the fool and the dog
2008

documentary. digital video.
total running time: 8 minutes.


racing north, chased by tweets, chasing tweets, a time-lapse film detailing a road-trip from los angeles to san francisco while making use of twitter postings from that day.

the tweets mark the progression of time over the course of the trip and were taken from 21 different twitterers that i happened to be following that day. they are: agentangelo, darthjulian, escapist, fraying, georgeruiz, haller, invictus, janerri, jenbee, maximolly, mickipedia, miyukijane, Mkultra, neb, objetsmart, plasticbagUK, souris, svanes, vidalia, weevil, and xenijardin.

principal photography took place on may 30, 2008 and editing was finished on december 10, 2008.

director: christian svanes kolding.
music: friendly fires "paris (aeroplane remix)".

a non-commercial project created out of my own curiosity and for the amusement of my friends & contacts. comments can be left here.

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