Re: [Frameworks] Dance films

2011-09-02 Thread David Tetzlaff
A problem with 'dance films' is that dancers and choreographers don't much like film. They're always looking for film/video folks to shoot 'documentation'. They want to see the whole body, they want to see the whole pattern of choreography, they don't want the time and space they've so carefully

Re: [Frameworks] The Synopsis Project seeks collaborators

2011-09-19 Thread David Tetzlaff
Are you familiar with Roger Beebe's 'The World According to Tommy'? It has some similarities to your project, and you might want to take a look at it. In thinking about Roger's piece, the one thing that strikes me about your idea is that it seems you'll only have one maker per synopsis, thus mis

Re: [Frameworks] Forbes editorial about Kodak

2011-10-04 Thread David Tetzlaff
What's important about the Forbes piece is not the precise details (Kodak Park may not be shuttered, but it was more or less a ghost town as of 5 or 6 years ago), but the fact that a major business publication is looking at Kodak's stock collapse as a sign of 'the end.' Forbes is not going to pr

Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 Frame Size question

2011-10-04 Thread David Tetzlaff
> I thought film was 4:3 just like SD video... Wikipedia is your friend. The page below lists the gate sizes and both the aspect ratio of the recorded image AND the aspect ratio as projected for more film gauges than I ever knew existed: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_formats The o

Re: [Frameworks] Forbes editorial about Kodak

2011-10-05 Thread David Tetzlaff
Having, somewhat regrettably, dropped what was probably the first Frameworks f-bomb directed at Aaron F. Ross last June, I am nevertheless (hypocritically, I'll admit) disheartened by the devolution of this thread in schoolyard ad hominem cursing. I think it's time to just stop feeding the troll

Re: [Frameworks] 16 and/or Super 8 viewers?

2011-10-05 Thread David Tetzlaff
For Super 8 a Minette, and for 16mm a Moviscop. These are the 'standard' quality models - the 'Bolex's of the breed, if you will. They don't scratch film (if you keep them clean). YOU might scratch the film while using them, but that's not the viewer's fault. The most important thing with movin

Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 Frame Size question

2011-10-07 Thread David Tetzlaff
> Could you explain a few term to me that you used in your message, this would > be extremely helpful for future reference. Although I got the gist of there > meanings some clarification would be awesome: > > Vertical Masking Dunno if that's a standard term, just my description for something t

Re: [Frameworks] Pedal Powered Phenakistoscope

2011-10-07 Thread David Tetzlaff
I can't really tell how the device works exactly from the stills or video. It appears that the large pedal driven disc is merely a shutter, and the video camera looks through the shutter to something on the other side, and then the video projector displays that image on the screen in front of th

Re: [Frameworks] Pac Lab

2014-09-23 Thread David Tetzlaff
"One of the students got Super 8 processed at some random photo place in the middle of Brooklyn." They almost certainly just shipped it out, probably to Pac Lab. On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 12:28 PM, Jay Hudson wrote: > Funny thing is, when I was working at Millennium, one of the students of > the

Re: [Frameworks] tableau vivante : experimental film and single frames

2014-10-06 Thread David Tetzlaff
Rebekka: It would help if you could explain your ideas some, e.g. > I am particularly interested in any examples of filmmakers that were > investigating the tableau vivant as a reference to a film frame and not to > a painting. > What characteristics do you imagine any such references might displ

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

2014-10-09 Thread David Tetzlaff
Living In Oblivion: the makers don't play themselves, but at least some of the characters are based on the makers. One P. M. (Leacock, Pennebaker, Godard) Then there's the whole genre of documentaries beginning with a set-up of the makers stating an (ostensible) intent to make a certain kind of f

Re: [Frameworks] Digital -- was Re: 16mm camera repair & parts

2011-10-20 Thread David Tetzlaff
Sandra Maliga wrote: > The aesthetics and techniques of > film and photography can be taught using digital equipment. And Jeff Kreines replied: > Well, no. Well, yes and no... Everything Jeff says about the tendencies of the tools is true. But a tool is just a tool, and in teaching, you c

