[Frameworks] blackout fabric as screen material?

[Carl Lee]

Hi Frameworkers -

Has anyone had experience using white blackout fabric as screen 
material?  It's for a 3-screen video installation and I was thinking 
about using it to cover a seam where two portable wall come together.  
I'm assuming I'd have to build a frame?  Also, I guess I'd have to have 
it for all three projections to make sure the brightness matches?

As I write this, I'm thinking it'd be simpler and cheaper to tape, 
compound, and paint the drywallBut I'd still appreciate any thoughts 
or experiences with blackout fabric!

Thanks,
Carl


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Re: [Frameworks] Singularity and intentional incoherence

[Carl Lee]

Hi Ittai --

My memory is hazy, but I remember there's a Jane Campion film -- I think 
it might be The Piano, but possibly an earlier film than that -- where a 
girl is telling a story and it suddenly cuts to a short hand-drawn 
animation sequence.  It's the only moment in the film that's like that 
(the rest of the movie is "live-action") and it's never really explained 
why we're seeing it like this, though it does relate to the story the 
girl is telling.  (If I'm remembering correctly...it's possible I'm just 
imagining remembering it.but I'm sure others on fw would know for sure.)


Carl


On 1/23/2013 6:04 PM, Ittai Rosenbaum wrote:

Tom, Bryan, Roger

Thank you so much! The examples - of which I knew only one: "Blazing 
Saddles" - sound very interesting and relevant. I will check them all 
out and share any further information.


Ittai


On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:13 AM, Beebe, Roger > wrote:


Just to piggyback on/unpack Tom's mention of "Hapax
Legomena"--it's actually 7 films (that can be considered as one
larger unit).  The title refers to words that only appear once in
the written record, in an author's work, etc.  (In ancient texts,
this makes them especially difficult to decipher, as you might
imagine.)  So the title itself refers to singularity--you'll have
to take a look at the films, three of which are on the Frampton
Criterion set, to see if the films seem to speak to/embody that
concept.

...
Roger

On Jan 23, 2013, at 10:22 AM, Tom Whiteside wrote:


This is interesting – thanks for asking a fresh question. As a
“film person” who started out in music decades ago, I have always
envied and admired the breadth and depth of musicology. Film
studies is such a young field – we are centuries behind.
 Filmmaker Hollis Frampton made a film titled “Hapax Legomena”
which immediately comes to mind.
And although Mel Brooks doesn’t make this list too often, he’s
going to hit it twice right away. A good example of your singular
event would be in his Western film “Blazing Saddles,” the cowboys
are galloping across the plains and the movie music is playing on
the soundtrack, sounds like Count Basie and His Orchestra – well
my goodness, it IS Count  Basie and His Orchestra and the cowboys
just rode right past them, out there on the plains. It’s a simple
thing, played for laughs – the previously unseen soundtrack
orchestra revealed – but it is quite a singular moment.  And for
many people it probably changed, at least a little bit, the way
they think about “movie music.”
There is the moment in Jem Cohen’s “Lost Book Found” when the
conventional “unseen narrator” voice slowly fades out and is
replaced by a different, unexpected voice, delivering a more
cryptic message. It is a pivotal moment in that film. Similarly,
in Raul Ruiz’s “Hypothesis of the Stolen Painting” a guy is
sitting in a chair talking in rather flat tones, it becomes
increasingly boring, he slows down…. and he falls asleep. On
camera, the narration just goes to sleep. I only saw that film
once and am probably not remembering this correctly, but I do
remember the singularity of my experience sitting there,
listening to this guy, trying to make sense of it, getting a bit
bored, then watching him nod off. That woke me up!
Tom Durham Cinematheque
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]*On Behalf
Of*Ittai Rosenbaum
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*Subject:*[Frameworks] Singularity and intentional incoherence

Hi

My name is Ittai Rosenbaum, I am a doctoral student at the music
composition department at UCSC and in the process of defining my
Qualification Exams topics. I wondered if anyone could perhaps
have interesting knowledge or insights about a subject in film
theory that might parallel one of my topics.

I am interested in singular events in composition: events that
occur only once, contrasted and incoherent to the main musical
language of the work, yet deliberately conceived and
intentionally inserted in the composition, contributing, by way
of distraction and surprise, to the conception of the piece.

