A Coral Chain
From: Third Coast International Audio Festival
Series: 2012 ShortDocs: Neighbor Stories
Length: 02:15
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FNSS (Friendly Neighborhood Surveillance System, a consumer UAV) delivers a report to Charles on his neighbors Mrs. Smotherson, Mr. Eggerly, and Bruce & Denny.
"A Coral Chain" was produced by Zak Rosen for the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge, a collaboration with EveryBlock, which invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works featuring at least two neighbors, a color in the title, and three consecutive seconds of narrative silence.
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Piece Description
FNSS (Friendly Neighborhood Surveillance System, a consumer UAV) delivers a report to Charles on his neighbors Mrs. Smotherson, Mr. Eggerly, and Bruce & Denny.
"A Coral Chain" was produced by Zak Rosen for the 2012 Third Coast ShortDocs Challenge, a collaboration with EveryBlock, which invited anyone and everyone to produce short audio works featuring at least two neighbors, a color in the title, and three consecutive seconds of narrative silence.