Re: [Frameworks] Digital -- was Re: 16mm camera repair & parts

2011-10-20 Thread David Tetzlaff
> I can't tell you how many "media professionals" I've worked with who press > the record button on the 7D > and then proceed to tweak lighting or chose a different frame. Meanwhile, > cast and crew are standing around twiddling their thumbs, anticipating a > decision but without any real hope o

Re: [Frameworks] 16:9 vs 4:3

2011-10-20 Thread David Tetzlaff
For anyone over, say, 21, and under 50, I'd bet 4:3 means first and foremost 'TV' and widescreen means 'movies.' So I'd guess what's going on is that people like things that remind them of movies and dislike things that remind them of TV. ? On Oct 20, 2011, at 8:25 AM, Kevin Timmins wrote:

Re: [Frameworks] Make shift lighting-installing a dimmer to work lights.

2011-10-28 Thread David Tetzlaff
The only real reason for dimmers is to perform light cues, as in a stage production. To simply adjust intensity on the subject, just move the lamps closer or farther and let the inverse square law adjust the illumination. If you need to have less bright lighting in a fixed smaller space, the eas

Re: [Frameworks] DIY Super 8 telecine

2011-11-01 Thread David Tetzlaff
There are several problems with DIY Super8 telecine. If you have a standard S8 projector, it runs at 18fps, which just doesn't divide into 24, 25, 30, 50 or 60 very well. So you get flicker as one video frame will have less illumination than the next due to the projector shutter being open and c

Re: [Frameworks] I can´t sleep

2011-11-04 Thread David Tetzlaff
There are two good docos about call centers in India, where the workers keep odd night schedules: Sonali Gulati: Nalini by Day, Nancy by Night Ashim Ahluwalia: John and Jane Very different in style and POV, so not redundant. Also, the guy whose rampage is the subject of the excellent doc "Cul

Re: [Frameworks] Lawrence Brose court case

2011-11-09 Thread David Tetzlaff
What is it with Buffalo? Does the lake effect snow drive people mad? I'm surprised Brose's site does not mention the case of Buffalo artists Steve Kurtz, of the Critical Art Ensemble who was charged with terrorism under the Patriot Act for possessing some harmless microbes he used in his bio-art

Re: [Frameworks] ELF SL1 SOUND FUSE LOCATION

2011-11-09 Thread David Tetzlaff
> There must be another one Not necessarily. The main 5A fuse probably covers the whole power supply, and the audio amp is probably powered by a DC tap off of that. So it wouldn't need it's own fuse (as it probably doesn't have it's own PS). If there was a fuse, other than the ones accessible o

Re: [Frameworks] Travelogues

2011-11-11 Thread David Tetzlaff
Belaboring the obvious, I suppose, but I don't think anyone has mentioned 'Sans Soleil' yet, (or 'Letter From Siberia' though AFAIK it's not ion distribution). ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.c

Re: [Frameworks] 35mm film will be dead by 2015 and News Corp

2011-11-22 Thread David Tetzlaff
Sounds painful, but of only limited relevance to the larger issue at hand. You haven't experienced real projection hell until you've sat though a feature projected from a color-faded 16mm print with a malfunctioning arc-lamp lightsource -- which is how I first saw 'The Third Generation' (great f

Re: [Frameworks] Movies w/girls fighting

2011-11-28 Thread David Tetzlaff
> also of interest, women fighting in general. The opening of Fuller's 'Naked Kiss' (woman/man, not woman/woman, but amazing as filmmaking and gender representation) several with women in fight competition: The Next Karate Kid Girl Fight Million Dollar Baby The whole 'babe's kick ass' subgenre

Re: [Frameworks] Digitizing Super 8

2011-12-30 Thread David Tetzlaff
> I have posted up here about a DIY HD telecine option with my 550D and still > plan on building it but am swamped with work at the moment. In my experience DIY telecine can work really well if the projector and camera are running at the same frame rate. Specifically, I've shot film projected fr

Re: [Frameworks] Re-authored Imagery Culled from Commercial DVDs

2012-01-05 Thread David Tetzlaff
The key here is this quote from just below the lead: > taking photographs from a book about Rastafarians and using them without > permission to create the collages and a series of paintings based on them, > which quickly sold for serious money even by today’s gilded art-world > standards: almos

