Well what is your exhibition strategy? Festivals? Galleries? YouTube? Touring
the country with a hand cranked projector? If your body of work is all film
finishes then you could argue for that as part of your artistic practice.
Everyone loves a film print but its quite a luxury. Small festivals
can't project them, and there is the additional cost of shipping prints.
Unless you're famous enough that people show your work sight unseen, you'll
need an HD copy for distributing screeners on DVD/Blue Ray or via the internet.
Review your past screenings and see what type of formats those places are
accepting today.
If you have the budget I would get a 16mm finish and scan that to HD. Because
of the huge size of 35mm projectors and the fact most are getting scrapped in
the HD conversion I think 16mm prints will have a longer practical life because
the projectors are small and affordable. At the very least you could project
16mm in your own living room! Or at least that is what I tell myself to justify
the 16mm prints collecting dust in my closet.
John Woods
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From: ev petrol <epetr...@yahoo.com>
To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com>
Sent: Monday, September 3, 2012 8:15:09 AM
Subject: [Frameworks] finishing on 35mm vs 16mm vs HD?
hey folks
applying for a grant that asks for an exhibition strategy; I'd thought of
budgeting to finish on 35mm but they suggested that might limit the exhibition
potential of the film ... have a feeling that might apply to 16mm as well &
maybe I should budget to finish on HD (sigh) if I want to convince them to
cough up
what do you think?
cheers moira
moiratierney.net
vimeo.com/moiratierney
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