I’m asking people this question. Seeking peoples definitions in simple terms. Here I will compile the answers. If this question was “what is A cinema” we would get answers that only relate to he institution of a building and its use and this would weight the enquiry too much in one (predicatable) direction. James Reed “Film based projection” (he was …
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After a hard care share journey to Hannover (5 hours) we were dropped rather weirdly at the wrong place. We eventually got a train to Hannover and were met by Peter Hoffman from K-I-S. We walked to the cinema and were very impressed by this place. I’m jumping to the screening …
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So we showed the film at Cinema Nova on thursday and did a Q&A afterwards with some great questions and surprise visitors. Namely Leah, old Cube volunteer who popped up in Brussels. It was amazing to see everyone at Nova again, Guill, Seb, Katia, Phillip and meet new people like Denise. The film was warmly received and looked great projected …
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Cinema Nova, Brussels, Belgium. Feral Trade coffee delivered to Nova Cinema in Brussels by agent working for the Cube Cinema FTBTC tour of europe, 1st Leg. This is a list of Cinemas on the tour in chrono order. Nova Cinema, Brussels. Kino-Im-Sprengel, Hannover. B-Movie, Hamburg. Regenbogenkino, Berlin. Husets Biograf, Copenhagen.
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Nice acquisition, portable 35mm by Microcine, Italian. Planning on using it for Vi image/projection on 6th June at qujunktions Dark Matter event. Its meant to be portable and the handle suggests that one person could lift it up. One person can NOT lift it up and its the hardest to lace up 35mm projector Ive ever worked on.
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An everso slightly (digitally) tweaked photo of a cameraless film test in progress.
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After 17 years I finally got my 1996 film Crow / Pylon Configuration digitised. It is going to be screened at Kino-Im-Sprengel In Hannover next week. Here are some frame grabs. Back in 96 there was only Standard definition. Now though HD has really helped the case for film because I can scan the original A and B rolls of …
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Ive been borrowing Nagras from the BBC in Bristol (Thanks go to Iain Hunter) for recent projects involving using tape to record and playback sound but have finally acquired a 4:2 for myself. This will now let me further research several projects that can only use this kind of technology. Essentially an exceptionally well engineered portable sound recording device.
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Did the 4th Film Jam at the Cube Cinema on Saturday as part of the Hendo nights that go on there. We last did film jams over 12 – 14 years ago back in the early days of the Cube. Mega thanks to Rod Maclachlan for coming and jamming.
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