Coherence seems to constitute a compulsory element in
composition, and even incoherence (surprise, collage etc.) as it
happens in the music of, say, Charles Ives, George Crumb or John
Zorn, becomes coherent and even homogenous once it recurs. I
suspect that/singular/, incoherent events may have a genuine
effect, different than that.

I am interested in parallel or similar phenomena in film, as my
own compositi

Re: [Frameworks] 16mm camera repair & parts

[Carl Lee]

Hi Cathy et al --

I just spoke with Dieter at Pro Cam and he says he's going strong and 
servicing Bolexes (Boli?) round the clock.  He was very surprised to 
hear news of his early retirement!  We use him here in Buffalo and he's 
been great.

Carl



On 10/18/2011 10:28 PM, ccr...@ithaca.edu wrote:
> hello frameworkers,
> in an effort to keep 16mm and the use of the bolex
> and aaton cameras alive at our institution, i am looking
> for any recommendations you have for other repair
> folks that would like to sign on our school account.
> is it true that both pro cam and chambless are winding
> down their repair work because of retirement?! we have 30
> cameras, 4 replacement spring motors and will
> need to replenish both supplies in the coming
> couple years. we also need someone (besides abel
> cinetech) who can help us with the electronics
> on our aatonLTRs. any and all recommendations welcome.
> i need artillery to counter support staff insurgency.
> many, many thanks,
> cathy
>
> cathy lee crane
> associate professor
> dept. of cinema, photography&  media arts
> park school of communications
> ithaca college
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Re: [Frameworks] European cinemas who program and project 16mm films ??

[Carl Lee]

Hi Alain --

I'm sure there are others, but in Berlin, Germany there's Arsenal:
http://www.arsenal-berlin.de/index.php

Also, I don't think they have their own venue, but Labor Berlin is 
involved in programming 16mm:

http://laborberlin.wordpress.com/

Carl



On 1/20/2012 1:08 PM, 40 Frames wrote:


We'll try this again... thanks to those who responded on and off list.

Please, if you know of venues in Europe that program and project 16mm, 
particularly those venues not currently listed in 16mm Directory, let 
us know, as we would like to add them to the list.


16mmdirectory.org/exhibitors  
(select by country to check current listings)


Current scope of listings focuses primarily on North America and we'd 
like to expand the listings.



Best,
Alain & Pam




On Thu, Jan 19, 2012 at 6:20 PM, 40 Frames > wrote:



We are in search of cinemas and venues in Europe that present
on-going programming of 16mm films outside of a festival context.
These venues
will be added to the Exhibitors listings of 16mm Directory -
http://www.16mmdirectory.org/exhibitors.

If you know of venues to add to the listings, please send info our
way. We appreciate your assistance.


Best,
Alain LeTourneau
Pam MInty


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Re: [Frameworks] MOVE doc?

[Carl Lee]

Not sure if this is the one you're looking for, but there's a great doc 
by Louis Massiah called "The Bombing of Osage Avenue" from 1986.  It's 
been a while since I've seen it, but it focuses more on the effect MOVE 
and the bombing had on the community.  Here's a link:


http://scribe.org/catalogue/bombingosageavenue

Carl


On 2/13/2012 10:52 PM, ev petrol wrote:
trying to remember the name of a doc about MOVE in Philly that Stephen 
Kent showed at DUMBA years ago ... ring any bells?

cheers moira

www.moiratierney.net




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

[Carl Lee]

I would add that another very cool thing about the WD TV Live media 
players in particular is that some folks in the Netherlands have written 
open source software called HDSync that allows you to network multiple 
players for synchronized playback.  It takes a little tweaking (it's 
open source and you have to update the firmware on the players) and it 
helps to know some unix (I didn't, but got help and learned a tiny bit) 
but it's a great, CHEAP solution for synched, multi-channel 
installation-type situations.

This is their website if anyone is interested:
http://syncstarter.org/hdsync/

I used it for a 3-channel HD video (h.264 wrapped in quicktime) and it 
worked great.

