Celluloid, argentique, pellicule, 8mm - 16 mm - 35 mm … film, they all do the 
job as well.

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De : Scott Hammen
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Objet :Re: [Frameworks] Celluloid Now Call for Entries

It seems like "analog" has come to mean simply NOT digital and, as Fred says, 
usage has now made this meaning correct.

In a way it recalls the use of the expression "silent movies" for pre-1929 
films - a term which was also technically wrong but universally understood to 
mean films that did NOT feature recorded speech.

Scott

On Sat, 11 Jun 2022 at 19:25, Luke Aspell <[email protected]> wrote:
"Photochemical film" and filmmaking seems to be the most precise way of saying 
what's meant here. 

On Sat, Jun 11, 2022 at 6:07 PM Fred Camper <[email protected]> wrote:
Mark, and CFS, are right about something here. "Analog film" may be 
redundant, but it may also be the best solution to a problem, and as it 
becomes used more often it becomes, linguistically speaking, correct.

Years ago, as "disrespected" began to be used commonly as a verb, it was 
objected that it was not a word. But it turns out to have been the best 
way of saying something, so now it is a word. If "analog film" is the 
best solution, fine, let's all use it. I don't have a strong opinion on 
how to solve this.

Fred Camper
Chicago

On 6/11/2022 12:49 PM, mrktosc wrote:
> Yeah, Pip I think you’re definitely taking this too literally, particularly 
> for an event which is clearly meant to positively celebrate the love for a 
> medium (and congrats CFS for the effort!).
>
> And if we want to be strict, “celluloid” is also not accurate, and pertains 
> only to the nitrate era - but we still use it casually and gladly in 
> referring to film.  So, like “celluloid”, the word “film” has for a while now 
> come to be fairly medium-agnostic, and it has made sense in recent years to 
> add the adjective “analog” to clarify, especially for younger enthusiasts for 
> whom the material was never an everyday presence.  In their contemporary 
> usage in this kind of context, at least in my view, both “analog” and “film” 
> have implications that extend quite a bit beyond their historical and now 
> more conservative uses.
>
> And film as a process is analog - film hasn’t just rigidly meant the physical 
> material in like 100 years… As a term it means much more than the flexible 
> plastic material called film, and it’s this inclusive and complex sense of 
> culture/medium/engagement that this festival is clearly meant to highlight.
>
> Mark
>
>
>> On Jun 11, 2022, at 6:25 PM, Fred Camper <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I agree that "analog" is redundant, and that electronically recorded video 
>> can be analog, but unfortunately just using "film" is now problematic, since 
>> an overwhelming shift in usage has it applying to digital video. Shooting 
>> digital video is now called "filming," and a video can be called a "film" We 
>> may not like this, but usage has made it correct.
>>
>> My solution is to write "celluloid." One might write, "films printed on 
>> celluoloid," or, to be more restrictive, "films shot and printed on 
>> celluloid." It would be interesting to know if the festival will accept 
>> works shot on video but printed on celluloid, and designed that way, for the 
>> look of, for example, Pixelvision on celluloid. Such things exist.
>>
>> I am all ears as to a better terminology solution.
>>
>> Fred Camper
>> Chicago
>>
>>> On 6/11/2022 12:01 PM, FrameWorks Admin wrote:
>>> Just a comment here: film is not analog. Film is a material. Whereas an 
>>> audio or a video signal can be either analog or digital, it is a misnomer 
>>> to say “analog film” or “digital film” - please just say film.
>>> - Pip Chodorov
>>>
>>>
>>>>> On Jun 11, 2022, at 1:33 PM, Julian Antos <[email protected]> 
>>>>> wrote:
>>>> We're very pleased to announce our call for entries for CELLULOID NOW, a 
>>>> four day showcase of recent work and archival rediscoveries presented on 
>>>> analog film. More info below!
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