On the Seven Winds

Videos and films

ID:: 62518
Date:: 1983/1985
Genre:: Amateur film
Technique:: 16 mm film
Duration:: 00:07:10 min
Color:: black and white
Sound:: Magnetic tape
Creator: Dmytro Kozel
Collection: Volnytsia People's Film Studio
Description: The film contains an amateur lyrical sketch about a mill abandoned due to mechanization:

1) 00:00:14 - 00:01:16 — A wheat field. A Kamaz truck raises dust along the road. A Kolos combine harvester and a GAZ-53 truck work in tandem. Sunflowers. A woman is reaping by hand.

2) 00:01:17 - 00:06:56 — The mill. Thunder rumbles; raindrops fall on the roof. A stork stands in its nest. Raindrops on ears of grain. Poppy seed pods. Ripened wheat. A cart with a guide approaches the mill. A panoramic view of the weathered boards. An abandoned wagon wheel, nails still wedged in the wood. A combine works in the field. Thunderclouds gather. Wheat is being harvested.

The film’s soundtrack includes a poetic voiceover narration, background melodies, and the song I Look at the Sky (Дивлюсь я на небо) performed by Anatolii Solovianenko.

The second audio track serves as an editing cue sheet for the film and provides a frame-by-frame description of persons, objects, actions, and editing plans.
Language:: Ukrainian