By Hand (a Polaroid movie)

HQ MODE IS YOUR FRIEND.

Consisting of Polaroid SX-70 photos, hand-manipulated, scanned, and animated in Final Cut Pro. I also speak of my concerns about the digital revolution.

I had wanted to make a film like this for a long time, but I couldn't figure out what kind of audio track it should have. Inspiration came from a film by Tony Buba whose soundtrack was just the camera and background noise. (Saved me some money on royalties.)

The locations are all around State College, PA and the Penn State campus.
1. Pollock Road
2. Highway view from Innovation Park
3. Uncle Eli's (art supply store)
4. McAllister Building
5. The Mall and Pattee/Paterno Library

(When I watched this after editing, I realized I forgot to mark the last window in McAllister. Damn!)

This turned out to be my last project with the SX-70. Later in the year, Polaroid discontinued Time-Zero film. Later, of course, they killed off all the other instant products. (This is also my last project under the name Asinine Films.)

This film was screened at the 2005 Penn State Student Film Festival. People seemed to like it. I hadn't seen it for a long time afterwards, as the master copy is the file created by Final Cut Pro, unwatchable on my horrible computer.

Extra-special thanks to Heather Hartley and Dave Zigerelli, wherever you are.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• polaroid
• polariod
• poloroid
• sx-70
• sx70
• manipulation
• instant
• camera
• film
• digital
• analog
• technology
• media

[KoralLeidy]

I totally agree with every word you've said. BTW, what do you say in the end?

[agnamaracs]

Just babbling. It was an outtake where I blew a line.

[MindsiMedia]

Excellent, well said. Any path that takes you away from the mainstream is worth following. I have hundreds of Polaroids I took in the 70's & 80's and am enjoying using them to create little digital movies.

[Brandinosaur93]

this is really good! you should be really proud

[CalvinKhurniawan]

I admire this short. An expression based on your personal opinion, truly art.

[iRaymond]

i really love this

[MarcoZ1ITA1]

@BboyNutritious oh come on, that's obviously sarcastic.

[sofiahernandezmusic]

agreed.

[agnamaracs]

@BboyNutritious Because a) I never actually said that I hated technology; b) it's easier than bringing a film projector to everyone's house.