Salt (2009 film)
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Salt is an Australian documentary
short film by director Michael Angus and photographer Murray Fredericks. It debuted at the Adelaide Film Festival
in 2009.
The film records one of Fredericks's annual solo trips to the salt flats of Lake Eyre
in South Australia
. He spends five weeks each year camping in the middle of the lake to contemplate and to take photographs
of the peculiar landscape for his photographic series, also called Salt. The film intersperses time-lapse photography with still images from Fredericks's camera and footage from a video diary
he records throughout the trip.
The film has won jury prizes at several film festival
s, and was nominated for two prizes at the 51st Australian Film Institute Awards
for "Best Cinematography in a Documentary" and "Best Documentary under one hour". It was first broadcast in the United States on the PBS
independent film series P.O.V.
in 2010.
Documentary film
Documentary films constitute a broad category of nonfictional motion pictures intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction or maintaining a historical record...
short film by director Michael Angus and photographer Murray Fredericks. It debuted at the Adelaide Film Festival
Adelaide Film Festival
The Adelaide Film Festival is a biennial and non-competitive film festival held over two weeks in late February, in Adelaide, South Australia....
in 2009.
The film records one of Fredericks's annual solo trips to the salt flats of Lake Eyre
Lake Eyre
Lake Eyre is the lowest point in Australia, at approximately below sea level, and, on the rare occasions that it fills, it is the largest lake in Australia and 18th largest in the world...
in South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. He spends five weeks each year camping in the middle of the lake to contemplate and to take photographs
Photography
Photography is the art, science and practice of creating durable images by recording light or other electromagnetic radiation, either electronically by means of an image sensor or chemically by means of a light-sensitive material such as photographic film...
of the peculiar landscape for his photographic series, also called Salt. The film intersperses time-lapse photography with still images from Fredericks's camera and footage from a video diary
Diary
A diary is a record with discrete entries arranged by date reporting on what has happened over the course of a day or other period. A personal diary may include a person's experiences, and/or thoughts or feelings, including comment on current events outside the writer's direct experience. Someone...
he records throughout the trip.
The film has won jury prizes at several film festival
Film festival
A film festival is an organised, extended presentation of films in one or more movie theaters or screening venues, usually in a single locality. More and more often film festivals show part of their films to the public by adding outdoor movie screenings...
s, and was nominated for two prizes at the 51st Australian Film Institute Awards
51st Australian Film Institute Awards
The 50th Annual Australian Film Institute Awards ceremony, honouring the best in film and television acting achievement for the year 2008 in the cinema of Australia, took place on the 5–6 December 2008...
for "Best Cinematography in a Documentary" and "Best Documentary under one hour". It was first broadcast in the United States on the PBS
Public Broadcasting Service
The Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
independent film series P.O.V.
P.O.V.
POV is a Public Broadcasting Service Public television series which features independent nonfiction films. POV is a cinema term for "point of view"....
in 2010.