Many thanks for that George - i have some of these type of splicers but have never actually used one.
> On 23 Apr 2020, at 16:33, George, Sherman <sgeo...@ucsd.edu> wrote: > > The Griswold cement film splicer was patented in 1922 and was the first > splicer I used in the early 1960’s > Inventor Griswold Frederick Clark > <https://patents.google.com/patent/US1464265A/en#> > Worldwide applications > 1922 US <https://patents.google.com/patent/US1464265A/en#> > Application US545785A events > 1922-03-22 > Application filed by Olive A Griswold > <https://patents.google.com/patent/US1464265A/en#> > 1922-03-22 > Priority to US545785A <https://patents.google.com/patent/US1464265A/en#> > 1923-08-07 > Application granted > 1923-08-07 > Publication of US1464265A <https://patents.google.com/patent/US1464265A/en#> > 1940-08-07 > Anticipated expiration > Status > Expired - Lifetime > >> On Apr 23, 2020, at 7:34 AM, mstark...@gmail.com >> <mailto:mstark...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hey everyone, >> >> Thanks for your responses. >> >> Thanks for confirming that the razor blade icon in Final Cut Pro and >> Premiere most likely relates to video tape editing. I have since also found >> in Lennie Lipton’s book 'Independent Filmmaking' an image and description of >> a splicing block for 16mm film which was designed to be used with a razor >> blade. >> >> I still can’t find a clear date anywhere for when splicers were introduced >> to cutting rooms (this information may be in a book about editing in a >> library i now can’t access!). It seems like histories of editing deal with >> the editors, films and techniques rather than the specific tools in the >> cutting rooms…which is what i’m fascinated by. >> >> Regards cutting film with scissors, John Burder's book ’Technique of editing >> 16mm film’ states that before splicing film, it should be marked with >> chinagraph pencil and then cut with scissors, which he says are a basic item >> of cutting room equipment. He specified that brass scissors are most >> suitable because they are anti-magnetic and won’t impair the quality of >> magnetic soundtracks. It doesn’t seem like using a cutting film with a razor >> blade on a splicing block and cutting film with brass scissors were common >> practice though? Has anyone experience of either of these? >> >> Hey Robert Withers - regards Peter Kubelka cutting with scissors if you are >> interested see below - >> >> Kubelka explains his artistic formation: “The material itself taught me how >> to make films.” He’s sitting at his wooden kitchen table, tackling the 35mm >> film strips with scissors and glue. >> filmcomment.com/article/peter-kubelka-frame-by-frame-antiphon-adebar-arnulf-rainer/ >> [filmcomment.com] >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__http://filmcomment.com/article/peter-kubelka-frame-by-frame-antiphon-adebar-arnulf-rainer/__;!!Mih3wA!WpayBF5JaSB7Uw3R9cCcOVbZ1-HypByQ86CgxusrS_AhNjI7A_1KrE1lGBcKJsw$> >> >> and this https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/materiality-film-peter-kubelka >> [bfi.org.uk] >> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://www.bfi.org.uk/news/materiality-film-peter-kubelka__;!!Mih3wA!WpayBF5JaSB7Uw3R9cCcOVbZ1-HypByQ86CgxusrS_AhNjI7A_1KrE1l5fzcWgU$> >> >> Austrian-born Peter Kubelka is a filmmaker, architect, musician, curator and >> lecturer whose work explores the understanding of film as a material and >> factual affair. His films are not available digitally and to see them on the >> big screen is a rare opportunity. The experience of seeing his films is >> spellbinding and at the same time descriptive, like seeing a tailor’s work >> in progress: film cut by hand with scissors and then glued together. For him >> film is nearer to sculpture. >> >> All best, >> >> Mary >> >>> On 20 Apr 2020, at 22:09, Robert Withers <withe...@earthlink.net >>> <mailto:withe...@earthlink.net>> wrote: >> >> >>> >>> When I was working with 16mm film in the late ’60s we used two kinds of >>> tape splicers for work print: >>> the ”Guillotine,” which cut with a metal side blade and the ”Rivas,” which >>> cut with a metal blade and usually cut the splicing tape with a serrated >>> plate on top of the splice in the middle of the frame. Pennebaker and maybe >>> others redesigned Rivas splicers by attaching a small razor cutter that >>> would cut the tape on the frame line, making a more-or-less ”invisible” >>> splice. >>> I think a Guillotine splicer was used in 35mm also. >>> For a permanent glue splice a ”hot splicer” was used in both 16mm and 35mm, >>> which cut a frame with a metal block. You would lose a frame with each >>> splice and the splice was visible unless used with black leader in the ”A & >>> B roll” contact printing system. >>> What happened between the 1920s and the 1960s? I’ve seen that picture of >>> Elizaveta Svilova but I’m curious about Peter Kubelka. >>> Cheers, >>> Robert >>> >>> Robert Withers >>> withe...@earthlink.net <mailto:withe...@earthlink.net> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com <mailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> <https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks__;!!Mih3wA!WpayBF5JaSB7Uw3R9cCcOVbZ1-HypByQ86CgxusrS_AhNjI7A_1KrE1lINBnvSg$> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com <mailto:FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com> >> https://urldefense.com/v3/__https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks__;!!Mih3wA!WpayBF5JaSB7Uw3R9cCcOVbZ1-HypByQ86CgxusrS_AhNjI7A_1KrE1lINBnvSg$ >> > > Sherman George > sgeo...@ucsd.edu <mailto:sgeo...@ucsd.edu> > 858-229-4368 > > > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > FrameWorks@jonasmekasfilms.com > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks
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