''OffOn'' is an experimental film created by
Scott Bartlett made and released in 1968.
Summary
It is most notable for being one of the first examples in which film and video technologies were combined. The nine-minute film combines a number of video loops which have been altered through re-photography or video colorization, and utilizes an electronic sound track to create its unique effect.
Legacy
In 2004, the film was selected for preservation in the United States
National Film Registry
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by the
Library of Congress
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as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
It also appeared on the 1979
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special ''Mission: Mind Control'' and the 1990 Oscar-nominated documentary film ''
Berkeley in the Sixties''.
In 1980, Scott recreated the event in a video production class at
UCLA
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called ''The Making of OffOn''.
Making Offon: Scott Bartlett on Internet Archive
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See also
*Counterculture of the 1960s
The counterculture of the 1960s was an anti-establishment cultural phenomenon and political movement that developed in the Western world during the mid-20th century. It began in the early 1960s, and continued through the early 1970s. It is ofte ...
*Television production
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*Psychedelia
Psychedelia usually refers to a Aesthetics, style or aesthetic that is resembled in the psychedelic subculture of the 1960s and the psychedelic experience produced by certain psychoactive substances. This includes psychedelic art, psychedelic ...
References
External links
*''OffOn'' essay by Scott Simmon on the National Film Registry
The National Film Registry (NFR) is the United States National Film Preservation Board's (NFPB) collection of films selected for preservation (library and archival science), preservation, each selected for its cultural, historical, and aestheti ...
website
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Synopsis and discussion of OffOn.
''OffOn'' on Underground Film Journal
OffOn on National Film Preservation Foundation
* ''OffOn'' essay by Daniel Eagan in America's Film Legacy: The Authoritative Guide to the Landmark Movies in the National Film Registry, A&C Black, 2010 {{ISBN, 0826429777, pages 643-64
1968 films
United States National Film Registry films
American short films
1960s avant-garde and experimental films
1968 short films