Anodyne

2001 · Movie · 3 min

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Made first for older women 1

Anodyne's audience scores lean most toward older women at 67 of 100 1. Its overall reach is rated mainstream — mainstream, general-audience reach 2. On content balance it reads entertainment-first at 11 of 100, weighting storytelling over explicit messaging 3.

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    Audience scoreolder women 67 of 100 is the top quadrant.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    ReachAudience breadth rated mainstream.WhatSphere audience model, score_version 1
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    Content balanceContent balance entertainment-first at 11 of 100.WhatSphere content-balance model, score_version 1

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Primary audienceOlder WomenOlder Women67
Young MaleYoung FemaleMature MaleMature Female
Primary audienceOlder Women
Mainstream

Quadrant Scores

Young Men
34
Young Women
45
Older Men
56
Older Women
67
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Audience Representation

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Advocacy

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Entertainment

Synopsis

Mixing old tech with new, these lyrical abstractions explore red-gold color fields created with photograms (direct exposure of film without cameras), then animated through 16mm rephotography and digital manipulation. Soothing and melancholy, Wills works in the aleatory-painterly tradition of Brakhage, but with sound: the tracks consist of classical music, spoken word, and altered bits of everyday noises. Floral images link her work to Victorian embroidery and other womanly parlor arts. (Ed Halte)

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Cast & Crew

Sheri Wills (director)