From: amanda christie (email suppressed)
Date: Fri Nov 16 2007 - 01:54:56 PST
hi everyone,
i just heard back from cheyanne at cineworks. they
can and will indeed screen from film. it was a typo.
submission formats are on dvd, but screening formats
do include celluloid.
super!
amanda
--- Brittany Gravely <email suppressed> wrote:
> Thanks for contacting them about it; I thought that
> was totally odd
> too...
>
> Brittany
>
> On Nov 15, 2007, at 7:37 AM, amanda christie wrote:
>
> > this is an excellent initiative from cineworks.
> that
> > optical printer (oxberry 16/35 with two bipacking
> > projectors and an aerial lens) is an amazing
> machine,
> > and i miss it like i miss my friends in vancouver.
> > i'm glad to see them promoting its use.
> >
> > however, it's strange that cineworks is screening
> > optically printed films from dvd... when they have
> > several 16mm film projectors, and the neighbooring
> > cinematheque has a 35mm projector and 16mm film
> > projector.
> >
> > i sent them an email asking why they're screening
> > optically printed films from dvd... and if maybe
> that
> > screening format thing was a typo. but no reply
> > from them yet. for those other filmmakers who
> won't
> > submit if their work can't be shown on film, i'll
> post
> > an update here once i hear back from them.
> >
> > i'm assuming that there are other filmmakers like
> me
> > who won't screen certain films on DVD format in
> > public... for me, if i've made something on an
> optical
> > printer, i've chosen to do so because the
> aesthetic of
> > optical printing provides something unobtainable
> > through digital means... and a lot of that
> aesthetic
> > is lost in the transfer to video.... so even
> though,
> > i'm one of only 3 people who have used that
> particular
> > optical printer (that they mention in the call for
> > submissions) in the past 3 years... i won't be
> > submitting any films to that screening if it means
> > showing the work on dvd....
> >
> > when i hear back from them about the screening
> > format... i will post here to let people know if
> they
> > are actually showing from dvd or from film, in
> case it
> > affects anyone else's decision whether or not to
> > submit.
> >
> > all in all though, i do think that this is a
> marvelous
> > initiative that cineworks is doing. their optical
> > printer is a very fine machine! one of the things
> > that i miss most about vancouver.
> >
> > whether they're screening from dvd or film, i wish
> i
> > was going to be in vancouver to see this
> screening.
> >
> > slowly adjusting to life in amsterdam,
> >
> > amanda dawn christie
> > zeeburgerdijk 73-B
> > 1094 AB Amsterdam
> > 31-(0)-6-1811-3863
> >
> > --- Flick Harrison <email suppressed>
> wrote:
> >
> >> I'm the messenger only - this is from Vancouver's
> >> film co-op.
> >>
> >> Call for Submissions
> >>
> >> Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society is
> seeking
> >> submissions for
> >> Optical Allusions, a screening of media-art works
> >> made using optical
> >> printers, to take place on 22 January 2008. A
> nearly
> >> gone technology,
> >> optical printers once dominated the field of
> special
> >> effects in film,
> >> yielding such classic examples as 2001: A Space
> >> Odyssey and Star
> >> Wars. Today, optical printers have been embraced
> in
> >> the realm of the
> >> experimental. This screening will present a
> number
> >> of works from
> >> local, national and international media artists
> >> whose film work has
> >> been manipulated using optical printers. With the
> >> only optical
> >> printer in town, Cineworks is proud to present
> this
> >> special event to
> >> preface to an upcoming workshop exploring
> >> introductory optical
> >> printer techniques for the experimental
> filmmaker.
> >>
> >> Only those included within the program will be
> >> contacted. If you'd
> >> like your submission previews returned, please
> >> include a self-
> >> addressed, stamped return envelope.
> >>
> >> Specifications: Shorts, up to 30 minutes.
> >>
> >> Screening Format: DVD
> >>
> >> Submission preview formats: DVD
> >>
> >> SUBMISSION DEADLINE: 31 December 2007. Please
> >> include a covering
> >> letter that clearly indicates the director and
> their
> >> contact
> >> information, a brief bio and description of the
> film
> >> [50-70 words
> >> each], length of the work, year of completion,
> and
> >> the screening format.
> >>
> >> Artist fees will be paid.
> >>
> >> Send Submissions to:
> >> Cineworks Independent Filmmakers Society
> >> Attn: Optical Allusions
> >> #300-1131 Howe Street
> >> Vancouver, BC V6Z 2L7
> >>
> >> Optical Allusions
> >> 22 January 2008, 7:30pm
> >> Pacific Cinematheque [1131 Howe Street,
> Vancouver,
> >> BC]
> >>
> >> For more information, please contact Cheyanne
> >> Turions at
> >> email suppressed or by phone at
> 604.685.3841.
> >>
> >> ***Please disseminate this information widely***
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
>
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> >> For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at
> >> <email suppressed>.
> >>
> >
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