Samantha Moore | 4 mins | United Kingdom

‘I don’t know if you’ve ever heard a goat eating carrots? It’s almost too much, it’s so lovely’

An Eyeful of Sound conjures up the fascinating visually complex internal world of audio-visual sy- naesthesia, where senses make unique connections the rest of us don’t experience. In this Wellcome Trust funded project award winning animated documentary maker Samantha Moore has worked with Dr Jamie Ward, leading researcher into synaesthesia and head of the UK Synaesthesia Research Group, and a group of people with synaesthesia to portray an accurate and insightful portrait of what it is like to experience the condition. Synaesthesia is discussed, argued over, dissected and celebrated in this beautifully sensitive ani- mated documentary.the country to the city, where they will meet a neuro-psychologist.

PREMIERE STATUS
NY Premiere

SCREENING SCHEDULE
2:00 PM     Sun, Oct 17, 2010
New York Hall of Science

PRODUCTION CREDITS
Producer | Simon Cartwright & Joshka Wessels
Sound Design and Original Score | Adam Goddard
Scientific Advisor | Dr. Jamie Ward

DIRECTOR’S BIO
Sam grew up in north London and studied fine art, english literature and film at Exeter University and then Central Saint Martins School of Art.After graduating she was selected for Channel 4’s AIR scheme and subsequently made an oil on glass film Glasgow Kiss for Ch4.

She then developed her work into the digital realm, and went on to make Success with Sweet Peas, her first animated documentary about competitive sweetpea growers in Shropshire, which was nominated for a British Animation Award and winner of a Melbourne International audience award. In the following year she made doubled up, a documentary about her experience of a multiple birth (having twin boys) which was an animate! commission for Channel 4 and Arts Council England and had a wide international screening with support from the British Council.

In 2007 she made The Beloved Ones through Netherlands based Sapiens Productions for the UK Film Council and Screen WM, which won a special mention by the grand jury at Animafest in Zagreb in 2008 and continues to screen internationally (including Aspen Shortsfest 08, Goteborg International Film Festival 09 and Tricky Women Vienna 09).

She has recently completed a commission to make An Eyeful of Sound for the Wellcome Trust about synaesthesia, based on her work with Dr Jamie Ward. Samantha teaches animation at the University of Wolverhampton and is a member of CADRE (The Centre for Art, Design, Research and Experimentation at Wolverhampton School of Art & Design). She is married with twin sons and lives in Shropshire.

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