From: marco poloni (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Dec 23 2008 - 15:48:17 PST
Hi Ed,
Thanks for the valuable feedback. I definitely would experiment on a copy of my master.¨
You know what? Your suggestion to project via a filter is simple, and damn smart! Thanks for this!
Marco
-----Original Message-----
>From: Ed Inman <email suppressed>
>Sent: Dec 23, 2008 2:29 PM
>To: email suppressed
>Subject: Re: how to tint 16mm b&w footage?
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>Photographer's Formulary in the USA sells a variety of traditional B/W toner formulas:
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>http://www.photoformulary.com/DesktopDefault.aspx
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>Of course most people use these on paper these days. I would be hesitant to experiment on valuable footage, but I suppose some would work on film. There is a pretty good article on film tinting on Wiki:
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>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_tinting
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>As an alternative, have you considered projecting with filters?
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>Ed
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>-----Original Message-----
>>From: marco poloni <email suppressed>
>>Sent: Dec 23, 2008 12:42 PM
>>To: email suppressed
>>Subject: Re: how to tint 16mm b&w footage?
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>>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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>>-----Original Message-----
>>>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,
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>>>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.
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>>>> This is a rather obsolete process. The only filmmakers I
>>>> know of who used it are the Milan-based couple
>>>> Ricci&Gianikian.
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>>>> Would anyone have a tip here?
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>>>> Thanks, all best,
>>>> Marco
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>>>> gsm +41.78.6322028, skype marcopoloni
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>>Marco Poloni, Korsörer Strasse 1, D-10437 Berlin
>>gsm +41.78.6322028, skype marcopoloni
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>>For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
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>For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.
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Marco Poloni, Korsörer Strasse 1, D-10437 Berlin
gsm +41.78.6322028, skype marcopoloni
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For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.