Carl



On 2/25/2012 3:10 PM, David Tetzlaff wrote:
> 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 file limit.
>
> 2. Jon is indeed correct that the highest possible quality would come from a 
> computer (which could be a laptop) equipped with additional hardware that can 
> allow it to generate 'real video' HDMI/DVI or component out from 
> less-compressed formats such as AppleProRes422. The major players in this 
> sort of video hardware are AJA, Blackmagic Designs, and Matrox. The 
> Blackmagic Intensity Shuttle and the Matrox MX02 Mini are small, easily 
> transportable and relatively inexpensive ($200 - $500) interfaces that can 
> work with laptops, and would be worth considering for makers who travel with 
> their, would be bringing their laptops anyway, and can manage the modest 
> extra expense.
>
> For a stationary installation, (e.g. exhibitors) a Mac Pro or a Quad Core 
> Windows machine equipped with a standard PCIe Blackmagic Intensity card 
> ($200) would yield HD-video out about 'as good as it gets'. However, with any 
> computer, you get into limits dictated by the OS and the software: PCs won't 
> read Mac drives; Macs won't write to NTFS; Mac software tends not to like 
> .MKV containers, etc. Which means potentially more work on an exhibitor's end 
> converting submitted files into something that works well with the system. 
> But there's no perfect solution, and this would certainly be far superior to 
> trying to juggle a series of tape and disc physical formats, all requiring 
> different sorts of players.
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[Frameworks] Job posting -- Squeaky Wheel ED position extended to March 20

[Carl Lee]

Hi everyone --

fyi, I was asked to let you all know that the deadline for applications 
for the Squeaky Wheel Executive Director position has been extended to 
March 20, 2012.  Squeaky's an active, exciting media arts and access 
organization located in Buffalo, NY (an exciting, active media arts 
town!).  More info is here:

http://www.squeaky.org/opportunities/squeakywheelseeksexecutivedirector

Thanks,
Carl

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Re: [Frameworks] help identifying this film tank

[Carl Lee]

What I forgot to mention also was that the circle with the Nikor brand is 
raised slightly off the surface — for drainage? I’ll definitely try loading 
some film. But I kinda would think there must be some other loading device 
because it’s really pretty heavy and unwieldy. Thanks for your insights, Scott 
and Jeff!



Carl


On 5/11/16, 5:59 PM, "Scott Dorsey"  wrote:

>Are you sure the tube isn't a drain tube that goes on the bottom of the tank
>and the concentric stuff isn't a light lock to allow liquid to go into the top?
>
>It looks complete to me except for maybe a valve for the drain.  There might be
>a loading frame but it might just be loaded by hand.  You could try loading it
>with some junk print.
>--scott
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Re: [Frameworks] help identifying this film tank

[Carl Lee]

Thanks, Todd — I’d love to see a picture. You can send it to me off-list if 
you’d like: c...@buffalo.edu… Am I understanding you correctly — on your 
set-up, there’s no lid for the three tanks?

Carl

From:  todd eacrett 
Reply-To:  Experimental Film Discussion List 
Date:  Thursday, May 12, 2016 at 12:59 AM
To:  Experimental Film Discussion List 
Subject:  Re: [Frameworks] help identifying this film tank

 

There was a loader for these, a rather substantial device to hold the weight of 
the reel while winding the film on. I can take a photo of mine if you want to 
see how it works. 

 

I have the reel, loader and three nesting tanks. Not daylight tanks, just dip 
and dunk in a darkroom. I've never seen that lid part, but I suspect the tube 
is for an agitation crank.

 

 

 

Todd Eacrett

 



On Wed, 11 May 2016 23:21:42 -0400, Carl Lee  wrote:
What I forgot to mention also was that the circle with the Nikor brand is 
raised slightly off the surface — for drainage? I’ll definitely try loading 
some film. But I kinda would think there must be some other loading device 
because it’s really pretty heavy and unwieldy. Thanks for your insights, Scott 
and Jeff!



Carl


 On 5/11/16, 5:59 PM, "Scott Dorsey"  wrote:

 >Are you sure the tube isn't a drain tube that goes on the bottom of the tank
 >and the concentric stuff isn't a light lock to allow liquid to go into the 
 >top?
 >
 >It looks complete to me except for maybe a valve for the drain. There might be
 >a loading frame but it might just be loaded by hand. You could try loading it
 >with some junk print.
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