Re: [Frameworks] serene velocity
I have had the film on rewinds and it is a four frame rhythm per each focal length. As farnas i can remember there is at least two mistakes that i notice while watching it projected. Brian On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Steve Polta wrote: > I do believe there is a title card on the film. "Serene Velocity" written > in pen on a piece of paper and photographed, placed long before the images > start. Ernie Gehr was a professor of mine and once explained that he added > titles like this because, while he would prefer that they not be part of > the film (or the experience or whatever) he was sick of projectionists who > would cut off his films' leaders--thinking that the black parts before and > after the film parts didn't matter--and splice them too close to other films > that might be ganged onto a reel with his. So the title card (if there is > one) is a buffer. He also mentioned to me once that a four-frame rhythm was > the goal/score/script/whatever he used to structure *Serene Velocity* in > its shooting but also that he had made "mistakes" in its shooting, with the > result that not every "shot" in the film came out as exactly four frames. > Yes no kidding. I've never counted... > > Steve > > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Jorge Lorenzo Flores Garza < > jorgelore...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >> The film has no titles. Ernie Gehr said the film didn't need them. >> As to the frames, I think he has mentioned that every stage in the zoom >> lens was set to four frames, but I could be wrong. >> >> Cheers. >> >> > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:03:49 -0700 >> > From: ericthe...@gmail.com >> > To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com >> > Subject: [Frameworks] serene velocity >> >> > >> > Hello frameworkers, >> > >> > Two questions re: Ernie Gehr's Serene Velocity. >> > >> > anyone out there--researchers/preservationists--undertaken the >> > mundane task of doing frame counts? >> > are there any titles or credits on the film? >> > >> > Thanks in advance. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing the film in >> > the past decade. >> > >> > Eric >> > ___ >> > 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 mailing list FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
Re: [Frameworks] serene velocity
I do believe there is a title card on the film. "Serene Velocity" written in pen on a piece of paper and photographed, placed long before the images start. Ernie Gehr was a professor of mine and once explained that he added titles like this because, while he would prefer that they not be part of the film (or the experience or whatever) he was sick of projectionists who would cut off his films' leaders--thinking that the black parts before and after the film parts didn't matter--and splice them too close to other films that might be ganged onto a reel with his. So the title card (if there is one) is a buffer. He also mentioned to me once that a four-frame rhythm was the goal/score/script/whatever he used to structure *Serene Velocity* in its shooting but also that he had made "mistakes" in its shooting, with the result that not every "shot" in the film came out as exactly four frames. Yes no kidding. I've never counted... Steve On Fri, Mar 21, 2014 at 10:10 AM, Jorge Lorenzo Flores Garza < jorgelore...@hotmail.com> wrote: > The film has no titles. Ernie Gehr said the film didn't need them. > As to the frames, I think he has mentioned that every stage in the zoom > lens was set to four frames, but I could be wrong. > > Cheers. > > > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:03:49 -0700 > > From: ericthe...@gmail.com > > To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > > Subject: [Frameworks] serene velocity > > > > > Hello frameworkers, > > > > Two questions re: Ernie Gehr's Serene Velocity. > > > > anyone out there--researchers/preservationists--undertaken the > > mundane task of doing frame counts? > > are there any titles or credits on the film? > > > > Thanks in advance. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing the film in > > the past decade. > > > > Eric > > ___ > > 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
Re: [Frameworks] serene velocity
The film has no titles. Ernie Gehr said the film didn't need them. As to the frames, I think he has mentioned that every stage in the zoom lens was set to four frames, but I could be wrong. Cheers. > Date: Fri, 21 Mar 2014 10:03:49 -0700 > From: ericthe...@gmail.com > To: frameworks@jonasmekasfilms.com > Subject: [Frameworks] serene velocity > > Hello frameworkers, > > Two questions re: Ernie Gehr's Serene Velocity. > > anyone out there--researchers/preservationists--undertaken the > mundane task of doing frame counts? > are there any titles or credits on the film? > > Thanks in advance. I haven't had the pleasure of seeing the film in > the past decade. > > Eric > ___ > 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
