# animate! › Films › Miles from Anywhere by Gary Carpenter › synopses

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Discovery terms: 1990s animation, frame-by-frame photography, landscape, texture, perception, experimental short film, filmmaker, comedy writer

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**Miles from Anywhere** a film by Gary Carpenter

1997, 4 min 20 sec

### animate! synopsis

On the surface, an exploration of environment and landscape. Hand-held photography close up on textures in a detailed examination of the real. From stone to sky, material to air, framing is all and holds the answers.

### short synopsis

An exploration of surface and environment, releasing latent energies from inanimate objects, **Miles from Anywhere** employs hand-held, frame-by-frame filming.

**Miles from Anywhere** film, stills and other materials © Gary Carpenter 1997