[Frameworks] Filmo

2012-01-05 Thread David Tetzlaff
OK, I checked the 70DR for speed and it was right on within the limits of my test method. (I have some marked slug, and I roll 30 seconds off. I start and stop the shutter manually by watching the clock, so it's not exact. Then I check to see how much film went through the gate. I did it twice

[Frameworks] !6mm camera info resource

2012-01-10 Thread David Tetzlaff
I've updated my little 16mm resources webpage -- http://djt16.110mb.com/ -- with the addition of some camera manuals. These are (mostly) .pdfs made from my own scans of stuff not already freely available on the web AFAIK. Specifically, I have service manuals/diagrams for Bolex H16, Filmo 70, B+

Re: [Frameworks] DVD to 16mm

2012-01-17 Thread David Tetzlaff
The old school way to do this was with a camera with a special 'TV' shutter designed to eliminate sync problems. They were used to create kinescopes, the only one I ever used was made by Auricon. As, Phil notes, though, the effect of rephotography is different with an LCD display than it is wit

Re: [Frameworks] Author Author!

2012-02-04 Thread David Tetzlaff
Ken: It would help if you could give us more detail. E.g. do the authors have to be living? (If not, PK Dick would seem essential.) If we knew who you'd already lined up it would help, as then we would have exemplars to suggest appropriate complements and/or contrasts. > It's important that t

Re: [Frameworks] Andy Warhol's SLEEP / Providence, RI / Feb 18 / Magic Lantern + RK Projects

2012-02-12 Thread David Tetzlaff
> Never mind. It looks like they are projecting at 16fps. > excellent. Actually, they're projecting it at 18fps. They have an Eiki with a silent speed pulley, which runs at 18fps, and they're borrowing my Pageant 250S for the second projector, which also has a silent speed of 18fps. (I've check

Re: [Frameworks] Andy Warhol's SLEEP / Providence, RI / Feb 18 / Magic Lantern + RK Projects

2012-02-12 Thread David Tetzlaff
> But if one is going to the trouble of presenting actual film, why not round > up a couple of the correct projectors Easier said than done. If you're screening with dual projectors for reel changes, they ought to have the same brightness and CT lamps and the same focal length lenses, no? The

Re: [Frameworks] US civil rights related films?

2012-02-13 Thread David Tetzlaff
For docs, there's 'Who Killed Vincent Chin' which is really good. 'Crisis' is a classic, though it focuses on the Kennedys implementing their civil rights program against the backlash from Southern States, not the work of the ground roots rights organizers. For inner-city folks versus the polic

[Frameworks] whoops -DELETE LAST MSG. 'projector note' (big attachment)

2012-02-13 Thread David Tetzlaff
Just accidentally sent a short individual msg. with a big image attachment to the list. Sorry. Depending on your email client, you may be able to avoid wasting bandwidth in loading that image by deleting the msg. before you open it. apologies, djt ___

[Frameworks] more on projector speeds

2012-02-13 Thread David Tetzlaff
That graphic I was sending to Josh Guilford notes an interesting feature of the Pageant 250S, which relates to the whole discussion of how projection affects the 'look' of a film, not just the duration. Almost all projectors have a 3-blade shutter, so at 16fps they flicker 48 time-per-second,

Re: [Frameworks] Wtd: Regular 8mm Guillotine splicer

2012-02-15 Thread David Tetzlaff
> You can splice reg 8 with a 16mm joiner. Once the standard-8 roll is split, after you pull the tape across on a 16mm splicer and push down the trimmer you'll have a flap of extra tape off to the side. But this is no big deal. On a lot of guillotine splicers the trimmer blades are dull or a bi

Re: [Frameworks] Rewind crank for Bolex.

2012-02-16 Thread David Tetzlaff
If you can't find one, you can make one DIY with a rotary tool (Dremel-type) or a hacksaw. Take the Bolex to the hardware store and look/ask for steel tension pins. These are little cylinders with a slot down one side. (The slot is so they can be squeezed together a bit, forced into a hole, and

Re: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)

2012-02-17 Thread David Tetzlaff
With 20-20 hindsight, we can see that the writing has been on the wall for the end of the co-op system as a sustainable form of distribution since May 10, 1975: the release date of the first practical home VCR. Co-op distribution attempts to replicate in the fine-art world the business model o

[Frameworks] What is to be done? was "canyon in the news"

