[Frameworks] New JUMP CUT online: experimental highlights

2013-11-22 Thread Chuck Kleinhans
We just published a new issue of JUMP CUT online: http://www.ejumpcut.org/currentissue/index.html Frameworkers might be especially interested in these articles: Movies in miniature 
by Midi Onodera 
The Canadian artist explains how moving images are tightly woven into the fabric of urban

[Frameworks] editing 16mm

2013-11-22 Thread Kevin Obsatz
Hello Frameworks! I have two questions: 1. I'm planning to edit some black and white 16mm negative by hand and I'm looking for advice on how to make the splices as invisible as possible. My plan is to edit the negative and make a contact print for a positive final film. Is this crazy?

Re: [Frameworks] editing 16mm

2013-11-22 Thread Roger Wilson
Hi Kevin, This is a perfectly fine way to make a black and white film. How do you plan to make your print from the negative? I use a 16mm steenbeck to create my 16mm film prints and have actually used the table to also print a sound track onto my 16mm film prints. I edit my negatives using a

[Frameworks] Petter Mettler, END OF TIME at FSLC in New York

2013-11-22 Thread Michelle Berninger
Hey Frameworkers, In case you missed the Petter Mettler retrospective earlier this month, his latest film The End of Time opens next Friday 11/29 at the Film Society of Lincoln Center. More details to come when the screening times are posted! Splendiferously trippy - Jason Anderson, Cinema

Re: [Frameworks] editing 16mm

2013-11-22 Thread Scott Dorsey
The normal method of doing this is to A-B roll. After you edit your workprint, you conform the negative (or MUCH BETTER have a professional negative matcher) so that there is a one-frame overlap. The negative is edited with cement, unlike the tape you edit the workprint with, so you have to get

Re: [Frameworks] editing 16mm

2013-11-22 Thread David Tetzlaff
The single black frame invisible splice' technique is for cutting reversal. It's extremely hard to edit negative without mucking it up, which is one reason the normal routine is to cut a workprint and leave the conforming to a pro. ___ FrameWorks

Re: [Frameworks] editing 16mm

2013-11-22 Thread Roger Wilson
Yes Kevin if you are making a traditional narrative story and you want perfect none scratched images then you should not use the method you are describing but if you are more creative and want to make an experimental film where you are more part of the creative process then I strongly suggest

Re: [Frameworks] editing 16mm

2013-11-22 Thread Jeff Kreines @ Kinetta
On Nov 22, 2013, at 9:15 AM, Kevin Obsatz ke...@videohaiku.com wrote: My goal isn't a perfectly clean, seamless print, but I'm wondering if there are any tips I should follow. I heard a rumor once that Brakhage would include frames of black leader in between shots to make splices less