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Posted by Jeffrey Ouellette (Member # 1532) on April 07, 2009, 01:09 PM:

I don't really have any professional equipment, but I was wondering what the best way to deal with the many little lengths of film that will enviably be floating around. I've seen some pictures it looks like they hang up the lengths, but the three ways I can think of doing it seem wrong. I've though of using a paperclip, but of course this would damage the film. I've thought of using tape but I'm worried about leaving adhesive stuck to it. And I've thought about just hanging them over a pole, but again it seems bad to make any sort of contact with anything but the edge of the film.

Also it seems like the most effective way of doing actually editing the film would be to make all the cuts I need first then assemble them from the beginning, or is it easier to just make cuts and then splices one at a time?

Posted by Joe Taffis (Member # 4) on April 07, 2009, 01:19 PM:

one splice at a time...the less splices the better

Posted by Jeffrey Ouellette (Member # 1532) on April 07, 2009, 01:25 PM:

Thanks. I just realised that this is the wrong forum. Oops.

Posted by Douglas Meltzer (Member # 28) on April 07, 2009, 05:59 PM:

Jeffrey (I moved your post),

Ah...the old days of film editing! Joe is correct. One cut/splice at a time is best, but if you've shot out of sequence or are pulling from multiple sources that may be tough. Film editors would use hooks on a line over a bin. The hooks would fit into the sprocket holes to hold up the section of film. Of course, this is easier in 16mm & 35mm. For Super 8mm, you coud use clothespins or plastic clips to hold the film, like the happy fellow from the cover of a pamphlet from the folks at Guillotine.

Here's some helpful info from the same pamphlet:

Good luck!

Doug

Posted by Dino Everette (Member # 1378) on April 07, 2009, 06:07 PM:

And you could help yourself by getting some kind of film cleaner, either a quick dry kind or a slow like filmrenew, because no matter how careful you are you will get dust,etc on the film when you are piecing it all together...

Posted by Jeffrey Ouellette (Member # 1532) on April 07, 2009, 08:22 PM:

Thanks a bunch. Lots of useful information there.

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