Arrg, none of the new photos I have posted to The Looking Glass are showing up!!!
I have alerted my hosting company (Dream Host) to the problem and hopefully they will get it sorted out soon. Until then, no photos! *tear*
On another note, I handed in my first film last Monday, and will get a chance to screen it publicly in class. I am looking forward to that immensely. Already, I have started work on the next production, a story about a good deed.
Man, production is a huge amount of work. I will be having a production meeting with my group, minus Julia but she had not shown up for both Cat and my first productions (we where there for hers), in which we would decide things like locations, schedules and lots of other fun stuff. I think I am going to by some bulk film and store in in the fridge.
Also, I may start to telecine my first production when I get it back, but keep in mind that it is a film, with no sound or editing shot on super8 Plus-X film.
Ok then, cheerio
I am excited to report that yesterday I purchased an Elmo 1000S Macro. It is a fairly high-end (at it introduction, it was priced at around 500 pounds (roughly $1000 CAD), I picked it up for $125 off a former Ryerson film student) with everything that I could test without actually shooting and developing a role of film.
I do have several gripes though, but they have to do with the camera model, not specifically to the one I purchased. Firstly, it does not have the ability to shoot single frames. While not being essential, it allows for more creative freedom. This was fixed in the later models that Elmo produced, like my personal dream, the Elmo 1018R (single frame, manual exposure, many different film speeds, variable shutter). My second gripe is related to the first, that the remote has only on and off, so even if the camera had the ability to do single frames, I could not as there would be too much camera shake. There is also the issue of the built in meter reading Ektachrome as 40 ASA instead of 64, but that can be overcome with an external light meter and setting the exposure manually.
All in all, those were rather minor issues that I will look for next time I am in the market for a camera. Thanks to Cat for coming out with me to help test out the camera.
To further my chances of getting all the desired features, I will be attending the flea markets at Downsview. If anyone is interested in coming with me, send me an email at andrew@aehunter.net.
Photos coming soon!
This was a found-footage (read->used without permission) video I put together from various sources. Feel free to watch.
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This is What The Film’s final sumative project for your Gr. 12 Media Arts program. The movie file is optomised for the ipod, but that means that is has a lower resoution that your tv.
Look What I Found Download
Watch enjoy someday, I’ll figure out how to embed the video so you won’t have download the video.
Finally, huge thanks to the members of What The Film Productions, Ben Sulky, Jesse Jang, Krista Boniface, Chris Sharp and last but not least Peter Miller. Also, thanks to Mr. Lam for making this possible.