SUB CATEGORY :

CINEMATOGRAPHY

COMPANY ENTERING :

THUY VY, MELBOURNE

TITLE :

LATITUDE LONGITUDE SOLITUDE

BRAND :

ANDREW VUKASAV PHOTOGRAPHER

ADVERTISER :

ANDREW VUKASAV PHOTOGRAPHER

AGENCY :

COCO PRODUCTIONS, MELBOURNE

DIRECTOR :

THUY VY

CINEMATOGRAPHER :

THUY VY

EDITOR :

JON HOLMES

SOUND DESIGNER :

NICK BATTERHAM

ENGLISH SYNOPSIS :

COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHER ANDREW VUKOSAV WAS SEEKING SOLITUDE WHEN HE INITIALLY TOOK TO THE SKIES OF AUSTRALIA WITH HIS DOG FRANKIE FOR COMPANY. THE WHITE NOISE OF THE PLANE'S ENGINE, TOGETHER WITH THE FOCUS REQUIRED TO KEEP CONTROL OF HIS SHIP, MEANT HE WAS LIBERATED FROM THE CONSTRAINTS OF EVERYDAY LIFE AND FREE WITHIN THE SKIES AND LANDSCAPE. THE PROJECT WAS BORN FROM A CULMINATION OF ANDREW'S PASSION FOR FLIGHT, PHOTOGRAPHY AND LOVE OF THE AUSTRALIAN LANDSCAPE. FLYING SOLO ON JOURNEYS THAT CAN TAKE DAYS OR WEEKS AT A TIME, VUKOSAV HAS PHOTOGRAPHED THE IMMENSE VARIETY, BEAUTY AND SURPRISING STRANGENESS OF AUSTRALIA SEEN FROM THE AIR. VUKOSAV FITTED OUT HIS SINGLE ENGINE CESSNA 182 WITH A PHASE ONE 100MP XF CAMERA MOUNTED IN THE UNDERBELLY OF THE FUSELAGE. HE USES THE WHOLE PLANE AS A CAMERA BODY, PITCHING IT INTO POSITION FOR EACH SHOT. THE RESULTS ARE SPECTACULAR.

ENGLISH CONTEXT EXPLANATION :

LATITUDE/ LONGITUDE -COORDINATES LOCATING A PLACE IN GEOGRAPHY. SOLITUDE - A STATE OF BEING ALONE OR REMOTE FROM SOCIETY.
BOTH SPEAK OF BEING IN A PLACE. ONE IS PRECISELY SCIENTIFIC AND
THE OTHER A FEELING, AN EMOTIONAL STATE. THE IDEA OF FLYING A PLANE SOLITARILY INTO THE DISTANCE, LOOKING AT THE EARTH IS POETIC AND BEAUTIFUL. IT IS A PERSPECTIVE THAT IS AT ONCE REMOVED AND INTIMATE. A VIEW OF THE EXTERNAL THE WORLD AS WELL AS A PERSONAL INTERIOR. IT’S A VIEWPOINT THAT ISN’T HUMAN BUT AT THE SAME TIME WE ARE LOOKING AT THE HUMANS’ RELATION TO THE EARTH. WE CALL IT BIRDS EYE VIEW FOR A REASON. FROM UP HIGH NATURE’S FORM BECOMES SHAPES, SHADOWS, PATTERNS. FLOATING OVER A VAST LANDSCAPE RICH WITH STORIES AND MYTHOLOGIES. IT IS ABSTRACTED FROM THE WORLD WE KNOW BELOW.