Re: [Frameworks] spools, reels and rolls

2020-04-23 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
two-reeler, five-reeler, etc. to describe the length of a theatrically released silent film. spool: I think this is simply the British-English equivalent of the first "reel" definition above. - I'm interested to see how others make their distinctions among these terms. Lawrence

Re: [Frameworks] 1. when was the film splicer invented? (mstark...@gmail.com)

2020-04-23 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
read! Lawrence "Buck" Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On 4/23/2020 9:16 AM, mstark...@gmail.com wrote: Many thanks for that George

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak Model A

2019-03-17 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hi Sherman, In case no one has ideas here, try the AMIA listserve: https://amianet.org/engage/amia-l-listserv/ A member there borrowed a restored/repaired Model A a couple of years ago and shot some film. I got to crank it as well - what a gorgeous camera! -Buck Bito - Movette On Sun, March 17

Re: [Frameworks] Lee's Camera in London, England

2018-04-13 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hey Alain, It looks like folks on film-tech were mourning its demise in 2011: http://8mmforum.film-tech.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=1;t=006013 There are lots of UK folks on that forum that may know alternatives... -Buck On Fri, April 13, 2018 3:19 pm, 16mm Directory wrote: >

Re: [Frameworks] Pre paid processing?

2017-06-06 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
ections/film-stock-and-processing -Buck Bito Lawrence "Buck" Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On Tue, June 6, 2017 9:03 am, Jon Behre

Re: [Frameworks] Optical soundtracts at Colorlab - all good?

2016-09-23 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hi Lyra, I have no experience with ColorLab's optical sound, but this page from Gibbs Chapman may have the parameters you're looking for: http://www.gibbschapman.com/non.opti.htm -Buck Bito Lawrence "Buck" Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia

Re: [Frameworks] leads for research on USIA and avant-garde film?

2016-07-29 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
-l.html -Good luck, --Sincerely, ---Buck Bito - Movette Film Transfer www.movettefilm.com On Fri, July 29, 2016 10:13 am, Ben Ogrodnik wrote: > Hi all, > I'm interested in conducting a bit of research on the film-related > activities of the United States Information Agency (USIA) during

Re: [Frameworks] Resources on history of 16mm technology

2016-07-13 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
terforhomemovies.org/scholarship/ -Buck Bito - Movette Film Transfer On Wed, July 13, 2016 8:11 am, Kim Knowles wrote: > Hi there Frameworkers, > > > I wonder if anyone can help: I'm writing about the use of 16mm in > experimental filmmaking of the 1970s and am looking for texts t

Re: [Frameworks] codecs

2016-05-04 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
of the Prores. -Sincerely, --Buck Bito - Movette Film Transfer On Wed, May 4, 2016 5:56 pm, Gene Youngblood wrote: > Friends, > I have on a hard drive two different encodings of a program I downloaded > from Link TV. One codec is Apple ProRes 422 (100 GB), the other is H.264 > (3.52

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm Double perf clear leader

2016-05-03 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
) * 100 long perf: 0.3" short perf: 0.2994" 0.3 - 0.2994 / (0.3 + 0.2994)/2 * 100 = 0.2% So I think the correct difference is 0.2%. -Sincerely, ---Buck Bito Lawrence "Buck" Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-5

Re: [Frameworks] Youngblood & Kuchar

2016-04-15 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Almost Gene... Here is the link with the missing "s" added: http://sfai.edu/events-calendar/detail/tarnished-angel-the-diaries-of-george-kuchar -Thanks! On Fri, April 15, 2016 11:28 am, Gene Youngblood wrote: > Sorry about the mistake in previous post. Here's the announcement of my >

Re: [Frameworks] Conrad and Kuchar

2016-04-15 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Gene, Please send a link to your SFAI event. I cannot find it on the sfai.edu website and your link below is a second link to filmcomment. -Thanks, --Buck Bito On Fri, April 15, 2016 7:00 am, Gene Youngblood wrote: > For Frameworkers in general, an interview with Tony Conrad in Artforum: > ... >

Re: [Frameworks] DPI

2015-07-01 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
will be 1 inch wide on the phone and almost 11 inches wide on the TV. -Hope that helps, --Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com

Re: [Frameworks] b w archival film bright yellow?

2015-05-08 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
/Chronology_Of_Film/index.htm ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On Fri, May 8, 2015 6:17 pm, Caryn Cline wrote

Re: [Frameworks] URGENT: Peter Forgacs Contact ASAP

2015-03-03 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hey KPR, He has a published email on his website and that is what he pointed me to when I spoke with him at CJM: Contact: i...@forgacspeter.hu From here: http://www.forgacspeter.hu/english/documents/Contact/2 ---Buck Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA

Re: [Frameworks] 35mm / 16mm hot splicer question

2015-02-08 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hi Scott, The 35 pins on a 1635 splicer are always up, but from your photos, someone physically yanked them out of your splicer. The buttons are for raising and lowering the 16 pins. -Sorry for the bad news, ---Buck Lawrence 'Buck' Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St, San Francisco

Re: [Frameworks] 35mm / 16mm hot splicer question

2015-02-08 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
. Here's the index of available manuals: http://www.apecity.com/manuals/ and a direct link to the Maier-Hancock manual: http://www.apecity.com/manuals/pdf/maier-hancock_portable_hot_splicer_instructions.pdf -Good luck! ---Buck Lawrence 'Buck' Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St, San

Re: [Frameworks] 35mm / 16mm hot splicer question

2015-02-08 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hi Scott, Check the manual I linked to. You setup the film that will be on the right side on the left side's pins and then clamp it for the cut. ---Buck Lawrence 'Buck' Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St, San Francisco, CA 94110 Open Tuesday through Saturday: Tues. and Thurs.: 8-6

Re: [Frameworks] films on film-making/unfinished films

2014-10-09 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hi Suyash, Joel DeMott (and 'our own' Jeff Kreines): Demon Lover Diary (1980) ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com

Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 camera BROKE!!!!!

