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

Albert Alcoz albertalcoz at gmail.com
Thu Nov 25 06:44:51 CST 2021


*4**x8x3* by Chris Kennedy uses an unsplit regular 8 film with great
results:
https://lightcone.org/en/film-7476-4x8x3

*Peyote Queen* (1965) by Storm de Hirsch uses some shots like this, too.

On Thu, Nov 25, 2021 at 10:43 AM pablo marin <
anticipationofthenight at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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