film story:
long ago, when i finished animations, i shot my junior year film on the Oxberry Animation Stand. (side note. i love the oxberry stands. although i was never perfect on them, they seemed an elegant and for-real sort of device. intimidating, to be sure, but if you finished, an accomplishment.)the oxberry animation stand aims its camera lens down at a table to photograph the artwork. because you might zoom in or out of the picture while shooting,the inventor of the oxberry made a device that keeps perfect focus however far away from the table you are. youre never supposed to touch it the focus. it takes, im guessing, about a day or so to film a minute of animation. my animation was five minutes. it took me four or five days. maybe three, since i remember staying up all night a lot back then.
i had just put the film in the can, and was to send it to the lab to be developed. someone came in to tell the lab tech (heh, my job now) that the OXBERRY WAS OUT OF FOCUS! I sighed, put the film in my fridge, and called up to order more film.
and thats where my film remained a handfull of years till a lady made me check out a bolex and shoot some stuff. and since i was shooting, i decided to double expose the old stuff. so youve got out of focus (?) animation layered with the real world.
the film stock is 7248. first exposure was in april '98 second exposure, at (one and two stops down from a perfect exposure) taken in may of '04. its being pulled (or underdeveloped) half a stop, so that the to hopefully balance the exposures a little better. ill post neat stills if any happen.
long ago, when i finished animations, i shot my junior year film on the Oxberry Animation Stand. (side note. i love the oxberry stands. although i was never perfect on them, they seemed an elegant and for-real sort of device. intimidating, to be sure, but if you finished, an accomplishment.)the oxberry animation stand aims its camera lens down at a table to photograph the artwork. because you might zoom in or out of the picture while shooting,the inventor of the oxberry made a device that keeps perfect focus however far away from the table you are. youre never supposed to touch it the focus. it takes, im guessing, about a day or so to film a minute of animation. my animation was five minutes. it took me four or five days. maybe three, since i remember staying up all night a lot back then.
i had just put the film in the can, and was to send it to the lab to be developed. someone came in to tell the lab tech (heh, my job now) that the OXBERRY WAS OUT OF FOCUS! I sighed, put the film in my fridge, and called up to order more film.
and thats where my film remained a handfull of years till a lady made me check out a bolex and shoot some stuff. and since i was shooting, i decided to double expose the old stuff. so youve got out of focus (?) animation layered with the real world.
the film stock is 7248. first exposure was in april '98 second exposure, at (one and two stops down from a perfect exposure) taken in may of '04. its being pulled (or underdeveloped) half a stop, so that the to hopefully balance the exposures a little better. ill post neat stills if any happen.
jaimy:
thank you so much for your response. it does totally help. i'll look into your suggestions shortly.