[Frameworks] new short cut-out animation
Hello Frameworkers, I am happy to share a new short 3 minute cut-out animation, featuring a story from the amazing political revolutionary Queen Mother Moore. Pearl Pistols, - https://vimeo.com/106494974 Cheers, Kelly Gallagher ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Bolex EL Power question
The only kind of battery that comes as one big singular thing is Sealed Lead Aci d, essentially a miniu-version of a car battery. Yes. All of the Bescor belts I have seen were either AGM lead-acid batteries or gel-cell lead-acid batteries. They are heavy, but cheap and very difficult to damage. However, they charge in a very different way than NiCds and NiMH batteries, you will want to replace them with newer lead-acid types which won't cost much. As far as replacing NiCd types with NiMH types, you can do this if you are only trickle charging, but the high-rate NiCd chargers will rapidly destroy the NiMH batteries. The NiMH batteries are a lot higher capacity and have higher peak current too, but they are also less rugged than the NiCd types. If you put NiMH cells into the battery pack of a CP-16 for instance, the rather crude Cinema Products charger will wreck them pretty quickly. On the other hand, they'll be fine in a Scoopic with the slow charger. --scott ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Bolex EL Power question
Thanks all for your suggestions. I had the battery fully charged yesterday and tried to run the camera. The camera would not pull a 100 ft roll of film. I just heard a clicking sound sort of like a Rex5 doing single frames. However, the camera was on 18fps. This morning I plug in the battery once more and the camera lite indicated no charge. So it appears to be a batery issue. I have not used this camera in more than two years. I never realized that a NiCad battery would just go bad when not used often. I guess its like a battery in a car going bad if not turned over in a long time. Is that correct and forgive my ignorance. I am just not up to speed, so to speak, with electronics. Dominic On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Scott Dorsey klu...@panix.com wrote: What does the charge meter do when you turn the camera on? Don't worry about what it does when the camera isn't rolling, worry about what it does when the motor is on. If you have left that AGM battery on the shelf for a year or two without keeping it charged, it will be time to replace it. --scott ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] Would anyone happen to have a JK Optical 16mm printing module for sale?
Seeking this item on behalf of a friend's conversion project. Cheers! ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] Bolex EL Power question
If you're not using the camera often, you can power it from a 12V lantern battery available everywhere for around $15. They are not rechargeable but rated at 7Ah, so you have plenty of power for hours and hours of running. Jean-Louis On 2014-09-19, at 11:40 AM, Dominic Angerame wrote: Thanks all for your suggestions. I had the battery fully charged yesterday and tried to run the camera. The camera would not pull a 100 ft roll of film. I just heard a clicking sound sort of like a Rex5 doing single frames. However, the camera was on 18fps. This morning I plug in the battery once more and the camera lite indicated no charge. So it appears to be a batery issue. I have not used this camera in more than two years. I never realized that a NiCad battery would just go bad when not used often. I guess its like a battery in a car going bad if not turned over in a long time. Is that correct and forgive my ignorance. I am just not up to speed, so to speak, with electronics. Dominic On Thu, Sep 18, 2014 at 6:50 PM, Scott Dorsey klu...@panix.com wrote: What does the charge meter do when you turn the camera on? Don't worry about what it does when the camera isn't rolling, worry about what it does when the motor is on. If you have left that AGM battery on the shelf for a year or two without keeping it charged, it will be time to replace it. --scott ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] TONIGHT! Jonas Mekas presents 12! BIG NAMES! by George Maciunas at Microscope in Brooklyn
FRI 9/19, 12! BIG NAMES! By George Maciunas presented by Jonas Mekas, doors 7pm Admission $6 (Free for those who are Microscope Event Series Members) Microscope Gallery is extremely excited to launch the start of our 2014-2015 Weekly Event Series with a rare projection of the slide projection piece “12! BIG NAMES!” by George Maciunas, Fluxus founding member and central figure. The work will be presented by Jonas Mekas whose Cinematheque at 80 Wooster Street was where the piece was first shown on April 21, 1976. *“12! BIG NAMES!” was a critique of his [George’s] colleague artists whom he considered as becoming more interested in building up their names than their art … The first projection was silent, except for the exuberant reactions of the audience which were recorded by Larry Miller and run during some of the following projections as a soundtrack. – JM* The “12 Big Names” are Yoko Ono, Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Wolf Vostell, Phil Glass, Michael Snow, Bruce Nauman, Les Levine, Vito Acconci, Piero Manzoni, Klaus Rinke, and Allan Kaprow. A special slide surprise will end the event. PLEASE NOTE OUR NEW ADDRESS: 1329 Willoughby Ave, #2b (btwn Wyckoff St. Nicholas) Brooklyn, NY 11237 Jefferson L (exit Starr Street) 347.925.1433 i...@microscopegallery.com www.microscopegallery.com ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
[Frameworks] 35mm workprint from super 16?
Hello list, Will any labs do a 35mm color workprint from a super 16 negative at rate comparable to that of a 35mm workprint from 35mm neg? Just trying to do a little camera test and the rates that I'm seeing are all for timed answer prints, which I don't need at the moment. Thanks! Julian -- Julian Antos Northwest Chicago Film Society www.northwestchicagofilmsociety.org 773 827 8991 ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] 35mm workprint from super 16?
On Fri, Sep 19, 2014 at 4:05 PM, Julian Antos jul...@northwestchicagofilmsociety.org wrote: Will any labs do a 35mm color workprint from a super 16 negative at rate comparable to that of a 35mm workprint from 35mm neg? Just trying to do a little camera test and the rates that I'm seeing are all for timed answer prints, which I don't need at the moment. Last time I checked, there was only one place I could find that would do a direct super 16 negative to 35mm estar print, without going the IP/IN route, and that was Metropolis. I don't think Metro is doing traditional optical work anymore. The price was around $9K. There is a film recorder called the Piql (used to be the Cinevator) that allows you to go from DI to 35mm estar print. Of course you have to have a digital file (DI), which assumes you scanned the negative. The only place I know of in North American that has one of these is Technicolor, and their Piql is not set-up to go DI direct to 35mm print. You could try Janice at Cinema Arts or Dick at Film Technology to see if they can do a direct blow-up, but the price will likely be as much as Metropolis if not higher. I think LIFT has an optical camera for blow-ups? You could fly/drive up to Toronto and use their camera for the price of the room plus stock. Gibbs Chapman in SF had an optical camera from ILM that he was setting up. You might contact Gibbs and see if he is providing this service. Alain -- 40 FRAMES Portland, Oregon USA +1 503 231 6548 www.40frames.org www.16mmdirectory.org ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] 35mm workprint from super 16?
Why do this? I don't think anyone is set up anymore to do direct blow ups from 16mm originals to 35mm prints, timed or untimed. So you are probably going to be paying for two intermediates, one print, and a setup fee for the optical printer (unless they do so many blowups that they have one just sitting around already set up, which is unlikely today). BUT... if you get a straight untimed workprint, a lot of labs are able to open up the gate so that they can expose the sound track area and give you a genuine super-16 print. You can project this on various 16mm projectors with interchangeable aperture plates (like the Kinotons) or on a modified 16mm classroom projector with the gate filed out. The modification is not a difficult one. If you absolutely have to have a blowup, a lot of labs would probably be willing to do it untimed for a little bit less money, but the timing cost is really not a substantial part of the blowup cost any more. Who were the guys who used to advertise in American Cinematographer with the full page ad saying Blow Up Your Mother! years ago? They used to do direct blow-ups back then... --scott ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
