Back Porch
Identifier
F.2011-01-0140
Date Of Production
1977
Abstract
“Back Porch” surveys a backyard, seemingly the same yard depicted in Elam’s “Backyard (Original)” and “Back Porch.” This particular rendering distinguishes itself for the patience the camera exercises as it spatially defines the porch: nearly the entirety of the first three minutes catalogs the ground, walls, and ceiling of the structure. As the film continues, the short shares relationship to “Backyard (Original),” seemingly rendering the same sequence of a woman hanging laundry. The piece concludes, taking to the yard to capture a female gardening.
Run Time
8 min 31 sec
Format
8mm
Extent
100 feet
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Reel/Tape Number
1/1
Has Been Digitized?
Yes
Language Of Materials
English
Element
Reversal Positive Print
Genre
Form
Subject
Related Collections
Related Places
Main Credits
Elam, JoAnn (is filmmaker)
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