I think using a razor blade to cut magnetic audio tape in a splicing block. Don’t know the timeline of those.
Sandy McLennan > On Apr 20, 2020, at 4:33 AM, "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Hi. First of all i’m sending love from the UK in these strange times. > > I have some questions about tools used for cutting film - and the invention > of the film splicer. > > i’ve just found a patent online from Kodak dated 1923-6 for a film splicer, > does anyone know anymore about the introduction of splicers to cutting > rooms/film editing? > > I know that scissors were used before splicers were invented and continue to > be used in some cases - In Man with a Movie Camera Elizaveta Svilova is shown > cutting film using scissors, and more recently in Fragments of Kubelka Peter > Kubelka is shown cutting film with scissors. > > But were razor blades ever used? Computer editing programmes often use the > razor blade as the ‘cut’ icon but is this actually inaccurate? > > I’m interested to know people’s preferred cutting tools and > experience/knowledge of anything used other than a splicer. > > All best, > > Mary > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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