Here are a few video's I found on Youtube after reading the Visual Music Article.
Hans Richter- Rhytmus 21
Viking Eggeling - Symphonie Diagonale
Marcel Duchamp - Anemic Cinema
Oskar Fischinger, in "Fantasia", Walt Disney -1940
Monday, February 1, 2010
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Clear Leader: First Expiements
Late last night I finished my first attempt at coloring a film on clear leader. Before beginning the process I was able to acquire around 20-30 red onion skins from a friend at King Soopers. I applied the onion peels to the clear leader with water, allowing them to sit for ~20min before applying more water. After another 20min or so I dropped a single droplet of food coloring over the onion skin, I did this about 5-6 times at different sections of the film using a different color each time. I sprinkled a bit of water over each drop to spread the dye slightly. With the remainder of the film(which happened to be the head) I placed acrylic paint directly onto the film, then blended some of the colors using a cotton swabs. Below are some picture of the first clear leader film.
Working on another clear leader film so expect updates to this post, and eventually a slide show of both projects.
Working on another clear leader film so expect updates to this post, and eventually a slide show of both projects.
Thursday, January 21, 2010
First Film
Approaching 3am now, the film is just about finished(aside from some last min. flattening) Experimented with different bleaching techniques, Spices, Soap, Salt Water, Laundry Detergent, Home-Made Anisette, Kool-Aid powder and a wide variety of x-acto blades. ~10 hours until the premier!
Here is a brief glimpse behind the making!
What I did to film (from head to tail) and if the processes was successful or not:
I started by soaking the first 48-72 frames in Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent, after 10min or so with nothing happening I place another bowl on top of the one holding the film and detergent. Placing different object in the bowl to add weight. Emulsion was unaffected but Film melted together at certain points as well as slight warping. The next section was dropped into two separate bleach baths, one with nothing added and the other with Mt. Elbert All-Purpose mix added(Spice). Film in regular bleach had Emulsion stripped as expected, Film in Bleach with spices had the same removing effect, leaving a slightly different tint than the one in the regular bleach bath For the middle section I used a Bleach pen to lay a thick layer of bleach on the film, I sprinkled Black River Creole Seasoning over half Bleach line. Using a box a created a stable back so the section with the bleach strip could be placed upright with a fan sitting ~1 foot away blowing directly on the film strip.The Spices had no effect on the bleaching process, the fan however allowed the bleach to solidify in chunks removing the emulsion in the splattered manner. Dish soap was added a small section after the bleach strip. The strip was suspended in air so the soap could drip off onto a piece of paper below. Did not notice much different in the emulsion, might try to add it after the film has been scratched to obtain a different texture. The tail of the film was placed in a large bowl of Salt water, another smaller cup was placed in the bowl to squash the film.The salt water bath didn't have any noticeable effects, although it was the area I did the majority of the detailed scratching. Everything sat for about 3 hours before being removed and slowly dried. After the bleach strip dried I used a rounded x-acto blade to scrap the Bleach off without applying to much pressure to ensure extra emulsion was not removed. I attempted to flatten the strip that had been sitting in the detergent before placing it briefly in a new bleach bath. After soaking for no more than 15 seconds I lifted the film, twisting it to manipulate the melting emulsion. Next i went through the strip and scratched area's that sat just outside the bleach baths. Using a variety of different blades I was able to create a wide array of different scratch marks. On another piece of untouched black leader I laid down another bleach strip with the Pen but placed the Black River Creole Seasoning on the emulsion before adding the bleach The bleach did not remove any emulsion where the seasoning sat, but it did create a pattern that was different from the bleach strip alone The entire process took about 5-6 hours plus the 3 hours the film sat in the different baths and with the bleach strip drying in front of the fan.
Have already began planning my next film using Clear leader and Color. Picked up a box of red onion peels to experiment with :) Should be a grand ol'time!!
Here is a brief glimpse behind the making!
What I did to film (from head to tail) and if the processes was successful or not:
I started by soaking the first 48-72 frames in Arm & Hammer Laundry Detergent, after 10min or so with nothing happening I place another bowl on top of the one holding the film and detergent. Placing different object in the bowl to add weight. Emulsion was unaffected but Film melted together at certain points as well as slight warping. The next section was dropped into two separate bleach baths, one with nothing added and the other with Mt. Elbert All-Purpose mix added(Spice). Film in regular bleach had Emulsion stripped as expected, Film in Bleach with spices had the same removing effect, leaving a slightly different tint than the one in the regular bleach bath For the middle section I used a Bleach pen to lay a thick layer of bleach on the film, I sprinkled Black River Creole Seasoning over half Bleach line. Using a box a created a stable back so the section with the bleach strip could be placed upright with a fan sitting ~1 foot away blowing directly on the film strip.The Spices had no effect on the bleaching process, the fan however allowed the bleach to solidify in chunks removing the emulsion in the splattered manner. Dish soap was added a small section after the bleach strip. The strip was suspended in air so the soap could drip off onto a piece of paper below. Did not notice much different in the emulsion, might try to add it after the film has been scratched to obtain a different texture. The tail of the film was placed in a large bowl of Salt water, another smaller cup was placed in the bowl to squash the film.The salt water bath didn't have any noticeable effects, although it was the area I did the majority of the detailed scratching. Everything sat for about 3 hours before being removed and slowly dried. After the bleach strip dried I used a rounded x-acto blade to scrap the Bleach off without applying to much pressure to ensure extra emulsion was not removed. I attempted to flatten the strip that had been sitting in the detergent before placing it briefly in a new bleach bath. After soaking for no more than 15 seconds I lifted the film, twisting it to manipulate the melting emulsion. Next i went through the strip and scratched area's that sat just outside the bleach baths. Using a variety of different blades I was able to create a wide array of different scratch marks. On another piece of untouched black leader I laid down another bleach strip with the Pen but placed the Black River Creole Seasoning on the emulsion before adding the bleach The bleach did not remove any emulsion where the seasoning sat, but it did create a pattern that was different from the bleach strip alone The entire process took about 5-6 hours plus the 3 hours the film sat in the different baths and with the bleach strip drying in front of the fan.
Have already began planning my next film using Clear leader and Color. Picked up a box of red onion peels to experiment with :) Should be a grand ol'time!!
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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