[Frameworks] films using the optical printer

Beebe, Roger W. beebe.77 at osu.edu
Wed Aug 6 20:08:37 UTC 2014


I’m a big fan of the optical printing sequences in a lot of Peter Rose’s 16mm work.  “The Man Who Could Not See Far Enough,” while only using an optical printer in stretches, is a masterpiece, but I’d track down his old VHS collections & dig deep.  So much good stuff…

Peter’s films also teach very well.  I’ve used “Analogies” in the past fairly frequently.

…
R.

On Aug 6, 2014, at 3:28 PM, Jason Halprin <jihalprin at gmail.com<mailto:jihalprin at gmail.com>> wrote:

Hi Carolyn,

Below is the screening list from the last time I taught Optical Printing at Columbia College. I agree that Pat O'Neill is probably the greatest example of Optical Printing artistry, and include much of his work is available for purchase in DVD form. However, I would also stress that it was amazing to take the prints of his work and view them on rewinds with a light table so that students could really study how he created his "looks". I love Water and Power too, and usually saved it until the last class in the semester.
-Jason Halprin

DAILY SCHEDULE

Class 01 – January 25th

Screening:       Pas de deux (Norman McLaren, 13 min, 1968)


Class 02- February 1st

Screening:       Passage à l'acte (Martin Arnold, 15 min., 1993)


Class 03- February 8th

Screening:       Piece Touche (Martin Arnold, 15 min., 1989)

                        Zocalo (Richard Myers, 15 min, 1972)

                        Spitting Image (Paula Froehle, 3 min., 1992)


Class 04- February 15th

Screeing:         7362 (Pat O’Neill, 10 min, 1967)

                        Roseblood (Sharon Couzin, 7 min., 1974)


Class 05- February 22nd

Screening:       Watersmith (Will Hindle, 25 min, 1969)
                        Film Wipe Film (Paul Glabicki, 32 min, 1984)

Class 06


Screening:       Wild Gunman (Craig Baldwin, 20 min, 1978)

                        Television Assassination (Bruce Conner, 14 min, 1964/95)

                        Cosmic Ray (Bruce Conner, 4 min, 1961)


Class 07- March 8th

Screening:       Alone, Life Wastes Andy Hardy (Martin Arnold, 15 min, 1998)

                        Flicker: Unsteady Motion (Paula Frohele, 7 min, 1995)



Class 08- March 15th

Screening:       Frame (Ken Kobland, 10 min, 1976)

                        Vestibule (Ken Kobland, 24 min, 1979)

Class 09- March 29th

Screening:       Chinese Fire Drill (Will Hindle, 25 min, 1968)

                        Runs Good (Pat O’Neill, 15 min, 1970)



Class 10- April 5th

Screening:       Elasticity (Chick Strand, 25 min, 1976)

                        Babobilicons (Dana Krummins, 18 min, 1982)


Class 11- April 12th

Screening:       Nocturne (Phil Solomon, 10 min, 1980)

                        Remains to be Seen (Phil Solomon, 17 min, 1989)


Class 12- April 19th
Screening:       The Idea (Bill Knowland, 20 min, 1990)

Class 13- April 26th

Screening:       Milk and Honey (Kate McCabe, 17 min, 2004)
                        Montessori Sword Fight (Mary Beth Reed, 7 min, 2002)

Class 14- May 3rd

Screening:       Water and Power (Pat O’Neill, 54 min, 1989)


Jason Halprin
jihalprin at gmail.com<mailto:jihalprin at gmail.com>


On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 12:10 PM, Gene Youngblood <atopia at comcast.net<mailto:atopia at comcast.net>> wrote:
I join Marcos and Adam in stressing the importance of Pat O’Neill here. Optical printing doesn’t get any better if by that term we mean an art form, an aesthetic practice, not a technique.  Another artist from Pat’s generation known for his optical printing is Will Hindle

From: Adam Hyman<mailto:adam at lafilmforum.org>
Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2014 10:57 AM
To: Experimental Film Discussion List<mailto:frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com>
Subject: Re: [Frameworks] films using the optical printer

The entire oeuvre of Pat O’Neill is essential, and very influential.

We did a screening with a various of interesting optically printed films as part of Alternative Projections.
http://www.alternativeprojections.com/screening-series/visions-memory-and-a-machine-optical-manipulations/


On 8/6/14 9:22 AM, "Gawthrop, Rob" <Rob.Gawthrop at falmouth.ac.uk<mailto:Rob.Gawthrop at falmouth.ac.uk>> wrote:

Monkey's Birthday, David Larcher; - colour separation, superimposition, bi-packing etc.

Slides, Annabel Nicholson; pulling film through the gate etc

Film Sound, Andy Moss; short edits/loops (sound and picture), superimpositions

(all at LUX, London.)

Rob

From: Caryn Cline <carynycline at gmail.com<mailto:carynycline at gmail.com>>
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Date: Wed, 6 Aug 2014 09:06:12 -0700
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Subject: [Frameworks] films using the optical printer

Dear Frameworkers,

If I were going to undertake a series of screenings showcasing optical printer techniques, what work would you recommend?  What is the best work for understanding the cinematic potential in optical printing?  Are there any texts that could be included?  I'm asking for my own enlightenment and to take my own OP work to another level, but I might also try to put together a public screening at some point.

Many thanks, as always, for your thoughts and advice.

CC


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