Pattern

Created by award-winning Director Tom Wakeling, Pattern serves as an abstract and deeply personal visual metaphor, revealing a kaleidoscopic portrait of obsessive thought cycles.

"I wanted to make a film about the feeling of being totally consumed by one thought. A thought that endlessly repeats, that spirals out of control until there’s nothing of you left."

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Tom Wakeling

Shot on the Jurassic Coast in 16mm, the film features a pioneering, in-camera lighting technique whereby a single beam is stacked backwards in time. No CGI was used in its creation whatsoever.

The hypnotic score is formed around granular manipulations of the voice. Waves of undulating vocal textures form a restless ambience from which subsonic pulses of white noise emerge, infinitely building and slowly spiralling into overwhelm.

Starring
Joshie Harriette

Director
Tom Wakeling

Assistant Director
Phil Heron


Director of Photography
Nick Morris

Art Director
Devraj Joshi


Music
Evan Gildersleeve

Sound Design
Jack Diddly

Colourist
Jason Wallis

Colour Producer
Oscar Wendt

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Bolton Film Festival 2022
Raindance Film Festival 2023

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