I have had the film on rewinds and it is a four frame rhythm per each focal length. As farnas i can remember there is at least two mistakes that i notice while watching it projected.
Brian On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Steve Polta <[email protected]> wrote: > I do believe there is a title card on the film. "Serene Velocity" written > in pen on a piece of paper and photographed, placed long before the images > start. Ernie Gehr was a professor of mine and once explained that he added > titles like this because, while he would prefer that they not be part of > the film (or the experience or whatever) he was sick of projectionists who > would cut off his films' leaders--thinking that the black parts before and > after the film parts didn't matter--and splice them too close to other films > that might be ganged onto a reel with his. So the title card (if there is > one) is a buffer. He also mentioned to me once that a four-frame rhythm was > the goal/score/script/whatever he used to structure *Serene Velocity* in > its shooting but also that he had made "mistakes" in its shooting, with the > result that not every "shot" in the film came out as exactly four frames. > Yes no kidding. I've never counted... > > Steve > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Jorge Lorenzo Flores Garza < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> The film has no titles. Ernie Gehr said the film didn't need them. >> As to the frames, I think he has mentioned that every stage in the zoom >> lens was set to four frames, but I could be wrong. >> >> Cheers. >> >> > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:03:49 -0700 >> > From: [email protected] >> > To: [email protected] >> > Subject: [Frameworks] serene velocity >> >> > >> > Hello frameworkers, >> > >> > Two questions re: Ernie Gehr's Serene Velocity. >> > >> > anyone out there--researchers/preservationists--undertaken the >> > mundane task of doing frame counts? >> > are there any titles or credits on the film? >> > >> > Thanks in advance. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing the film in >> > the past decade. >> > >> > Eric >> > _______________________________________________ >> > FrameWorks mailing list >> > [email protected] >> > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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