2012-02-18 Thread David Tetzlaff
I genuinely hope we can have a discussion, starting with the question of 'what really matters?' I have my own thoughts, but I want to hear what other people think and see if maybe some new ideas might emerge, you know, in dialogue. Why is 'experimental film' important? Why does 'the world' need

Re: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)

2012-02-18 Thread David Tetzlaff
> I am beginning to look into the creation of (don't know what to call it) a > consortium of colleges, universities, archives, etcetera--places that want to > continue to have the option to show prints--who would, in addition to paying > rentals for screening individual films, pay an annual fee

Re: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)

2012-02-19 Thread David Tetzlaff
> Like, who's in charge? Who do you think? The upper-class family paying $60K a year to put their kid through the 'selective liberal arts college,' or the underpaid un-tenured professor who knows a college will receive a minimum of 200 applications for her position if they boot her after a thir

Re: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)

2012-02-19 Thread David Tetzlaff
> At the risk of bringing up an old issue here, I am disturbed that nowhere in > the debate is it mentioned that there is a unique aesthetic value, for many > films, to presenting them as originally intended, on film. Not true because we haven't even had a debate. I posited that we are in a mom

[Frameworks] report on 'Sleep'

2012-02-19 Thread David Tetzlaff
I went to the screening of 'Sleep' in Providence last night that has already been the subject of some discussion on this list. I figured this was my one and only chance to see this piece. I am 58, and I have never before been in the geographical proximity of a screening of it (at least that i wa

Re: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)

2012-02-19 Thread David Tetzlaff
> There are people who try to show film on film and can't, and > there are some who succeed. I did show film on film, not exclusively, but to the best I could manage. > But even when you can't, you can talk about > how the film shown on film actually looks, Of course, I did that. > and recommen

Re: [Frameworks] canyon in the news (bad news dept)

2012-02-20 Thread David Tetzlaff
> Maybe we should start throwing out all those silly old books, too. Just FYI they are throwing out "the silly old boks, too." ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] First person narrative

2012-02-23 Thread David Tetzlaff
I'm guessing from the OP that only Ferris Bueller counts as what Gene is asking for, the others being examples of interior monologues. Another question, Gene, is whether you are seeking examples of this that occur as exceptions within more conventional narrative address, or only instances that d

[Frameworks] Digital Playback for Festivals, Etc.

2012-02-24 Thread David Tetzlaff
We've discussed here before the problems faced by festivals and other exnhibitors one one hand and makers on the other, inherent in the proliferation of different digital file formats. The problems of 'how do we put it all together to play it?' and 'what kind of file should i send them?' While,

Re: [Frameworks] First person narrative

2012-02-24 Thread David Tetzlaff
> Actually to be more precise, I was thinking that CO is in the same mode > as Sunset Blvd ... which it is, but neither of them satisfies Gene's > original request, because they're in *past tense*. I haven't seen The > Opposite of Sex so I can't tell if it belongs. It's grammatically past tense to

Re: [Frameworks] Data Recovery

2012-02-25 Thread David Tetzlaff
Shane: Just quickly seconding Deco's excellent recommendations. When external drives fail, the most common problems are 1) the connection between the power supply brick and the case has gone bad, 2) the power supply brick itself has gone bad, 3) the data connection port on the case (especially

Re: [Frameworks] Digital Playback for Festivals, Etc.

2012-02-25 Thread David Tetzlaff
Two quick comments on Jon's reply: 1. One of the advantages of the standalone media players such as the WD or the Seagate FreeAgent Theater is that they will read hard drives in all the major formats: NTFS (current PC), FAT (old PC), or HFS+ (Mac). Thus there need be no issues with the FAT 4GB

Re: [Frameworks] new post on Brakhage

2012-02-25 Thread David Tetzlaff
> I think Lenny Lipton even mentions the black frame method of hiding splices > in Independent Filmmaking. It was definitely not something limited to > Brakhage. Yes. The 'invisible hot splice' of one black frame was a well-known, widely-used technique back in the day for anyone shooting 16mm

Re: [Frameworks] Meshes of the Afternoon question

2012-02-25 Thread David Tetzlaff
> Speaking of Meshes of the Afternoon, One shot has always bugged me, because > as far as I know, > Deren and Hammid made this film entirely on their own, filming each other. > The shot that bugs me is the only one in which you see both of them: he > stretches out his hands to pull her out of t

