Secondly, Devon is wonderful for the outdoors, so it feels like a wasted opportunity not to. Recently I saw some dome videography work by  Dr Kayla Parker  and  Dr Stuart Moore  during their screening of ‘River Visions’ at the  Immersive Vision Theatre . This partly pushed my search into the area more so. ‘River Visions’ screening on the 14th of October, 2024 Thirdly, when it comes to galleries and sc...