From: marco poloni (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Dec 23 2008 - 10:42:43 PST
Sounds like good tips, and like a lot of tinkering... i'll try to get that berg blue kit.
Thanks a lot,
Marco
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>From: Kerry Laitala <email suppressed>
>Sent: Dec 23, 2008 11:14 AM
>To: email suppressed
>Subject: Re: how to tint 16mm b&w footage?
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>Well, the Berg Blue toning kits work o.k., but it can be hard to get the red truly red and not pink. I've used several fabric dyes that produce good reaults-much cheaper, but I cannot say whether they effect archivability of the film material...good-luck...
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>Best,
>
>kerry
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>--- On Tue, 12/23/08, marco poloni <email suppressed> wrote:
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>> From: marco poloni <email suppressed>
>> Subject: how to tint 16mm b&w footage?
>> To: email suppressed
>> Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2008, 7:42 AM
>> Hello all,
>>
>> I just subscribed to frameworks. I am a visual artist and
>> filmmaker based in Berlin, Germany. I heard of your list
>> through a Chicago-based filmmaker friend of line, Peter
>> MIller.
>>
>> I have a tough one... I am looking for a laboaratory in or
>> outside of the US that has film tinting capabilities, i.e.
>> the tinting of b&w footage with color dyes. This was a
>> process much practised in the early days of cinema, to add
>> expressive quality to specific scenes, and also—to my
>> knowledge—to discriminate original films from unauthorised
>> copies.
>>
>> This is a rather obsolete process. The only filmmakers I
>> know of who used it are the Milan-based couple
>> Ricci&Gianikian.
>>
>> Would anyone have a tip here?
>>
>> Thanks, all best,
>> Marco
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