Serene Velocity (1970)

Name: Serene Velocity
Released: 1970-10-07

23m

Running Time

Plot.

Serene Velocity stares down the center of an empty institutional hallway while shifting the focal length of a stationary zoom lens, transforming the basement corridor into a nexus of visual and conceptual energy.

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Cast & Crew.

Ernie Gehr

Director

Media.

Details.

Release Date
October 7, 1970

Status
Released

Running Time
23m

Last updated: 2025-02-11

This Movie Is About.

structural film

short

Wiki.

Serene Velocity is a 1970 American experimental short film directed by Ernie Gehr. Gehr filmed it in the basement hallway of a Binghamton University academic building, using a static camera position and changing only the focal length of the camera. It is recognized as a key work of structural filmmaking and has been inducted into the U.S. National Film Registry.