COLLECTION NAME:
Ann Roy Collection
Record
Collection Name:
Ann Roy Collection
Title:
Sisters of Mercy
Name:
Roy, Ann, 1926-2006
Resource Type:
Moving image
Genre:
color films (visual works)
Date Created:
1971
Language Term:
English
Extent:
1 film reel (8mm); color, 05:03
Form:
Super 8
Form:
Amateur films
Form:
Experimental films
Abstract:
Title from film container. Footage of three young women posing in a cloaks and a homemade mask - likely by artist William Rabon - in a home. The women wear mirrored suns on their foreheads. Reel also includes close-ups on fairy paintings around the room - also by William Rabon - and brief shot of woman made-up as a lion. Ann Roy appears in cloak at 3:34, and later holds a photo album showing another woman. Reel ends with woman removing mask to reveal a Batman sticker on her forehead.
Note:
00:00 Film begins by showing a profile view of a girl wearing a costume that includes a thick, blond wig, blue robe, and mask of a woman’s face. The scene changes to show two girls with the costume. One girl controls the face mask, or head, and the other girl is kneeled and hidden by the blue robe and she controls the arms of the character; 01:37 The two girls are now standing on each side of the character and they take turns kissing the face mask on the cheek, as well as posing next to it; 02:14 Close-up of a painting depicting a girl lounging on a crescent moon. Scene changes back and forth between the two girls next to the face mask and the painting; 03:07 The girls are now dressed in the costume and controlling the head and arms again. The film periodically goes dark and the scene reappears to show a different woman wearing the costume; 04:03 Scene changes to show one of the girls wearing an outfit that resembles a lion. The scenes begin to quickly change from different perspectives of paintings and the women. Film ends.
Note Type:
Timecode description
Subject Topic:
Costume
Subject Topic:
Masks
Subject Topic:
Acting
Subject Topic:
Mirrors
Subject Name:
Rabon, William
Subject Name:
Roy, Ann, 1926-2006
Subject Genre:
Drama
Identifier:
U183075099511_narv_royAnn_sistersMercy_a.mp4
Physical Location:
University of Colorado Boulder Libraries Rare and Distinctive Collections
Shelf Locator:
COU:1397
Related Item:
Sisters of Mercy/3 Queens
Related Item Type:
constituent
Related Item Identifier:
narv_royAnn_34-24_sistersMercy3Queens_a.mp3
Date Captured:
2021
Internet Media Type:
video/mp4
Digital Origin:
reformatted digital
Access Condition:
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Access Condition:
Copyright holder: J. Mosio and R. Croonquist