Thanks for the suggestion Dave. After catching a recent wonderful show of films by Nathaniel Dorsky at ‘sacred’ speed I’m inclined to show it at 18fps.
Best, Scott Sent from my iPad > On Sep 2, 2026, at 9:11 PM, Dave Tetzlaff <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I have no knowledge re: that particular film, but IIRC Frampton made at least > one orher silent film I've seen shot at 'silent speed', and apparently > intended to be projected at that speed, but it might have been 16fps. I don't > remember what film though, and it might not even have been Frampton... My > (limited, in truth) experience with work from that era is that you can only > guarantee 24fps is the intended speed if It has an optical track, or the > maker left explicit instructions. > > However, one thing that characterizes the exhibition of 16mm prints is a high > degree of variability and even randomness. The environments of screening > spaces vary dramatically, as do the conditions of prints, and, honestly the > conditions of projectors. Each projection is a unique specific 'text', > involving choices by the projectionist. My suggestion: embrace that. If you > have a two speed projector - like an old Pageant maybe - preview it at both > speeds and choose whichever you think makes the piece more interesting. Which > might depend on those other variables... > -- > 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
