[Frameworks] Double-8 camera ---> 16mm projection

[pablo marin]

Hola Esperanza,

Besides Dorsky's masterpiece, *17 Reasons Why*, I believe Bill Baldewicz
has been making films with unslit 8mm for years.

Best,
Pablo

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 4:34 AM Sandy McLennan <smclennan4 at gmail.com> wrote:

> I currently make and screen work in Double 8 and Regular 8 and have  given
> workshops in the format through LIFT (Liaison of Independent Filmmakers of
> Toronto), The8fest and Images Festival (in person and online). Send me
> email and we’ll see how I can help the student.
>
> These here are great titles/ideas/resources. During the early pandemic I
> received a Canada Council for the Arts grant to create an optical printer
> with a Bolex H8 camera and both a Regular 8 and 16mm projector (could not
> have been made without knowledge, help and hardware/software from Matt
> McWilliams). It is working and is a tool to be explored.
>
> Sandy McLennan
> Port Sydney, Ontario, Canada
>
> On Nov 24, 2021, at 7:05 PM, Christopher Ball <cbifilms at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I would be curious to see that (Polly)
>
> On Wed, Nov 24, 2021 at 6:29 PM Ugo Bo <ugobodibra at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Rolf Wiest in 'Polly' (1969, 16mm, 10min, col.) took to the extreme
>> consequences this possibility: he projected on 16mm the 4 frames shot on
>> double-8 and re-shot in double-8 and again and again, 7 time, until having
>> 4^7=16384 images in 1 frame, i.e. 393216 fps. It's a scene of a naked girl
>> and a dog, satifying at the beginning a sort of voyeuristic pleasure,
>> becoming more and more de-structurated. The soundtrack works in reverse,
>> becoming at the end competely recognozible: Vivaldi's 4 seasons.
>>
>> Cheers
>> Livio
>>
>> Il giorno mercoledì 24 novembre 2021, Esperanza Collado <
>> esperanzacollado1 at gmail.com> ha scritto:
>> > Hey Frameworkers,
>> > I am trying to remember a contemporary filmmaker who has worked
>> extensively with double-8 format, projecting the results later on a regular
>> 16 or s16mm instead of splitting the filmstrip in two. Maybe it's someone
>> on this list. One of my students is considering shooting and would like to
>> see examples. Please, help me find her/him if you know who I'm talking
>> about, or else, if you know films that can be watched on the internet using
>> this format in this unorthodox way. Thank you!
>> > I have used double-8 once and it's interesting, as you can use double
>> perf 16mm film...
>> > --
>> > Esperanza Collado
>> > www.esperanzacollado.net
>> >
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