Ghosts and Where They Lay
Ghosts and Where They Lay (2020)
Story, direction, editing, and sound design by: chloē noelle fourte
Ghosts and Where They Lay is likely the quietest film released in OTV’s first five years.
It isn’t a silent film, but its score consists only of birds chirping as if at doom.
We see a cascade of images, braided together by the melancholic, perhaps haunting images of what appears to be the body of a woman or femme in a messy living room.
We see children playing together, and then adults playing together in parks, outdoors, by the lake and in the alley.
From the title and the vibe, we can see that Ghosts is a meditation on loss. A poem to love that show show fleeting and elusive it can be as time passes and our memory fades. Many images are out of focus or people are filmed close up without full view of their person.
How do we hold on to the memory of those who have loved us?
We get quiet–and listen.
CREDITS
Filmmaking Crew
Produced by Jody Bailet
Set Design by Lucinda Mandel
Cinematographer - Benjamin Buxton
Gaffer - Clay Mills
1st Assistant Camera - Thomas Quinn
Colorist - Leo Gallager
Sound Recordists - Sarah Nogly and chloē noelle fourte
Executive Producer - Madeline Hertz
Associate Producer - Allison Martin
Story | Direction | Sound Design | Editing | Bolex Film - chloē noelle fourte
Starring
LeeJii Drifwood
Ziare Paul-Emile
Carrington Fourte
Chancellor Fourte
Special Thanks
the Northwestern RTVF Department
Clayton Brown
Spencer Parsons
Brian & Rachel & “The Cage”
Multicultural Filmmakers Collective
Studio 22
Ms Mays for lending her backyard
My family, the Fourtes <3
Tierra Monet Lee @tierramonetlee for the visual inspiration and conversation
Professor Ariel Rogers
Professor Ozge Samci
Calum Walter
Julia Pello
The 2018-19 Senior Directing Class