Hi Jimmy, It could be that the ‘takes’ are not long enough for the spool to take-up the slack so that the loose film then accumulates … or there is something wrong with the take-up spool or drive of your camera.
Rob > On 10 Oct 2019, at 14:17, jimmyschaus1 . <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Recently I've been experimenting with doing lots of exposures using the > rewind crank on the bolex, combined with pixelation. Specifically, a few > "base layers" of pixelation, alternating exposed and black frames, then > rewinding and doing that again 3 more times. Then rewinding again and fading > in on top of that more exposures, but just regular shooting, continuous > takes, usually just shooting the length of the full wind. I think I did > around 4 or 5 full rewinds, and an additional 4 partial rewinds to reach > specific places in the roll. > > ...and after what I thought was finally getting all the film onto the take up > reel, I open the camera to find the dreaded film "spaghetti". I'm going to > develop some of what I managed to salvage from getting too overexposed when I > opened the camera, but I don't have high hopes. > > Just wondering if anyone on here has experience experimenting with lots of > exposures on the bolex, and if you've been able to discern any sort of "upper > limit" before things just get too out of hand, if its feasible that such a > limit even exists (for who knows the exact cause of the malfunction, could > have nothing at all to do with all the rewinds). I've shot many films with > double and triple exposures before with success, but I don't think I've ever > stressed the camera so hard as this past time, perhaps also due to all the > pixelation? I want to try the experiment again but thought I'd seek some > wisdom out there before diving back in. > > thank you, > an icarus too close to the sun, > Jimmy > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks _______________________________________________ FrameWorks mailing list [email protected] https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
