E64T Screening

Post by **onsuper8** » Mon Apr 16, 2007 6:59 pm

I screened my new micro-doc 'Panopticon' at Filmonik in Manchester last night. It was shot on E64T with 85B filter, telecined on a FlashScan and editing in Final Cut before being burnt to DVD for projection. It was the only Super 8 film in an evening of DV and the really nice comment was that the organisers thought it looked like a 'series of paintings'. Others commented that there really was no beating Super 8 film - the whole thing kinda restored my faith in 64T!!

Post by **Plastik** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:17 pm

Great to hear. It's a nice stock.

Any chance that you can give us a peek?

Post by **onsuper8** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 8:29 pm

Here's the link for those that are interested, the sound still needs some work.

It was a reel I had left over from last year - it need a very short project of its own! Needs Quicktime 7 - its in h264.

http://homepage.mac.com/onsuper8/flicks/panopticon.mov

Post by **popcassady** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:03 pm

I like that a lot. Very visceral. There's something omnipotent about that thing -- something a little unnerving.

Does it really make that sound?

Post by **daddysauce** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:12 pm

Hey up Giles. I was there!

Did the artist set the pipes up to play certain frequencies? I cant make out if all the pipes are the same length.

Post by **onsuper8** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:21 pm

Daddysauce: In Manchester last Sunday - really - how cool - I think I know where you were sat!?

I'm not sure how the artist worked out the frequencies etc. the tubes are of differnt lengths (all the same diametr) and they are orientated at different angles into the prevailing wind. Some tubes are hollow all the way thru, others are capped at one end with a slit cut into them (kind of like a giant flute).

I've been up to the site three times now and the sounds are always very different. All the sounds in the film are on location wild sounds recorded on my DV camera via an external Rode VideoMic then layed afterwards on Final Cut. Because the place is so windy I had real problems with wind noise so had to buy a "dead cat" windshield and go back - twice!

Post by **Plastik** » Tue Apr 17, 2007 11:25 pm

Your shots are nice, tightly composed.

Post by **woods01** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 4:48 am

Is there a secret to viewing the movie? I've got QT Pro 7 and it just
hangs on the Q symbol

Sounds like a pretty interesting film.

Post by **onsuper8** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:17 am

Just give it time to load its 6Mb

Post by **Juergen** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 7:30 am

Hi Giles,

nice little piece of film. You should send it in for the NOMOS 2007 Award. We will start again!

Juergen

Post by **Blin** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:58 am

Yeah cool. Good film. I liked it.

Post by **superotto.40** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 9:04 am

my compliment's.
very good job with the 64T , and interesting short.
Bravo!

Post by **mattias** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 12:43 pm

i love "stills" shot with motion cameras. even if the clouds hadn't been moving it's still different from a still. nice compositions too.

/matt

Post by **Justin Lovell** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:48 pm

nice work giles. well composed and nice to see as a small project.
(I've been to some festivals as of late that would make a feature out of the same thing you just did.... man do they d...r....a.......g.)

Post by **onsuper8** » Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:44 pm

I only do short - as a kid my English teacher said that my stories always read like the news! No surprise that I make short films and write short news pieces then!

Agreed Justin, too many short films kill excellent ideas with overly long execution!