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Dusk (2008): Running time: 07:29 Format: miniDV choreographed/performed by Jana Jevtovic directed, recorded, edited by Boldi Csernak Synopsis In „Dusk” we see a lone female figure emerging from the distance approached by a male holding a camera. The interaction of the two is presented in split-screen so the viewer is able to watch from a distanced, static wieving point and a gradually shifting camera point, attached to the body of the male. As the filmmaker is fully engaged in the camerawork he follows the choreography. From the fixed point of view he becomes part of the content of the film while he doesn’t stop functioning as a filmmaker. Review by Chirstinn Whyte "(..) In Boldi Csernak’s Dusk (2007), the retreat of a lone female figure from the cautious approach of a male was presented simultaneously, by means of a split screen, from a distanced, static viewing position and from a gradually shifting camera point, attached to body of the ambulant male. The use of exterior location, functionally-oriented camera work and naturalistic, though emotionally heightened, movement vocabulary, recalled aspects of low-key surveillance and wildlife filming, contributing to a disquieting engagement with the acts of witnessing and documenting."

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