Screencaps viaScratch film animation is the basis for experimental audiovisual short, Scribbledub, by Scottish filmmaker Ross Hogg. The piece, what Hogg calls a "film conversation," is made using 16mm film and a projector. The visuals are scratched and painted directly onto the film stock then projected and matched to sounds created by Robbie Gunn."Scribbledub explores the dependent relationship between image and sound—the 'scribble' creates the 'dub,' the 'dub' informs the 'scribble,'" Hogg notes on Vimeo.
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The quickness of the shapes because of the flickering nature of the projection give an extra tautness to the visuals and sounds, and when it goes full screen it gives the scratched forms another layer of immersion. It also brings a real physicality to the animation, as it pays homage to the work of animators like Stan Brakhage and Len Lye who pioneered techniques like scratching and manipulating film stock.There's something really addictive about watching the scribbles bounce across the screen too, reacting to and informing the electronic beats.
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