[Frameworks] kodaliths and other title tools

Wed Dec 6 19:30:59 UTC 2023

Scott,

Could you describe in more detail the process you’re suggesting re: laser printing, black tape and fluid?

thanks, 

Sarah
http://www.SarahBlissArt.com

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>   1. Diary Film #2 (Dominic Angerame)
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>   3. Re: kodaliths and other title tools (Scott Dorsey)
>   4. Re: kodaliths and other title tools (Eric Theise)
>   5. Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Digital Media Production
>      (FAU) >>> DEADLINE EXTENDED (Shane Eason)
>   6. Re: experimental road movies at UnionDocs - Thursday (Dec 7)
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> From: Dominic Angerame <dominic.angerame at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Frameworks] Diary Film #2
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> Another short diary film of a typical evening at the No Nothing Cinema 1981 with Bruce Conner playing the organ,
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> From: Lyra Hill <lyra.lou at gmail.com>
> Subject: [Frameworks] kodaliths and other title tools
> Date: December 5, 2023 at 3:00:43 PM EST
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> Hello all,
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> Curious if anyone knows of a place that still prints kodaliths? The last time I ordered was from Valencia Printers in 2018. I checked with them recently and they no longer offer the service.
> 
> I'm skeptical that I'll find another printer. I'm preparing to shoot 16mm BW titles on Double-X. My back up plan is to make laser cuts into stiff black paper, and place these over a light table to shoot through instead. This will give me the same 100% opacity as a kodalith, but with more material finickiness trying to trim chads and position the floating centers of fully cut-out letters, etc.
> 
> My backup-backup plan is to film off a piece of paper, although I would rather not go this route.
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> Does anyone know of another kodalith printer?
> And, is there another strategy I may be missing here?
> 
> Thanks!
> - Lark Lyra Hill
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> From: Scott Dorsey <kludge at panix.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] kodaliths and other title tools
> Date: December 5, 2023 at 3:38:23 PM EST
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> Print on a laser printer, then apply vast amounts of black tape masking
> and opaque fluid... it is no fun....
> --scott
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> From: Eric Theise <erictheise at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] kodaliths and other title tools
> Date: December 5, 2023 at 4:21:14 PM EST
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> Hi Lark Lyra,
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> If you're in a place with an active letterpress community you might ask where printers get their polymer plates made, then ask the platemaker if they have technology that can create film positives of the size you need. I went this route for titles some ten years ago; I don't know that I would do it again or if the technology's changed.
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> The tolerances for platemaking seem looser than ours and you'll need to patiently explain what you're going to do. My first batch came back with pinholes and other artifacts and we had to do a second, maybe third run with fresher chemistry and higher dmax targets, and they still weren't perfect. I was working with a local graphic arts guru/mensch and he almost certainly lost money on that job.
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> Eric
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> On Tue, Dec 5, 2023 at 12:06 PM Lyra Hill <lyra.lou at gmail.com <mailto:lyra.lou at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Hello all,
>> 
>> Curious if anyone knows of a place that still prints kodaliths? The last time I ordered was from Valencia Printers in 2018. I checked with them recently and they no longer offer the service.
>> 
>> I'm skeptical that I'll find another printer. I'm preparing to shoot 16mm BW titles on Double-X. My back up plan is to make laser cuts into stiff black paper, and place these over a light table to shoot through instead. This will give me the same 100% opacity as a kodalith, but with more material finickiness trying to trim chads and position the floating centers of fully cut-out letters, etc.
>> 
>> My backup-backup plan is to film off a piece of paper, although I would rather not go this route.
>> 
>> Does anyone know of another kodalith printer?
>> And, is there another strategy I may be missing here?
>> 
>> Thanks!
>> - Lark Lyra Hill
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> From: Shane Eason <shaneeason at yahoo.ca>
> Subject: [Frameworks] Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Digital Media Production (FAU) >>> DEADLINE EXTENDED
> Date: December 5, 2023 at 8:28:59 PM EST
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> FYI…
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> The deadline for applications for the Tenure-Track Assistant Professor in Digital Media Production at Florida Atlantic University has been extended to December 11, 2023.
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> From: Stephen Anker <sanker at calarts.edu>
> Subject: Re: [Frameworks] experimental road movies at UnionDocs - Thursday (Dec 7) 8PM
> Date: December 6, 2023 at 4:06:11 AM EST
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> Dear Kornelia,
> Have a great time with this!
> Best wishes, Steve
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> On Mon, Dec 4, 2023 at 10:11 AM Kornelia Boczkowska <kornelia.boczkowska at gmail.com <mailto:kornelia.boczkowska at gmail.com>> wrote:
>> Dear Frameworkers,
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>> There’s a special program on experimental road movies at UnionDocs (352 Onderdonk Ave, Queens, NY 11385) this Thursday (Dec 7), showtime 8 pm. If this is of your interest and you happen to be in town, please consider joining us!
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>> More information: https://uniondocs.org/event/lost-highways-embodied-travel-2023-12-07/
>> Trailer for the show by UnionDocs: https://player.vimeo.com/video/890366588?dnt=1&app_id=122963
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>> The program will be followed by a conversation with the filmmakers. 
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>> Best,
>> Kornelia 
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>> American Studies Research Unit 
>> Faculty of English | Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań 
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