[Frameworks] FILM Ferrania Kickstarter: potential new color reversal film stock

[christopher nigel]

Jarrett ,
That's how I made my films for years , still all add's up, Now do my  e6 /
b/w diy at home for some years now works out even cheaper , get a lomo  dev
tank
can't beat homemade films , love the fact that it's all your's .

On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 4:33 PM, Jarrett Hayman <jfhayman at gmail.com> wrote:

>
> I like to shoot film even though I really can't afford it. I've no money
> for prints, blow-ups or any cost beyond processing. Rolls of super 8 stack
> up in my fridge until I have the funds to process it, which usually happens
> once or twice a year. But I still shoot film when I can, and it is always
> on reversal. I've recently experimented with shooting s8 neg and digitizing
> it, but that still isn't as satisfactory as exhibiting on film. The cost of
> lab services (and of "graduating" to a gauge larger than 8mm) puts me in
> the de facto position of shooting reversal and using the camera original
> for exhibition. In way, this has evolved into an artistic practice in its
> own right. Showing a print (or camera original in my case) becomes more and
> more a unique act, a performance, and the film itself a unique physical
> object, as opposed to a copy. Reversal has been a lifejacket that has kept
> me in film. Perhaps its professional uses are limited, put for the amateur
> filmmaker (a moniker I proudly accept) reversal is king.
>
> And yes, the color is beautiful!
>
> On Sat, Oct 4, 2014 at 5:04 AM, Heikki Repo <heikki.repo at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>
>> It's the look some people want. If they want clarity, it's 16mm or HD
>> video -- but super-8 is filled with feeling and nostalgy and reversal is
>> even better for that. E100D was popular, but now it isn't available
>> anymore. I'd guess that the biggest business for them is located in places
>> that have lots of sun, so even ISO 100 is not a problem if things are
>> happening outside.
>>
>> On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 05:57:58 -0400
>> nicky.hamlyn at talktalk.net wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks. The first use I can see, but wouldn't wedding filmmakers would
>> be better off shooting neg if it's going to be digitised anyway? More
>> latitude etc, surely?
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: Heikki Repo <heikki.repo at gmail.com>
>> > To: frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
>> > Sent: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 10:02
>> > Subject: Re: [Frameworks] FILM Ferrania Kickstarter: potential new
>> color reversal film stock
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > Many family film makers want to have color film that they can watch at
>> home with
>> > a projector with their family. At the moment there are no good options
>> for them.
>> >
>> > However, there are also professionals especially in the wedding film
>> business
>> > who see the reversal film as better fitting their needs and delivering
>> those
>> > emotions they are looking to convey -- even if they just have the film
>> scanned.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Heikki
>> >
>> > On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 04:53:20 -0400
>> > nicky.hamlyn at talktalk.net wrote:
>> >
>> > > Is reversal really what people want? If you want a projection print
>> you either
>> > need a reversal print, a currently unavailable option, or you need an
>> interneg
>> > then a print, in which case you're surely better off shooting on neg,
>> which is
>> > what I do. I've never needed internegs, because I've never needed more
>> than five
>> > or six prints max.
>> > >
>> > > Can someone elucidate? Is it the colour?
>> > >
>> > > Thanks,
>> > >
>> > > Nicky.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > -----Original Message-----
>> > > From: Matt Whitman <info at mawhitman.com>
>> > > To: Experimental Film Discussion List <frameworks at jonasmekasfilms.com
>> >
>> > > Sent: Sat, 4 Oct 2014 0:16
>> > > Subject: [Frameworks] FILM Ferrania Kickstarter: potential new color
>> reversal
>> > film stock
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > Many of you have probably already seen this, but in contrast to much
>> of the
>> > bad
>> > > news we hear regarding film stocks, here is some potentially good
>> news and a
>> > > Kickstarter campaign to begin production of Super8 and 16mm color
>> reversal
>> > film
>> > > stocks (link below). In return for a pledge, you can receive film
>> from their
>> > > first batch of film (scheduled for Spring 2015). So far the campaign
>> seems to
>> > be
>> > > doing well, in 3 days the goal is about 65% met. Take it for what you
>> will...
>> > >
>> > >
>> https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/filmferrania/100-more-years-of-analog-film
>> > >
>> > >
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