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Oscillations

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Love story. Horror story.
Oscillations lures us into the sweetest, darkest core of the heart and mind, where evil is unseen and love is long lost. In a turbulent void left when two souls are severed, three young people gasp for balance and clarity. In time, the forces and tides of darkness are felt physically, threatening to consume even the most innocent of them all.
Drawing from classic cinematography and the innovators of horror in Japan, this multidimensional film was produced with the smallest of budgets, yet with a wealth of ingenuity. The sometimes haunting, sometimes visceral soundtrack leads us into the darkness, and whatever lies beyond.
Love has a frequency. Loss has no words.
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- "Audiences can be pretty accepting of song lyrics they don’t quite understand, or viewing an abstract painting; but when it comes to film, they want answers. Perhaps it’s because film is the medium that most closely resembles “real life.” What these gift-wrapped-ending seekers neglect is that real life is a mess — I’ve never weathered a relationship that ended tied up in a neat bow (more like five minutes after Christmas morning, torn wrapping paper everywhere). Oscillations, a short film written and directed by Evan Blakely and featuring music by Kyle Harvey, incorporates realism even as it “zig-zags between what is perceived as a visual narrative and what might be nightmare sequences,” according to production designer Stephen Sheehan. If you want to escape and go numb, see the latest Cineplex crap-fest, but if you want to see something that may be unwieldy but will certainly make you feel, support this local film."— Sarah Wengert, The Reader
------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- "The most creative short, the only one to really push the medium, while pushing the buttons of its audience, was 'Oscillations.' Too many viewers did not appreciate or understand its poetic mise en scene or structure and thus wrote it off, suggesting two things: one, the need for a [possible] experimental video/film art category and two, a session on film appreciation and criticism for all." - Michael Krainak, The City Weekly, on Oscillations in the Omaha Film Festival ------------------------------------------------------------ --------------------------------------------------- "I saw a screening of the film at the Omaha Film Festival a month or so ago as part of the festival's "short film block," the quality of which was, well, gratingly bad -- except for Oscillations, which was something of a mind-fuck. Don't ask me what the movie's about, I don't know. It's essentially a smear of iconic visuals and sharp, nested images that echo with isolation and unease. It's weird in a David Lynch sort of way, but without Lynch's dark irony. In that context, it probably has more in common with the work of another David -- David Fincher. There's no dialogue, just music and atmospheric tonescapes. Not surprisingly, Oscillations didn't take home any honors at OFF, but that's not stopping Blakley from entering the film into other festivals around the country." - Tim McMahan, lazy-i

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Oscillations in Des Moines- Interrobang Film Festival

Oscillations will be showing next Saturday night, June 28, in Des Moines at the Interrobang Film Festival.   8:31pm "Interrobang Extra" (Films for Mature Audiences) Oscillations  Interrobang...
Posted by on Sun, 22 Jun 2008 14:33:00 GMT

Oscillations Fundraiser a great success!

Last night at the PS Collective, we had a wonderful premiere for Oscillations. There was a good crowd, a very receptive and friendly crowd of artists, musicians, and filmgoers. We offer a very big "th...
Posted by on Fri, 25 Apr 2008 15:06:00 GMT

Oscillations mentioned on lazy-i

From lazy-i.com -"Here's an early heads-up about an event tomorrow at PS Collective. It's a screening of the short film Oscillations by Evan Blakley featuring music by Kyle Harvey. I saw a screening o...
Posted by on Thu, 24 Apr 2008 08:55:00 GMT

--PRESS RELEASE-- Oscillations premiere w/ FATHR^ and Kyle Harvey

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE "OSCILLATIONS" TO HOLD GRAND PREMIEREAn Evening of Unconventional Film and Noise Theatre The locally-produced short film, Oscillations, will hold its Grand Premiere at PS Coll...
Posted by on Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:08:00 GMT

The Closed and the Curious- Strange Looks at the Omaha Film Festival

I first want to thank everyone that came out to support the Nebraska shorts this year at OFF. If you're reading this before Saturday night, there is still time for you to see them all- the second(and ...
Posted by on Fri, 22 Feb 2008 10:20:00 GMT

art show featuring 3 players from Oscillations

Come see the artwork of Evan Blakley, Jilawan Bunnimit, and Stephen Sheehan in anticipation of the release of Oscillations. The theme is appropriate for us- "Ode to an Ex" is dedicated to reflections ...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 14:07:00 GMT

Oscillations and the Omaha Film Festival

The film will have it's [soft] premier at the Omaha Film Festival, followed by a proper release party in March, complete with live performances.Please go to one of these show times and show your suppo...
Posted by on Thu, 31 Jan 2008 13:42:00 GMT

it is finished

Today was spent making the final audio tweaks at (in my opinion) the best sound studio in the Midwest - Ware House Productions. Tom Ware did a fantastic job in making us sound good... DAMN good. Andre...
Posted by on Wed, 30 Jan 2008 19:38:00 GMT

UPDATE: sounds

The audio work is coming along quite nicely. We've already had multiple sessions in the studio of good friend Richard Schultz, working on the location audio and preparing for the imperative work of co...
Posted by on Wed, 21 Nov 2007 07:29:00 GMT

UPDATE: nearing completion

The final edit of Oscillations was essentially "locked" over a month ago. However, we have been working since then on technical things to make the film look as good as possible. This week will likely ...
Posted by on Mon, 17 Sep 2007 20:22:00 GMT