Made in 2008 by Mehrdad Seyf, Shoes is a short film inspired by the city of Cambridge and also by how a city landscape can be altered by a man and a woman walking through identical locations.

 

The film is informed by the situationist notion of unplanned walks in a city to experience and discover its architecture. It also plays with the notion of ambiguity in gender representation through hundreds of pairs of shoes, city landscapes and walking.

 

Notable landscapes in the film are: the Mill Road Cemetry, Parkers Piece and Cambridge Junction.

 

Technical

Duration: 00:02:00

Country of Production: UK

Production Format: DV tape

Viewing: Copy DVD/VHS Pal

Screening/Exhibition: Format DVD Mpeg 4

Aspect Ratio: 16:9

Picture: Colour

 

Screenings & Broadcasts: BBC Look East 17/07/08

 

Director: Mehrdad Seyf

Executive Producer BBC East: Anita Ramdharry

Director of Photography: Andy Parsons

Assistant Cameraman: John Fensom

Editor BBC East: John Halford

Graphics BBC East: Ewan Macdonald

Music: Squint/Opera/Music

 

Cast

Woman: Yasmin Bodalbhai

Man: Ali Amadi

Passengers on the train platform: Claire Hicks, Helen Heywood, Huttson Lo,
Anita Ramdharry, Peter Meades

 

Funded by Arts Council England, Escalator Shorts and BBC East.