[Frameworks] Video Preservation Workshop at VSW

[Tara Nelson]

Dear Frameworks,

For those of you who are interested in the past, present and future of
magnetic media, I encourage you to sign up for this workshop at Visual
Studies Workshop in Rochester, NY:

Would you like to learn more about video and magnetic media preservation?
Join us for an afternoon workshop with Morgan Morel, Preservation Manager
at the Bay Area Video Coalition  in San Francisco.
Morgan will discuss current methods for transferring old video formats such
as mini DV, Hi8, Beta, VHS, Umatic and 1/2″ Open Reel Video, and
demonstrate the current digitization workflow being implemented in VSW’s
new Media Conversion Lab. Participants may bring a video of their own to
convert to a digital file (15 minutes or less).

Seating is limited.  Tickets can be purchased in advance through the VSW
Bookstore :
http://bookstore.vsw.org/product/video-preservation-workshop

You can see examples of magnetic media from the VSW Video collection here:
http://www.vsw.org/collections/watch-portable-channel-videos/


Tara Merenda Nelson
Curator of Moving Image Collections
Visual Studies Workshop Rochester, NY
taranel...@vsw.org
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Re: [Frameworks] multiple exposures on bolex

[Rob Gawthrop]

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 .  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
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[Frameworks] multiple exposures on bolex

[jimmyschaus1 .]

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
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