Minute Bodies The Intimate World of F Percy Smith

A meditative immersive tribute to the astonishing work and achievements of naturalist inventor and pioneering filmmaker F Percy Smith Smith worked in the early years of the 20th century developing various cinematographic and microphotographic techniques to capture natures secrets in action Working in a number of public roles including the Royal Navy and British Instructional Films Smith was prolific and driven often directing several films simultaneously apparently on a mission to explore and capture natures hidden terrains This film is an interpretative edit that combines Smiths original footage with a new contemporary score by tindersticks to create a hypnotic alien yet familiar dreamscape that connects us to the sense of wonder Smith must have felt as he peered through his own lenses and seen these microworlds for the first time