Trailers of Fury
Finally after years of effort our collection of 35mm Kung Fu trailers has been scanned and released by Severin. See the details at Severins site.
Found inches
Frames found under the pedastol of the Kalee21 projector we have been using at the Cube Cinema since 1998 that was recently retired to make way for some modern machines. For an 18 year period I thought this small sample of wasted, discarded, lost or just dropped frames would make a good Archeo-Cube project. So I am going to scan them and via a video timeline, attempt to place them historically and culturally within our history (the Cube Cinema) but also within the wider context of cinema and the changes that have taken place over the span of the samples.
cameraless test 2
I’ve been doing more tests with film surface distress and a better set up to rephotograph. This frame shows the effect after only minutes exposure to the distressing agent. The circular area is about 5mm in diameter.
Nitrate to Nikon
Here is the basics of a small rig I am going to use to make digital copies of a small amount of Nitrate film found at the Cube Cinema a few years ago. The b/w positive print dates from 1947 and appears to be a short Charlie Chaplin film.
I am going to have to build a base with X, Y and 0 adjustment and the old enlarger stand really needs something better for the Z adjustment. The light source is an LED array mounted behind an enlarger light box which acts as an excellent diffuser.
The camera is a Nikon 5300. I just bought a macro lens for this and the results look good. Each frame will be copied to highest res and size and combined into a moving image sequence.
The photo shows an old Nikon Micro 55m F mount lens with extension tubes.
The Debrie film mechanism gives very stable registration in tests so far.
I will be doing each frame by hand as there is such a small amount.