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-05 Thread David Tetzlaff
Marilynn, implicitly if not explicitly, poses the question: "How is it that filmmakers are not considered 'artists' within the 'art world'?" To FRAMEWORKers, that question is surely rhetorical. Of course, filmmakers are artists, and it's simply silly for anyone to draw the sorts of distinctions

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-06 Thread David Tetzlaff
> would the galleries have called if she didn't have famous friends? I can't speak to specific case, but 'famous friends' definitely matter... if they're "artists." As Shelly says, gallery representation is the key, and galleries have to have something to sell. The exchange value of an art comm

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-06 Thread David Tetzlaff
Great post Myron!! Myron wrote: > The film "commodity" would have to be dealt with in a way that even a great > piece of photography does not require. That's a valid point, but I wonder if it might cut both ways. That is, the cost of maintaining a film might initially be a hurdle for museums s

Re: [Frameworks] experimential film in the art world

2012-03-07 Thread David Tetzlaff
> Anyone can walk by a painting liking it or not, but sitting in a darkened > room as a captive audience may not have quite as many dedicated fans True. But people who walk by a painting not liking it aren't exactly fans. One of the benefits of a proper theatrical screening space is that viewers

Re: [Frameworks] Abstract Nonfiction/Documentary

2012-03-07 Thread David Tetzlaff
Given your examples, i think you might better describe the imagery as poetic or figurative rather than abstract. That is, we see see images of identifiable things, but they are not the explicit subject of the text. Yes? If so, I would highly recommend you take a look at Crooked Beauty by Ken Pau

Re: [Frameworks] digital Bolex

2012-03-13 Thread David Tetzlaff
This is bizarre. For $3300 you get an awkward, non-orientable b+w finder, and a silly faux crank mechanism and non-ergonomic handgrip to make it kinda resemble a Bolex? Since the sensor and the viewfinder are spec'ed at 4:3, why are the two output resolutions spec'ed at 16:9? Why don't they m

Re: [Frameworks] digital Bolex - Well, there isnt one.

2012-03-14 Thread David Tetzlaff
> In the behind the scenes video for shooting 'one small step', which they > claim to have shot with the prototype, you can see that their shooting with a > Prosilica GX2300 machine vision camera. Well, their 'digital Bolex' would be adding a variety of stuff to that camera, a sort of conversi

[Frameworks] Fwd: Kodachrome ressurection???

2012-03-22 Thread David Tetzlaff
From the Auricon Sound Yahoo Group: > Kodak says Kodachrome may come back > Posted by: "Jack Honeycutt" > Wed Mar 21, 2012 3:27 pm (PDT) > > > Cross post from 3D users group (from today): > >> I just attended (last night) a SMPTE meeting of the Hollywood Chapter. >> The subject was "The Techno

Re: [Frameworks] Any good cinema bookstores in NYC?

2012-04-16 Thread David Tetzlaff
> Does anyone know of any cine-specialty bookstores in New York City? I do not know any specialty stores, but, of course, you'll want to check the relevant sections at The Strand. There might be some books at Mondo Kim's, and the clerks there would probably be able to (condescendingly) point yo

Re: [Frameworks] C-mount adaptor for S mount lenses

2012-04-23 Thread David Tetzlaff
They'll be fine, as long as it's a parallax Bolex, not a reflex. Lots of K-100s came equipped with some of those kodak-mount into c-mount lenses as standard. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com

Re: [Frameworks] burning DVDs with different aspect ratios

2012-05-14 Thread David Tetzlaff
There are three variables here: how the DVD is authored how the DVD player handles different SD aspect ratios how the display device handles different SD aspect ratios In other words, no matter how you author the DVD, you may still have 'issues', depending on the playback components. As Buck no

Re: [Frameworks] Vaudeville & silent clowns in experimental film?

