Inspired by the structural language of musical notation, OCTAVE by James Medcraft explores Hong Kong’s urban rhythm through the distortion and the reordering of time in the filmic construction. Time becomes tangible and malleable; reality becomes visible it its belonging to perception.
James Medcraft, OCTAVE, 2019
Director, Cinematographer, Editor: James Medcraft | Musical Composition ‘te amo laughing / future jail’ Courtesy Lucky Dragons / Luke Fischbeck and Sarah Rara| Local Hong Kong production: Khiang Tan & Jo Cheung at Wow Wow Tank | Production support UK: Tristan Earl at Red Lorry Yellow Lorry | Equipment Loan: Canon UK, Focus 24 | Vehicle driver: Marco Lau