2014-08-20 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
to condensation when brought into a humid environment. It has been suggested that cartridges should be removed from a refrigerator a day or two prior to shooting to allow time to equalize... -Good luck! ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 415

Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 camera BROKE!!!!!

2014-08-20 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
, ben.weinst...@mindspring.com wrote: I tryed 3 different cartridges and they all did the same thing -Original Message- From: Buck Bito - Movette b...@movettefilm.com Sent: Aug 20, 2014 7:10 PM To: Experimental Film Discussion List frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com Subject: Re: [Frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] super 8 viewer telecine??

2014-07-23 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
a DSLR with a mecahnical shutter you will use up a minimum of 43,200 (number of frames in 600' of S8) actuations on the DSLR. So you may end up wearing out an expensive camera saving money on scanning - most Canon DSLRs are rated at 100,000 to 300,000 actuations. -Good luck! ---Buck Bito - Movette

Re: [Frameworks] digitize shrunk 16mm magnetic sound/cordbänder

2014-07-21 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
, ---Buck Bito - Movette Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On Mon, July 21, 2014 1:46 am, Mag.art. Nadine Taschler wrote: I have 3x 16mm magnetic soundtracks that have

Re: [Frameworks] Fomapan

2014-03-28 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hi Steven, I haven't confirmed, but Yale in Burbank still lists it on their processing page: Adox, Fomapan, Orwo: $17.00 http://yalefilmandvideo.com/filmprocessing8mm.php?expandable=2 -Buck Bito - Movette Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia

Re: [Frameworks] Weapons and the military in avant-garde cinema?

2014-01-28 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On Tue, January 28, 2014 12:49 pm, John McAndrew wrote: Can anyone on FrameWorks offer

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm film rentals

2013-12-02 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
/default.html ...or you can buy beatup library prints pretty cheap from thrift stores, craigslist, sometimes ebay, etc... -Good luck! ---Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat

Re: [Frameworks] regular 8mm film processing question

2013-11-08 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 *** CLOSED 11/28/13 through 12/2/13 *** www.movettefilm.com On Fri, November 8, 2013 9:13 am, Charles Chadwick wrote: Hey

Re: [Frameworks] regular 8mm film processing question

2013-11-08 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
money to a random address and get nothing back. Yale says the b+w 8mm stock's been discontinued... -charles On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 9:29 AM, Buck Bito - Movette b...@movettefilm.comwrote: Hi Charles, Yale does great work (although I hate their recent, printed leaders) and I don't think

Re: [Frameworks] regular 8mm film processing question

2013-11-08 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
True enough, just please don't slit it yourself unless you have a lot of practice (with good results) or have no intention to project or scan it ;-) -We have seen lots of poorly slit 8mm and it is not fun to work with! ---Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110

Re: [Frameworks] Mad Dance Film Trilogy in Portland, 10/13

2013-10-12 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
This trilogy just premiered at the Exploratorium in concert with San Francisco Cinematheque and it was a spot-on beautiful/ugly/aspirational/depressing/scary/joyous show - Go See It! ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 www.movettefilm.com

Re: [Frameworks] Tri-X Super 8 in the UK

2013-10-10 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Wow, sorry to hear this, I hope that isn't a coming issue here state-side. I haven't called Kodak about direct sales, but Yale and Spectra (reselling labs) still advertise USD $17 / $18 so no big jump here yet... ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San

Re: [Frameworks] Subtitle Font Suggestions

2013-06-27 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
- so be sure you're onboard with that type of glyph. Of course many serif fonts would provide more lyricism, but I'm assuming you are looking for sans-serif. -Good luck on your current project, ---Buck Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer *NEW LOCATION* 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110

Re: [Frameworks] Feet of 16mm film

2013-06-24 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hi Matt, 16mm / 20minutes: 720' @ 24fps (36'/min.) 540' @ 18fps (27'/min.) 480' @ 16fps (24'/min.) Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4

Re: [Frameworks] a question about negative film stock for s-8mm

2013-05-22 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
a search return from Vimeo for Super-8 100D that looks a lot better in the skies although I've seen even much nicer 100D footage: http://vimeo.com/4530359 -Sorry I don't have better solutions for you, but I'll wish you good luck with your project! --Sincerely, ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette

Re: [Frameworks] a question about negative film stock for s-8mm

2013-05-22 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer *NEW LOCATION* 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed+Fri: 9-6, Sat: 10-4 www.movettefilm.com On Wed, May 22, 2013 4:54 pm, Marco Poloni wrote: Hi Buck, Thanks so much about your

Re: [Frameworks] ESC bulbs

2013-05-09 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
: CC6 fil.res.: 2.31 ohm m.o.l.: 1.75 inch (44.5MM) cri: 99 color temp: 3400 http://1000bulbs.com/search/?q=ejl ---Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer *NEW LOCATION* 1407 Valencia St. San Francisco, CA 94110 (Valencia at 25th St.) 415-558-8815 Open Tuesday - Saturday Tue+Thu: 8-6, Wed

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm reels cans in San Francisco

2013-01-09 Thread Buck Bito - Movette
Hi Pablo, We're a scanning house and not much of a supplies shop, but we do have scads of new gray Tayloreel 400' plastic 16 reels in cardboard boxes (no cans) for $4.50 a pop if you don't find what you need from Action Camera or Oddball -Buck Bito Lawrence Buck Bito Movette Film Transfer *NEW