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Snapshot

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London, 1888. Amateur inventor, Tamworth, has just created the first moving image machine. A modified pinhole camera with wax cylinders attached, he uses it to document a group of women who have fallen into a conspiracy that the violent 'Jack the Ripper' is not a man, but a monster. But his account, though revolutionary, is itself distorted. The newspapers he reads are unregulated, the people he interviews confused by misinformation, and the events he captures cut off and mangled at the edges. This disturbing journey into his sepia-toned rabbit hole delivers a haunting warning on the perspectives we are fed... as well as what -- and who -- we can truly believe.

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Kat Hughes THN 3d
3/5
A fun innovation of the found-footage subgenre, and one not likely to be repeated, Snapshot offers a startling comparison that connects our own time to that of the Victorian era. Go to Full Review Eddie Harrison The List 3d
3/5
Joseph Archer’s use of ‘found footage’ to transport audiences to the Jack The Ripper-era mass paranoia is sleuth-worthy and engrossing despite the technological period inaccuracies Go to Full Review Jamie Dunn The Skinny Aug 25
4/5
A wonderful experiment... While not quite believable as a lost film from the Victorian age, Snapshot’s recreation of that era's atmosphere on a limited budget is remarkable. Go to Full Review Read all reviews

Cast & Crew

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Joseph Archer

Director

Tom Stourton

Actor

Cathy Wippell

Actor

Hazel Rogers

Actor

Lydia Helen

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Nadia Lamin

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Synopsis London, 1888. Amateur inventor, Tamworth, has just created the first moving image machine. A modified pinhole camera with wax cylinders attached, he uses it to document a group of women who have fallen into a conspiracy that the violent 'Jack the Ripper' is not a man, but a monster. But his account, though revolutionary, is itself distorted. The newspapers he reads are unregulated, the people he interviews confused by misinformation, and the events he captures cut off and mangled at the edges. This disturbing journey into his sepia-toned rabbit hole delivers a haunting warning on the perspectives we are fed... as well as what -- and who -- we can truly believe.
Director
Joseph Archer
Producer
Joseph Archer, Cathy Wippell, Mario Stefan, Chippy Babu, Suresh Cedrick Pereira
Screenwriter
Cathy Wippell
Production Co
Silicon Gothic
Genre
Horror, Mystery & Thriller
Original Language
English
Runtime
1h 26m
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