what an incredible effect...I'm currently experimenting using a super 8mm to DVD film,that because I don't have a capture device,I have to literally step forward with the dvd and put in windows moviemaker as photos. So, I'm animating a DVD movie.
It's a bit better I think, I've got a diffuser inplace, the opaque plastic from a bootsale find 1960's hand held slide viewer. Glass would be better, doesn't melt like plastic. Inkjet paper on the wall is fine too, I just don't like the high temperature from the lamps. My next experiment will be using a fiberoptic UFO lamp bunch as light source.
Very creative!! Very inventive!! I've always known you could process reversal film as negative; but it never occurred to me that negative could be telecined at home using a camcorder with a "negative art effect." Also, that bit about replacing the projector lamp and shooting off the gate using a condensor lens. Wow! Do you think you get better results that way than if you had simply shot it off a white card?
After processing, I recall the horror of seeing no images on most of the wet film, except for a dark gray on the parts that didn't stick together on the reel, and white-ish area where the film stuck together.... After drying it and holding it up to the light it was just dark gray film.
However using a strong magnifier with a bright light behind the film I could see a negative images. After it dried it was still gray and hard to see. I used viewfinder lens from a discarded microfiche reader. It's similar to a scrapped super 8 camera viewfinder lens too.
The telecine process I pointed the Digital 8 camcorder onto the film gate plane of the projector through a condensor lens. I swapped out the 50w bulb with a 10w Ikea lamp bulb. The camcorder was set to slow shutter and Negative Art effect. I think the projecter was somewhere between 16 and 18 fps (variable speed).
Good work. Very impressed. Saw the link from cinematography.com. I've been experimenting with something similar. I've managed to get pretty good results with negative and c41 but d76 is pretty mixed. What tempreture and timing are you using for quartzchrome? and are you overexposing in camera as its reversal? Very interested to find out. Good to see your getting your son into this at such an early age. He's done a very good job. Cheers, grant
it was bright overcast, and set the camera to f5.6 I used Ilford Ilfotec LC29 diluted 1 part to 19 parts water, I guessed 50 speed film at 20 degrees Celsius for 6 minutes
very nice look !!
natifant 2 years ago
what an incredible effect...I'm currently experimenting using a super 8mm to DVD film,that because I don't have a capture device,I have to literally step forward with the dvd and put in windows moviemaker as photos. So, I'm animating a DVD movie.
TheRoyalCity 2 years ago
Good old Quarzchrome... wish i'd stocked up on that stuff when the Widescreen Centre were finally selling the last stocks off insanely cheap ;_;
timdrage 4 years ago
this film looks great,I shot a color super 8 film back in 1989 you might want to see its called METAL ON METAL.
RamosArt 4 years ago
I love the way it looks!
100waystodie 4 years ago
It's a bit better I think, I've got a diffuser inplace, the opaque plastic from a bootsale find 1960's hand held slide viewer. Glass would be better, doesn't melt like plastic. Inkjet paper on the wall is fine too, I just don't like the high temperature from the lamps. My next experiment will be using a fiberoptic UFO lamp bunch as light source.
skypalace 5 years ago
Very creative!! Very inventive!! I've always known you could process reversal film as negative; but it never occurred to me that negative could be telecined at home using a camcorder with a "negative art effect." Also, that bit about replacing the projector lamp and shooting off the gate using a condensor lens. Wow! Do you think you get better results that way than if you had simply shot it off a white card?
Drumcam 5 years ago
After processing, I recall the horror of seeing no images on most of the wet film, except for a dark gray on the parts that didn't stick together on the reel, and white-ish area where the film stuck together.... After drying it and holding it up to the light it was just dark gray film.
skypalace 5 years ago
However using a strong magnifier with a bright light behind the film I could see a negative images. After it dried it was still gray and hard to see. I used viewfinder lens from a discarded microfiche reader. It's similar to a scrapped super 8 camera viewfinder lens too.
skypalace 5 years ago
The telecine process I pointed the Digital 8 camcorder onto the film gate plane of the projector through a condensor lens. I swapped out the 50w bulb with a 10w Ikea lamp bulb. The camcorder was set to slow shutter and Negative Art effect. I think the projecter was somewhere between 16 and 18 fps (variable speed).
skypalace 5 years ago
Good work. Very impressed. Saw the link from cinematography.com. I've been experimenting with something similar. I've managed to get pretty good results with negative and c41 but d76 is pretty mixed. What tempreture and timing are you using for quartzchrome? and are you overexposing in camera as its reversal? Very interested to find out. Good to see your getting your son into this at such an early age. He's done a very good job. Cheers, grant
grantmcphee 5 years ago
it was bright overcast, and set the camera to f5.6 I used Ilford Ilfotec LC29 diluted 1 part to 19 parts water, I guessed 50 speed film at 20 degrees Celsius for 6 minutes
skypalace 5 years ago