2012-05-19 Thread David Tetzlaff
Entre Act Rene Clair (??) ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] humorous experimental films

2012-05-22 Thread David Tetzlaff
I'm all for droll humor, but I wouldn't call Wavelength a laugh riot. It's a long wait before Hollis shows up. I think there's a lot of humor in Frampton, especially Hapax Legomena 1-3 [(nostalgia), Critical Mass, Poetic Justice) but it's subtle, and tickles the back of your brain more than boin

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm Splicer

2012-06-01 Thread David Tetzlaff
There are actually different kinds of guillotine (Catozzo-type) splicers, one designed mainly for making workprint splices (one sided), and another designed for making projector splices (two-sided): though you can use either for the other with reduced convenience. The two-sided model cuts the ta

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm Splicer

2012-06-04 Thread David Tetzlaff
Kevin: A tape splicer does two things: 1. cut the film on the frameline 2. hold the two ends in place so you can apply the tape. The press-tape type splicer is very useful for task two. The press-tapes don't require the kind of trimming and cleanup a less-than-perfect guillotine splice is like

Re: [Frameworks] kickstarter

2012-06-19 Thread David Tetzlaff
> as a festival programmer will a filmmaker feel that that film will have an > unfair chance at my festival? If so, that's there problem. An experienced maker should understand that your own personal interests are not necessarily those of the festival you direct. You should be free to support p

Re: [Frameworks] homemade video copies of 16mm

2012-06-22 Thread David Tetzlaff
You need a 5 blade projector if you're shooting 29.97. You can use a standard projector if your camera will shoot 24fps. Sell the Sony, and buy a used Canon XG-A1. ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfact

Re: [Frameworks] Cheap Transfer In NYC

2012-06-22 Thread David Tetzlaff
If you really want HD for sketches and tests, then borrow an XH-A1 (or similar) and project the film onto a piece of matte board (more smooth and even than a wall) getting the camera as close to the projector as possible to minimize parallax. The results can be surprisingly good. Probably best t

Re: [Frameworks] homemade video copies of 16mm

2012-06-23 Thread David Tetzlaff
They're called telecine projectors. There were some made as 5 blade versions originally, others converted after the fact. Mostly they're based on Elmos, a few on Singer/Telex. Search 'telecine' on eBay. I have one I could sell you inexpensively BUT I live in CT and the shipping would be ridoncul

Re: [Frameworks] homemade video copies of 16mm

2012-06-23 Thread David Tetzlaff
To clarify, the OP requested advice on a cheapo projector-and-camcorder transfer. There are lots of reasons for people to do this, especially with work in progress. It might even be considered a video work-print. However, for serious work shot in film that is going to be distributed in digital

Re: [Frameworks] telecine projector question

2012-06-23 Thread David Tetzlaff
> so I found this on ebay > http://www.ebay.com/itm/BELL-HOWELL-16mm-MAGNETIC-OPTICAL-Sound-Telecine-Transfer-Projector-Warranty-/250941802455?pt=US_Movie_Slide_Projectors&hash=item3a6d4c07d7 > and my question is, are all JAN projectors 5 blade? I don't know, but that's ridiculously overpriced. >

Re: [Frameworks] homemade video copies of 16mm

2012-06-24 Thread David Tetzlaff
> If you're looking for a cheap way to make acceptable-grade copies of > films, consider one of the Elmo film chain units. Bad idea. The camera technology is circa mid-1980's. Results not so good... And people selling them usually want alot of money. > It's a camera built > inside a projector

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm sound projector speakers

2012-06-29 Thread David Tetzlaff
> I have 2 eiki ssl, and 2 bell and howell filmo sound projectors, none of > which came with speakers. These generally DO come with speakers, internal to the projector body. If you're not getting any sound, the problem is more likely the sound circuit of the projector, not the speaker. But as B

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm sound projector speakers

2012-06-30 Thread David Tetzlaff
On Jun 29, 2012, at 10:22 PM, Tom Whiteside wrote: > It should also give you a ground lift switch, well worth having for those > instances when you want to get rid of a 60 cycle hum. Which is pretty much all the time. ___ FrameWorks mailing list Fram

Re: [Frameworks] Interesting (?) Question

2012-07-02 Thread David Tetzlaff
In 1980, an upright Moviola would have been all but worthless. Lord, those things were awful compared to a flatbed. A 6 plate Moviola flatbed in good condition might have been worth, I dunno, maybe $1000. On the other hand, used splicers and rewinds weren't that expensive in 1980 and haven't lo

