# animate! › Films › Spirit of Place by Oliver Harrison › synopses

Canonical: https://animate.org.uk/films/spiritofplace/synopses

Discovery terms: 1990s animation, motion-control photography, memory, interiors, ghosts, single-take film, filmmaker, animation director

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Archive status: restored in 2026; historical calls, deadlines and services are closed.

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**Spirit of Place** a film by Oliver Harrison

1992, 10 min 07 sec

### animate! synopsis

Well met by moonlight – room service for the spirit. A one-take dream in Cocteauesque monochrome.

### long synopsis

Every room has a spirit which sleeps beneath the layers of peeling paint and wallpaper. **Spirit of Place** observes the awakening of such a spirit, coerced into life by moonlight to reveal sumptuous velvets, decaying gilt, and an assemblage of neo-Gothic objets d‘art – a ghostly reflection of its past.

In one long, carefully choreographed sequence, pictures animate and a message is disclosed as the motion control camera passes on its programmed course.

**Spirit of Place** film, stills and other materials © Oliver Harrison 1992