Run-Down to Armageddon by Declan Foley

Details

Location

Rathmullan

Year

2024

Date

Length

02min 23sec

Audio

sound

Format

Digital

black and white

Source

Declan Foley

Courtesy

Broadcasting Authority of Ireland, Declan Foley, Rathmullan Film Festival, UTV Archive

Rights Holder

Declan Foley

It is illegal to download, copy, print or otherwise utilise in any other form this material, without written consent from the copyright holder.

Description

Run-Down to Armageddon is a film by Declan Foley created for the What's the Story? short film competition at the 2024 Rathmullan Film Festival.

A scientific experiment gone wrong causes a rupture in time. Various odd events ensue, capped by an invasion of Earth from the future. Edited in the style of vintage sci fi film trailers from the 50s and 60s.

Foley reflects on this project:

Working with the archives was a novel experience. I wanted to maintain the integrity of the clips and use them to help generate an imaginative narrative, as opposed to just imposing one on them. For example, I didn’t want to dub over any of the dialogue with my own, but rather allow the original dialogues to suggest aspects of the larger narrative. 

The overarching narrative of the rupture in time was principally suggested by the Daleks clip. This led naturally to couching it in the style of trailers from 1950s and 60s sci fi movies.

Credits

Film by Declan Foley

Filmmaking course provided by Póca Productions in conjunction with Rathmullan Film Festival and Northern Ireland Screen's Digital Film Archive

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