Re: [Frameworks] Interesting (?) Question

2012-07-03 Thread David Tetzlaff
>> With that equipment list, the premise just doesn't work very well. The >> heyday of value for 16mm post stuff probably starts to poop out circa 1975, >> so it wasn't that expensive by 1980, and some of it is still used by people >> who deal with prints. > > > So what were people editing 16m

Re: [Frameworks] Interesting (?) Question

2012-07-06 Thread David Tetzlaff
What I don't get is why people are quibbling about the prices, when the issue here is that the basic premise of the OP -- that falling value of 16mm production gear from 1980-2005 provides a serviceable plot point for the narrative of a novel -- is weak and questionable regardless. If the noveli

Re: [Frameworks] Best method for recording a long distance interview

2012-07-11 Thread David Tetzlaff
Since the OP mentions a Zoom recorder, I assume John is looking only for audio. When Scott says: > If you try and do it over skype or something you have no control over their > setup, or over the room acoustics. he's on the right track. That is, the first key point here is that the audio quali

Re: [Frameworks] Film and Digital for beginners

2012-07-13 Thread David Tetzlaff
Jonathan: Aaron's right. Digital is not one thing. Neither is film. Coincidentally, just this morning I was at the archivist seesion at the Silent Film Festival in SF, and it was all about digital restoration. The guy who restored Dr. Strangelove showed the 4K digital restoration flipping back

Re: [Frameworks] Standard 8 Splicers

2012-07-14 Thread David Tetzlaff
You can splice standard 8 with a 16mm guillotine (Catozzo type). You just have to trim the tape manually by running an X-acto blade down the edge of the base before punching, and then punch twice moving the film in between so all the 8mm sprocket holes get punched. The tape will cover two frames

Re: [Frameworks] Film and Digital for beginners

2012-07-14 Thread David Tetzlaff
> We use the word "image" flippantly. Is a painting an image? Students may > think they've scene the Mona Lisa or a Kubrick film because they've seen them > online, but a painting has weight and texture, a film has grain and material, > and that is what we are seeing - not just the image of it.

Re: [Frameworks] Film and Digital for beginners

2012-07-16 Thread David Tetzlaff
Thanks, James, for the link to that piece on LCD sets in stores. Great stuff. When I say 'digital is not one thing' I am not engaging in any kind of generic 'pro digital' advocacy, because many of the things digital can be are pretty sucky, and it takes effort to find those that are not. In gene

[Frameworks] Please help

2012-07-24 Thread David Tetzlaff
note that am NOT in Nigeria, and i would never pull any kind of sham, scam or masquerade on my true devotees. So, send as much cash as you can in brown envelopes (no checks, credit cards, or PayPal) to this address: David Tetzlaff 7 Sycamore Road Niantic, CT 06357 Thank You. Thank You. Than

Re: [Frameworks] Please help

2012-07-24 Thread David Tetzlaff
On Jul 24, 2012, at 8:17 PM, Jason Stauffacher wrote: > > We are not Frameworkers. Well then. Never mind. <3 Ken > > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 6:26 PM, David Tetzlaff wrote: > Hello Frameworkers: > > Kennth Anger here. I recently took an extended trip to the Ast

Re: [Frameworks] Please help

2012-07-25 Thread David Tetzlaff
Dearest Brett: I can't sign anything right now, as my spirit is completely disengaged from corporeal body. I would be happy to sign something on my return, but alas, unless my minions collect enough money to construct the proper Orgone generator and fire it into my brain my return is hardly a s

Re: [Frameworks] Please help

2012-07-25 Thread David Tetzlaff
Ara: Crack? I got on better with Marianne, Mick, Jimmy and all the rest when we on 'shrooms. While, I cannot say anything but "do what thou willst" you still may want to watch out for the rocks. your friend, KA ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@

Re: [Frameworks] Please help

2012-07-25 Thread David Tetzlaff
Dear Fred; There's no sin in being in the minority, or the majority if that's the case, because there's no sin. Yes, life is too short for this sort of 'creativity' or any other. The joy of meaninglessness is in the eye of the beholder, and I am happy to discover that some seem no utility at al

Re: [Frameworks] Please help

2012-07-26 Thread David Tetzlaff
Dear Friends: Alter Elizabeth McMahon here. As you may be aware from recent posts to Frameworks, I am having some issues with my cyberspace persona. I first noticed my cyber-self was a bit constipated, but I concluded that this would pass (so to speak) if I ate a toasted multi-grain bagel and w

Re: [Frameworks] Please help

2012-07-26 Thread David Tetzlaff
I believe you can obtain Black Leader at WhiteHouse AV. On Jul 26, 2012, at 6:16 AM, Gawthrop, Rob wrote: > its "the white leader" problem ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/framewor

Re: [Frameworks] Super 8 camera recommendations?

