[Frameworks] FUTURE OF FILM (was Letter to other Filmmaker Artists)

[Jay Hudson]

None of us are seers.  We have no idea what the future will hold.  Though I
do suspect that celluloid will persist for a long time.  It is only
distribution in film that I think is less likely.


2010/7/20 Dinorah de Jesús Rodriguez <solisland at atlanticbb.net>

> many of us circumvent the costs of 16mm production by working with found
> footage (i.e. i can buy entire films, already shot and developed - for about
> $6 - $20 on ebay, providing thousands of feet of footage that i can then
> scratch and paint on, etc.).  For the rare scene or image that i cannot find
> on ebay, i still shoot in 16mm and paint and scratch on it, etc. but in the
> end, i release most of my works in DVD.
>
> Another option is to shoot in 8mm film, which is still relatively
> inexpensive to work with.
>
> In any case, film is still here.  We use it, it's in the world, it still
> fascinates people, and who knows if it will outlive the human race?
>
>
> On Jul 20, 2010, at 12:47 AM, Carlileb at aol.com wrote:
>
>  In a message dated 7/19/2010 7:43:16 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
> ekremserdar at gmail.com writes:
>
> And as Dinorah points out, it has a present with people making great work,
> galleries all about it and people selling eiki's for hundreds of dollars. I
> may not have experienced a grand past to compare right now to, but it seems
> healthy-ish right now. Am I completely misguided?
>
>
> It's healthy.
>
> And what with all the immense amount of time it takes to make things right,
> the relative cost of film v digital is a very small part of the
> total package. So you might as well stick with film for now.
>
> If you divide your hours worked into the total cost of these old-fashioned
> materials, you'll find that it turns out to be a rather cheap hobby. And
> probably a more disciplined one, too.
>
> Keep it up. If you get a couple of hundred dollars a month to spend on film
> production then more power to you. That's really all you need.
>
> J. Carlile
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>
> Dinorah de Jesús Rodríguez
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