Two Strip 16mm Color film

This is test footage with a new camera system I'm developing. Using black and white negative, I aim to produce color film. This first test uses BW film to records two of the three primary colors: red and green. It is similar to early color methods of the 1920s. It is limited in its tonal range, but demonstrates the system works. There are still some alignment and sync issues, but I hope to work them out. This footage was shot with two Reflex Bolexes, using Double X 16mm BW Neg. Enjoy!

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• two
• strip
• technicolor
• 16mm
• black
• and
• white
• vitachrome
• cinematography
• multicolor
• beamsplitter
• bolex

[paulj0557]

photoshop tutorials photoshop -tutorials/photo-effects/two-c­olor-technicolor If you go to the above Now the picture they have modified to look like 2 color technicolor is pretty impressive, but what is more interesting is if you scroll the image down the screen it looks just like the bleeding going on with 2 color film. This got me wondering, does this bleeding happen through a projector?

[Brianruns10]

Hmmmm, as far as digital processes go, any bleeding would suggest subtle misalignment.

Color bleeding was typically a process of dye transfer printing, the method by which Technicolor produced color prints from their black and white separation masters. By layering the dyes, there was a certain amount of dye spread. This could be exacerbated if the print was stored in moist conditions. The sole surviving color fragment from "Sally" 1929 is a good example of this...it is quite soft and blotchy

[dimitre79]

this is beautiful I've just seen your camera setup. Maybe the registration could be better if you use a big prism instead of a teleprompt glass, I think this can give you more precision

[Brianruns10]

Thanks for your comments. You're spot on about the prism, and believe me, I'd love to do it that way. But I would need a cubic beamsplitter, or some variant, and they are quite pricey, and being a grad student, it's not in the cards at the moment. A major part of the alignment I believe can be resolved once I find a practical way to synchronize the two cameras. Once I can, I definitely plan to do more. I'd love to eventually craft a three strip process, and do a short subject piece with it.

[wbotx]

Where is this? looks like Wood lake, is it ?

[Brianruns10]

It was shot at the Carbondale Reservoir, at Evergreen Park, in late January or early February of this year. Thanks for interest!

[bknight23]

Thanks for uploading this. This could be useful for producing a certain tone on 16mm

[boyhey1]

what great effort men. i really like that.

and you made it by yourself? that' amazing!!

[boyhey1]

very clear color film. i like that.

[AusRadioHistorian]

The problem with running Technicolor on 16mm is predominantly the inability to achieve accurate REGISTRATION, ie the holding of the image absolutely stably and accurately in position on the film. The Mitchell cameras used by the Technicolor Corp 1925 - 1950 used PILOT PIN REGISTRATION to achieve micron image registration accuracy, and even on perfectly perforated film, this was at the cutting edge of mechanical engineering technology. SMPE Journals of the period contain the details.

[KKD1247]

Great effort!  Keep it up!

[stjn00]

Amazing! There's nothing better than 2-strip colour!