ZIPPER

ZIPPER

– Color, 5 minutes, Super 8mm, Sound - 1973

<- Click image to see a crude VHS of the film in REAL Player Format

One day while driving around I noticed a small carnival set up in a shopping mall parking lot. This carnival had my most favorite ride at the time, called The Zipper. In those days I took my Super 8 camera with me where ever I went so that I could film things on the fly. I decided to make a quick film of this ride. I bought several rolls of film and proceeded to shoot shots while riding it. I spent the rest of the day covering it from every angle I could think of. Once I processed the film I started editing it together over the following weeks. At the time my musical preference was for Led Zeppelin and as I cut I would listen to their music. While cutting the film the song "Battle of Evermore" struck me as being a good match for the footage. Prior to video and computers, whenever I wanted to show this film I would have to set up the Super 8 projector and play a cassette that I had queued up for the film. Now, 30 years later I have used computers to make a video film with the music synced.