There were five films at the first evening of the 2012 Witney Film Festival.<\/p>\n
The venue was the incongruously-named Fat Lil’s. This is a place I’ve been to many times, to watch\/listen to bands (and have even appeared on-stage in, once or twice).<\/p>\n
First on-screen was the Spanish mixed-media production Decapoda Shock<\/strong> by Javier Chillon<\/a>.<\/p>\n From the outset, there was something vaguely familiar about this part real-action, part animation. It took a little while to sink in that, many years ago, I had read a SciFi short-story that contained a broadly similar, transformation-based, theme. Fine. No big deal.<\/p>\n The production values of Decapoda Shock were above average. Intentional or not, there were a couple of chuckles but, for me, the most stunning aspect of the presentation was the beautiful narration.<\/p>\n Decapoda Shock can’t have been an easy film to put together. The blend of animation and real-action worked well, the acting was above average and both the editing and the audio were superb.<\/p>\n Here’s a trailer:
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