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      • Consolidated Bibliography of Works Referred to in the Critical Commentaries
      • Key Propositions from the Research Period
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      • Extra Resources >
        • ​1. Context for Research from 1971 forwards
        • ​2. Emerging technologies in industry prior to the research period (2007)
        • ​3. High Resolution Research 2007 - 2010
        • 4. Higher Dynamic Range Research 2010 - 2016
        • 2016 Bristol International Festival of Cinematography Video Documentation >
          • Cinefest 2016 Trailer
        • 2015 Bristol International Festival of Cinematography Video Documentation
        • The Verbatim History of Digital Cinematography >
          • The FIlms of Roberto Schaefer ASC, AIC at Encounters 2013 >
            • Professor Duncan Petrie on the structure of film training in the UK
            • An introduction to 'Resolution'
            • Projection Mapping
            • An Introduction to Motion Capture
            • Cinematographers Discuss Their Role
            • The Neurocinematics of FIlm: Hasson et al
            • RGB-Z Depth Capture in real time
            • The Future of Display Technology
            • CMIR ONE >
              • 18 Seconds
              • BOUNCE
              • 7 seconds
              • 4 seconds
          • Verbatim Interviews
          • The Verbatim History of the Aesthetics and Technologies of Analogue Video
          • A History of Video Art
          • Discussions
  • News
    • Latest releases & exhibitions
  • SHOP
  • The Present & The Past
    • The Present and The Past
    • Vida 1976 - 1981
    • Transition 1981 - 1982
    • Early Broadcast work: Triple Vision & Videomakers 1982 - 1985
    • Triple Vision & Channel 4 1985 - 1992
    • A Trip Sideways to the BBC
    • Cinematography and Scripting 1992 - 2006
    • Academia and a developing Artistic Practice 2007 - 2016
    • 2015 & 2016 Cinefest Bristol International Festival of Cinematography
    • Sedition 2015 - Present >
      • Sedition 2015 - Larger
    • Makersplace and NFT's 2020 - 2022
    • 2025 and beyond?
    • Resurrection (for Jean Cocteau) >
      • RWA, FRPS, academic
    • Anecdotal Evidence
  • Artworks, Installations, Docs
    • Artworks, Documentaries, Installations
    • Longer Form Artworks
    • Installations 1992 - The Present >
      • Proposed Exhibition
    • Short works with a life of their own
    • Collaboration: Terry Flaxton Shawn Bell
    • Collaboration: Terry Flaxton Emily Burridge
    • Collaboration: Terry Flaxton Al Lethbridge
    • Documentaries 70s to 90s
    • Channel 4 - Moving Image Art Resources
    • Blink 2003 to 2012
    • Work on Racism 1976 - 2000
    • Short Dramas
    • Music Industry Work
    • Music and Sound 1969 - 1975
    • An Early History of Video Art in the UK
    • Theatre Work
    • The Cold War Game: The Soviet Union
  • Phd
    • Abstract >
      • Aims of the Critical Commentary
      • Introduction: practice as research as an investigative tool and methodology
      • Prologue: My Prior Development as an Industry Practitioner, Artist & Academic
    • Portfolio 1 Guide >
      • Critical Commentary on Portfolio 1
      • Portfolio 1 Complete list of outputs
    • Portfolio 2 Guide >
      • Critical Commentary on Portfolio 2
      • Portfolio 2 Complete list of outputs
    • Portfolio 3 Guide >
      • Critical Commentary on Portfolio 3
      • Portfolio 3 Complete list of outputs
    • Portfolio 4 Guide >
      • Critical Commentary on Portfolio 4
      • Portfolio 4 Complete list of outputs
    • Phd Conclusion >
      • Consolidated Bibliography of Works Referred to in the Critical Commentaries
      • Key Propositions from the Research Period
      • Complete List of Outputs
      • Extra Resources >
        • ​1. Context for Research from 1971 forwards
        • ​2. Emerging technologies in industry prior to the research period (2007)
        • ​3. High Resolution Research 2007 - 2010
        • 4. Higher Dynamic Range Research 2010 - 2016
        • 2016 Bristol International Festival of Cinematography Video Documentation >
          • Cinefest 2016 Trailer
        • 2015 Bristol International Festival of Cinematography Video Documentation
        • The Verbatim History of Digital Cinematography >
          • The FIlms of Roberto Schaefer ASC, AIC at Encounters 2013 >
            • Professor Duncan Petrie on the structure of film training in the UK
            • An introduction to 'Resolution'
            • Projection Mapping
            • An Introduction to Motion Capture
            • Cinematographers Discuss Their Role
            • The Neurocinematics of FIlm: Hasson et al
            • RGB-Z Depth Capture in real time
            • The Future of Display Technology
            • CMIR ONE >
              • 18 Seconds
              • BOUNCE
              • 7 seconds
              • 4 seconds
          • Verbatim Interviews
          • The Verbatim History of the Aesthetics and Technologies of Analogue Video
          • A History of Video Art
          • Discussions
With 'One Second to Midnight', there was only one imperative for Terry Flaxton: To make a piece of work - now. In this case 'now 'was 10.30 in the evening sometime in 2005. Flaxton explains: "I had the camera but nothing to point at - so I decided to point a camera at the most ubiquitous deliverer of moving images there is, Television. I gave myself a rule, turn the tv and whatever was on was the subject area. Shoot for 30 minutes. Then edit and make. 'One Second to Midnight' was the outcome and this is the opening piece of Blink."

More works on a simple theme - one location, one moment to achieve a work:
Zagorsk - 1992, USSR
One Second to Midnight - UK 2006
In Re Ansel Adams - USA 2008
Autumn Dusk Cafe Scene - Italy, 2008
Les Petites Cartes Postales de Beijing - 2010, China - opposite
Water Table/ The Power of the Sea - 2008/2014, UK & USA
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