From: Les Newcomer (lnphoto@ismi.net)
Date: 04/08/00-09:18:46 PM Z
About 20 years abot therer was w Masterpiece theater production called
"Pictures" It was a fictional story based in Hollywood during the silent
movie industry, but at the end the credits rolled next to three strips of
silent era movies that were literally run in front of the camera--not
projected. The background was white so we could see the frames. Instead of
an incomprehendable mess, you got to see movies!. Infact each frame worked
just like it would in a projector.
When the film was running in sync with the camera the frames stayed still, but
the motion was still there, when the film lost sync with the camera the frames
travelled up or down, just like the strobe light on your last turntable.
The point is, whatever they have in the future will still rely on Persistance
of Vision to make movies work and this technique should still be viable.
Les
"Robert W. Schramm" wrote:
> Judy et al,
>
> One of the problems we archivists have is the machine problem.
> For example: Have you played any 8 track tapes lately? How about
> 78 RPM records?
> One way of dealing with this is to save the machines and that is
> what some archives are doing. I have saved a reel-to-reel video
> tape recorder, a reel-to-reel audio tape recorder and a transcription
> player.
>
> I expect there will be 16 mm projectors around as there is some
> much historic 16 mm film e.g. all the newsreels. Early TV, i.e.
> pre-video tape, was all shot on 16mm.
>
> Anyway, plans are to put a 16mm projector in our archives.
>
> Bob Schramm
>
> >From: Judy Seigel <jseigel@panix.com>
> >Reply-To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >To: alt-photo-process-l@sask.usask.ca
> >Subject: Re: Movie Camera
> >Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 15:33:02 -0400 (EDT)
> >
> >
> > > > This College Photographer is in need of a 16mm movie camera for
> > > > a special project i.e putting movies in a time capsule. Can't use
> > > > mag tape you know. Also optical CDs are suspect. However, B&W
> >
> >And how I wonder are the time capsulees going to play the movie -- run it
> >past a digital scanner at 16 fps?
> >
> >(Sorry, but I put my grandfather's old 16 mm projector out on the street
> >some 5 years ago -- yeah, it could have been a priceless artifact, but
> >there's just so much detritus one can house beyond one's own artifacts...)
> >
> >best,
> >
> >Judy
> >
>
> Check out my web page at:
>
> http://www.geocities.com/schrammr1/schramm_studioa.htm
>
> also look at:
>
> http://www.wlsc.wvnet.edu/www/pubrel/photo.html
>
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