Thanks to everyone who replied here! This is all super duper helpful and gives us a more clearly defined starting point. Going to give it some more thought as we mull over all the ideas/examples, etc. and I will follow up with our chosen path.
Any more input/advice is most welcome! Sincerely, John Davis On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 3:11 PM Albert Alcoz <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello John, > > Some other films that could be interesting for the color separation > experiment are *Colour Separation* by Chris Welsby > <https://lightcone.org/en/film-1532-colour-separation> and, as Eric > Theise suggested, Tomonari Nishikawa's *45 7 Broadway* > <https://vimeo.com/117525190>. > > In 2015 I did an Ektachrome reversal super 8 film playing with different > colour filters. It was a freestyle procedure though and here are some > frames of the outcome: *Color Spectrum > <http://www.albertalcoz.com/2015/05/espectro-cromatico.html>*. > > Best, > Albert > > On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 8:24 PM Jeff Kreines <[email protected]> wrote: > >> If you’re shooting under artificial light consider using cycled R G B LED >> lights instead of filters. Less light loss and less heat to melt the ice. >> >> Jeff Kreines >> Kinetta >> [email protected] >> kinetta.com >> >> Sent from iPhone. >> >> On Mar 15, 2023, at 1:11 PM, Eric Theise <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >> Hi John, >> >> Since Andre mentioned the Cantrills, I will say that their Waterfall is >> perhaps my favorite color separation film. But more recently, there was Ben >> River's sloth film, Now, At Last! <https://vimeo.com/320467431>, and I >> believe Tomonari Nishikawa has made more than one. I doubt he's on >> Frameworks but I've always found him to be a friendly problem solver so you >> might want to reach out to him: >> >> https://www.tomonarinishikawa.com/contact.html >> >> Eric >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 15, 2023 at 11:59 AM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> The films of The Cantrills in a desert of Australia.Time,colour, >>> separations. >>> >>> >>> ----- Mail d’origine ----- >>> De: John Davis <[email protected]> >>> À: Experimental Film Discussion List <[email protected]> >>> Cc: Renée Delores <[email protected]> >>> Envoyé: Wed, 15 Mar 2023 18:05:44 +0100 (CET) >>> Objet: [Frameworks] Color separation experiment >>> >>> Hello Frameworkers, >>> >>> I am collaborating with, and writing on behalf of a friend who wants to >>> make a film using Ektachrome that will attempt to create a motion/color >>> separation effect. Here are her words: >>> >>> "I am seeking advice for shooting a three color separation in 16mm with >>> Ektachrome color reversal film. >>> >>> >>> The film will document three fixed-position nearly identical ice blocks >>> with embedded plant materials. I plan to shoot on the same film reels >>> doing >>> three consecutive passes, each pass documenting the three ice blocks as >>> they disintegrate. Using an Intervalometer for time-lapse, I am thinking >>> I >>> would need to use three different filters/gels to isolate the colors for >>> each pass as the ice melts and the trapped matter/water fall out of >>> alignment. Any advice/experience with a process like this would be much >>> appreciated. >>> >>> >>> Some questions are: >>> >>> >>> 1. What RGB gels/filters would be recommended to filter out corresponding >>> colors and produce the positive RGB color separation effect? >>> >>> 2. As Ektachrome is a reversal film, would I use the complementary >>> filters >>> for red (cyan), green (magenta) and blue (yellow)? Or should I be doing >>> the >>> opposite? >>> >>> >>> With the understanding there will need to be light tests, etc, any >>> additional advice on aperture compensation relative to a triple exposure >>> (with gels) would be much appreciated." >>> >>> >>> Sincerely, >>> >>> >>> John Davis >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Frameworks mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> >>> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >>> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> >> -- >> Frameworks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >> > > > -- > http://albertalcoz.com/ <http://www.albertalcoz.com/> > -- > Frameworks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mail.film-gallery.org/mailman/listinfo/frameworks_film-gallery.org >
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