2012-07-29 Thread David Tetzlaff
Since you want cost to come together with features and reliability, I'll assume Beaulieus, stock or rebuilt, are out. I'd say it hard to do better than the various iterations of Canon 814 and 1014. For something cheaper than that, you might look at a Sankyo, but I think they're not quite as reli

[Frameworks] please help fight the cliched instinct problem

2012-07-31 Thread David Tetzlaff
Dear List Demons: It's a good thing interweb packets bounce through the astral plane, because I've sprung a sprocket on my astral projector, and if it wasn't for Frameworks I'd be getting bored. So I noticed David Woods curious post, and using the all-seeing eye of truth you can sprout up here

Re: [Frameworks] Editing examples - suggestions needed

2012-08-01 Thread David Tetzlaff
The opening of 'Don't Look Now'. Works great with students. Also Roeg incuts sex with a tracheotomy in "Bad Timing" which, while 'experimental'ish (Eisensteinian for sure) may be dicey for students due to the subject matter. As in the montages in 'Requiem...' narrative filmmakers often turn to

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm Camera In The Fridge

2012-08-08 Thread David Tetzlaff
WWHHD (What would Helen Hill do?) :-) ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] American Cinema of the 1950s films and course in Chicago

2012-08-14 Thread David Tetzlaff
What kinda American Cinema of 50s list leaves out "Robot Monster"! WTF? ___ FrameWorks mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks

Re: [Frameworks] MFA

2012-08-18 Thread David Tetzlaff
What do YOU want to get out of your studies? Outside of the industry-oriented schools (USC, FSU, Chapman etc.) the main reason people seek an MFA is it's considered a terminal degree, and thus the minimal qualification for most college teaching jobs. If you just want to become a better filmmake

Re: [Frameworks] Kodak Is Selling Off Its Legendary Film Business [Photography]

2012-08-24 Thread David Tetzlaff
> I have an idea. How about every member of frameworks chips in and we become > stake holders in the print film production division of Kodak. We can sell > shares at $100 a pop. I could do 10 shares and just eat ala Jack Smith for > awhile, 2 day old oatmeal. Watching my cholesterol anyway. > >

Re: [Frameworks] [Experimental Film Discussion List] Super8 B&W help

2012-09-20 Thread David Tetzlaff
It's actually not that hard to sync up 'wild' sound to transferred film footage within a video editing program such as Final Cut or Premiere. First, make sure you do sync claps at the beginning and end of each shot. Then modify the audio duration and/or film duration to match one another. You'll

Re: [Frameworks] [Experimental Film Discussion List] Super8 B&W help

2012-09-24 Thread David Tetzlaff
> From what I've read online its rare to hear about a good experience with > Pro8mm. From what I've read online it's rare to hear about ANY film lab that doesn't have both it's champions and it's detractors. Motion picture film labs are generally small businesses with one of two people doing th

Re: [Frameworks] [Experimental Film Discussion List] Super8 B&W help

2012-09-25 Thread David Tetzlaff
Yes, John. I read the whole thread. No, it's not an acceptable mistake. My point is that I've heard similar stories about just about every lab. I have never used Pro8 myself (I haven't shot S8 in decades), but I have met Phil Vigeant who strikes me as basically a good guy. And I have a friend wh

Re: [Frameworks] Hi-8 deck/repair

2012-10-03 Thread David Tetzlaff
Be careful of the Digital-8 camcorders. I never knew anyone who had a digital camcorder who didn't have a broken digital 8 camcorder. If Jeff says they give good results when working, I absolutely take his word for it. But caveat emptor when buying a used one, and don't pay too much. A lot of H

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