Filmshooting

From http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurel_and_hardy "In 1943, Laurel and Hardy filmed a silent sequence for the Department of Agriculture's patriotic short, The Tree in a Test Tube. The duo demonstrated the uses of wood, especially as part of the war effort. The most remarkable thing about the f...

Best wishes for a speedy recovery to you, John.

When I watch the film originated exterior scenes of 1970s BBC shows like The Goodies, Doctor Who and Some Mothers Do Ave Em' etc, one thing that strikes me is how unusually grainy they are. I don't mind this as I find that it looks atmospheric. Though by comparison, when I watch US tv shows of the ...

Speaking of "The Omega Man", did you know that the main theme from the soundtrack is essentially a rewrite of the theme tune from "The Prisoner"?

1 x Cart Wittnerchrome 40
2 x Cart Kodachrome 40
2 x Cart Ektachrome 64
1/2 reel of Fomapan DS8

To be shot :

1 reel of Fomapan std 8
1 reel of Fomapan 16 mm.

When I can find the time and a sunny day.

Rollef wrote:

Stevedix wrote:
Secondly, a Bolex H8 with Vivitar Zoom lens, and a number of prime lenses.

Damn!

That one is to good to miss. Next time simply say: "This is like a Mulberry Elgin with a 95% discount. Would you NOT buy that?"
It works.

You don't know Her Maj.

Today I went to the fleamarket at the WDR building here in Cologne, and found quite a few little treasures. Unfortunately my little treasure had accompanied me, and I'm ordered not to buy any more cameras under pain of death... First of all there was a Bell & Howell 8mm cartridge camera - their ...

Lennon couldnt let his fingers quite off it either; http://www.stthomasu.ca/~pmccorm/research/lennon36012AHDN.jpg allthough his regular electric "axe" at the time was the 325 - also used on th HDN album/film Lennon actually had a 325/12 made as a one-off. It apparently didn't stay in tune...

The Byrds wasnt capable if playing the 12 at the time so the a studio guy played it for them on the hit record. That's not quite right - the 12-string was played by Jim (Roger) McGuinn, who had been working as a session musician before the Byrds were formed, and so he was allowed to play on the rec...

Hard to beat the sound of a Rick 12 in the right hands. Ive never been able to get much out of one though but I never spent much time at it either. The problem is, Rick 12's have very thin necks in comparison with other guitars. Rickenbacker's idea of a 12-string neck is Gibson's idea of a 6-string...

fogo wrote: I wasint being crtitical about Gibson,: the soundtrack to all of our lives was played on theirs, and Fender. ah em, instruments!

Yes, but mine definitely has a Rickenbacker 12 in there as well ;->

Evan Kubota wrote:I like The Illustrated Man (Bradbury, right?).

Yes.

Another good one is "Something Wicked This Way Comes".

I've just been to see this film, which seems to be written in the absurdist style - Ionescu or Samuel Beckett sprang to mind. There seems to be a lot of Super-8, used as "nostalgic memories", as well as a lot of stylised stop-frame animation. Her Maj said all it lacked was a Rhinoceros. I ...

Evan Kubota wrote:Maybe he can buy a miniDV camera, since he loves video so much, and start making little shorts around his ranch and posting them to youtube.

You mean like this?

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid ... 0025933880

Here's an idea for getting hold of music for your films, then. The "Podcast" phenomenon basically requires rights-free music to exist. Podcasters can't use copyrighted works, because then ASCAP would come after them for mechanicals. Because of this, there are a number of sites where people...