Here Before
(Lauren Lenihan-Smith, 2025)
DIRECTOR’S STATEMENT
This film aims to highlight the similarities and differences between Lancaster in the 2020's and the 1900's by blending together new and archival footage, considering how film can be considered a form of time-travel, allowing audiences now to experience a period of time before they were born.This film was produced as part of the Experimental Production module.
SYNOPSIS
A city-symphony inspired look at Lancaster City, in both the past and present, accompanied by a monologue from "How to Live Safely in a Science Fictional Universe"
CREW
Lauren Smith
Director, D.o.P, Composer, Narrator, Editor
Director, D.o.P, Composer, Narrator, Editor
Monologue taken from "How to Live Safely in a Science-Fictional Universe" by Charles Yu
Archival footage sourced from the Manchester Metropolitan Uni's 'North-West Film Archive
Archival footage sourced from the Manchester Metropolitan Uni's 'North-West Film Archive