Detention

Australia, 2004

Film
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A short created by a student for the 2004 ACMI Diegesis secondary school media festival.
Four students are being kept in detention for one hour after school. They are bored and cannot wait to be allowed to leave. The clock ticks slowly on. Finally the clock strikes four and they are free to go.

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Credits

creator

Brent Jacuta

Duration

00:03:15:00

Production places
Australia
Production dates
2004

Appears in

Group of items

Diegesis Festival 2004. Program 1

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Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

B1006686

Language

English

Audience classification

ACMI classified

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Black and White

Holdings

DVD [PAL]; Master

DVCAM; Master

Digital Betacam [PAL]; Sub-master

VHS [PAL]; Reference - timecoded

DVCAM; Sub-master

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

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