[Frameworks] speaking of Bleu Shut...

[Diane Kitchen]

In Bob's studio, here in Milwaukee, I remember seeing a shiny metallic-coated half-sphere, around 2 1/2 - 3' in diameter.  With its fish-eye reflection several people could have grouped in front of it, cropping out the camera while shooting.



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There was a 165° fisheye lens (Pacific Optical 3.45mm) for gun or cockpit cameras that produced a circular image like that and would jibe with the military surplus origin. One of the samples I have (and some others I’ve seen) has a small hole/divot dead centre in the front element. Definitely factory-drilled, and I’m guessing to provide a reference or alignment mark on the footage.


On Mon, 29 Oct 2018 17:22:27 -0400, Eric Theise wrote:

I attended PFA's screening of Luminous Procuress a few weeks back (https://bampfa.org/event/out-vault-luminous-procuress) and was startled to see an effect I've only ever associated with Robert Nelson's Bleu Shut. There are at least two sections in Nelson's film – one where a group of people are repeatedly sticking their tongues out, one where a man is teetering around on a child's (bi-? tri-?) cycle before toppling into a large puddle of water, both in slow motion – where there's a kind of fisheye view with a small, very black hole at the center of the disk. Curator Emeritus Steve Seid thought it was a lab effect but I'm curious if any of you know how it was made, what the effect is called, and if you know of any other films that use it.

Grateful to Albert and the "clock" thread for reminding me to ask.

Eric

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