Herb & Ekram, Jodie Mack and Danielle Ash did make a 70mm direct animation film that I believe was commissioned by Orphans.... it was documented on video and posted on Jodie's vimeo page here: http://vimeo.com/57294787
Warren On Mon, Jul 28, 2014 at 9:28 AM, Herb Shellenberger <he...@ihphilly.org> wrote: > Hey Ekrem, > > > > I’m not seeing it on the online program ( > http://www.nyu.edu/orphanfilm/orphans8/ ) but I’m fairly certain Jodie > Mack, possibly in collaboration with another artist, showed a 70mm direct > animation film at the 8th Orphan Film Symposium in 2012. It was my > understanding that it was an original and I think it was a last minute > addition to the program, in light of it being held at the Museum of the > Moving Image which has 70mm capability. It must have been an original and > not a print. > > > > Hope someone else can back up my statement which I’m almost certain was > not some sort of elaborate nerd-dream. > > *Herb Shellenberger* > *Programs Office Manager* > [image: cid:image001.jpg@01CE5258.78B1F010] > 3701 CHESTNUT STREET | PHILADELPHIA, PA 19104 > phone: 215.895.6575 | fax: 215.895.6562 > email: he...@ihphilly.org | web: www.ihousephilly.org > > > > > > *From:* FrameWorks [mailto:frameworks-boun...@jonasmekasfilms.com] *On > Behalf Of *Ekrem Serdar > *Sent:* Saturday, July 26, 2014 1:52 PM > *To:* Experimental Film Discussion List > *Subject:* Re: [Frameworks] Films made on 15/70mm > > > > Thanks for the tip Roger. I imagined if there were any that they'd be > probably direct animation. I know Brakhage made Night Music on it, but I > highly doubt it's projectable (or that he made a 70mm print of it!) That > said, I also don't know how the machine would handle any direct originals > to begin with. Probably fine... but also probably something worth checking. > > > > Commission might be the best way to go; though I do know that orphaned > 70mm can be hard to come by. According to a projectionist I was talking to, > fresh leader is like a $ grand or so. The couple theaters left that do show > IMAX still throw their trailers out from what I understand (for > scavenging), and you occasionally see one on ebay. A performance is a > possibility too... > > > > Unfortunately, the timeframe to do so might be too short in general - I > just learned that a very large theater here (the biggest in Texas!) is > apparently doing the switchover this winter/spring, and I thought it might > be a nice send off to that mechanical beast (if the theater is interested > too). That said, it's unclear whether they're going to get rid of it, > though considering how much space it takes up, I presume they will... but, > as said before, all very tentative and under investigation. > > In general if any of you other folk have been playing around with it, have > some laying around that you were thinking of doing something with and so > on, be in touch. > > > > On Sat, Jul 26, 2014 at 12:03 PM, Beebe, Roger W. <beebe...@osu.edu> > wrote: > > Ekrem, > > Here’s the only one I know of: > > http://www.ninapaley.com/pandoramahome.html > > Always thought it’d be great to give orphaned prints of Imax film to a > bunch of direct animators to do as they will. Maybe you need to commission > a program rather than just curate it? > > Good luck, > R. > > > On Jul 25, 2014, at 4:12 PM, Ekrem Serdar <ekremser...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hey Framers, > > > > I'm investigating a possibility where we may be able to do a screening > with an IMAX film projector, and I guess I'm wondering if any of you folk > have played around with the 15/70 (or know of films that are on it). As > said, it's very tentative, and I'm sure there's only a small bunch of you > if any, but if you have, be in touch. > > > > (or if you just worked with regular 70mm and it would work sideways(!) > - I presume the film strip is otherwise the same, distance between perfs, > etc? Not sure, feel free to correct me.) > > > > > > > > -- > > ekrem serdar > > austin, tx > > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > > > > > > -- > > ekrem serdar > > austin, tx > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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