Out in the Open

When you spend fifty years of your life waking up to work before dawn, just what are you getting up for? Out In The Open tells the story of a trader's struggle to stay relevant in a changing world. Using stop-motion animation and sound, co-directors Isobel Knowles and Van Sowerwine have created a surreal, imagined future where age-old tradition has been left behind. Animated puppets and miniature models narrate a hidden side of the market and the deep relationship a trader has with his place of work. Ultimately, Knowles and Sowerwine ask audiences to contemplate: what exactly is being sold?

Credits:

• Directors: Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine
• Writers: Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine
• Producers: Isobel Knowles & Van Sowerwine
• Sound Designer: Byron Scullin & Camilla Hannan

Websites:

• Project Website: Out In The Open