A paint-on-glass animation, “The Astronomer” is the story of an old timekeeper who, little by little, loses sense of his world. It is a quiet rumination on time, progress and disconnection, the delicate threads that forge identity and the ease with which we can be forgotten.
Created as part of coursework at the Centre for Animation and Interactive Media (AIM), RMIT, 2005.
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Collection
In ACMI's collection
Previously on display
22 April 2019
ACMI Viewing Booths
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
B2000508
Language
No spoken word
Audience classifications
ACMI classified
Mediatheque - all ages (ACMI classified)
Subject categories
Amateur & Student Films → Student films - Australia
Animation → Animated films - Australia
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Black and White
Holdings
MOV file H264; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation
MPEG-2 Digital File; Memory Grid Pod Full Encode
SP Betacam; Master
Digital Betacam; Sub-master
VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded
MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan
MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan