|
Author
|
Topic: Introduction newbie
|
Dalida Jalink
Junior
Posts: 13
From: Tilburg, The Netherlands
Registered: Aug 2006
|
posted August 24, 2006 02:19 PM
I'm new to the forum and I thought I would introduce myself.
I'm 29 and I work at The Dutch AV archive, which includes the archive of the Dutch public broadcasters and also the smallfilm archive. And I recently received my master degree in 'preservation and presentation of the moving image'. It's a MA course which focuses on film and tv archives and the presentations of the contents of those archives.
I'm a newbie when it comes to 8mm. I've always been a film buff, but I started to actively collect 8mm a month ago. While settling in our new apartment we found an old 8mm projector (Eumig mark 8) and some old family movies. My husband and I were hooked the minute we played the films. I love the sound of the projector, the smell (as long as it isn't vinegar) and the feel of a 'reel' film. I’ve got an enormous DVD collection but it can't beat 8mm. It's so much more alive….if that makes any sense ![[Wink]](wink.gif)
A week ago we bought a Eumig s938 for a very reasonable price. Main reason for buying it was that we also wanted to play sound films and that can't be done on our Mark 8. That's also how I found this forum. I was looking for more information on the S938 and found the in-depth test report written by Paul Adsett. Thank you so much!
It looks like our S938 hasn't been used very often (clean interior, no damage on the outside ect) and it's in a good state. We have the speed variation problem, but looking at the drive disk it seems that it needs to be cleaned and that the gears need to be greased. Once that is taken care of then I think it will run much better. I hope I have the time for it this weekend.
Also we're thinking of buying a new lens for our projector. Does anyone have a good address for lenses, what is a reasonable price and what are the do's and don'ts?
My taste in films is rather broad. For 8mm I love to collect amateur/home movies, western, cartoons, (cut down) B movies, horror and SF.
Because we just started our collection is still small but we have:
A monster from a prehistoric planet. B/w 150f no sound (the cut down version is perfect for this film. It’s get straight to the good part. Men in rubber suits destroying a miniature town ;-)
Apollo mission 9,10,11. colour (reddish). 200f ?, sound, English.
Donald Duck the bellboy. Colour no sound
Disney abstracts: bambi, snow white, robin hood
Star Wars – Empire Strikes back. Cut down. Colour, sound.
Also some unknown b/w films. We bought a batch of films and it included some reels with box and title. I want to clean the projector first before checking the films out.
I'm really enjoying this forum and I'm looking forward to discussing 8mm with everyone ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Dalida Jalink
Junior
Posts: 13
From: Tilburg, The Netherlands
Registered: Aug 2006
|
posted August 25, 2006 05:13 AM
Hi Hans, I work at the Media Park at Hilversum at the Nederlands Instituut voor Beeld en Geluid (The Netherlands Institute for Sound and Vision). Thanks for the offer it's greatly appreciated! Send me a pm if you want to meet up or talk in Dutch
And can you have to many films and projectors???
Are you going to the Dag van de Amateurfilm in Utrecht in October(Day of the amateur filmmaker) http://www.stichtingamateurfilm.nl/dagvandeamateur/index.htm I've been to it last year and it was great!
Wimbert you made me laugh, "first lady" ![[Big Grin]](biggrin.gif)
My Father was born in Indonisia, so I have a great interest in 8mm films dealing with Indonesia, especially amateur film from the kolonial days...even if it's often painfull and embarrassing to watch. My favorite film on this subject is called 'Mother Dao, the Turtlelike' by Vincent Monnikendam. It's a lyrical film based on found home movies from the 1913 till 1930. Here's a good review http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0113840/usercomments. It's one of the most beautiful films I've seen. And it's a strong advocate for preserving film.
Sound and Vision (the institute were I work for) is now the owner of the Dutch smallfilm collection. We also digitized some of these 8mm films. You can find them on several websites. I've included a few on www.birth-of-tv.org and www.geheugenvannederland.nl (Bewegend Geheugen collection, use the search term amateuropnamen). I'm still working on tagging them properly but examples of these 8mm films which give an insight in the Netherlands in the 30/50 http://www.birth-of-tv.org/birth/assetView.do?asset=BIRTHOFTELEV19001_____11107904170
A puppet movie also from the smallfilm archive http://www.birth-of-tv.org/birth/assetView.do?asset=BIRTHOFTELEV19001___1110813768500
Dougles I agree with you. It's horrible to see how much is lost. During my study we did research at the Dutch filmmuseum and the have a very large collection of Nitrate film. We helped a bit with making an inventory of a private collection of donated Nitrate film. And it turned out it was huge (I think it took them 5 years just to figure out what was in the cans) and often very badly damaged. You would open a can and the Nitrate would be hard as rock or it was pulverised. But we also found films in very good condition that we were thougth to be lost. That makes it all worth while. For example we found hand coloured 1914 pathe films ect. It was fantastic. And they also had these fantastic formats and coloursystems. For example 9.5, 11.5, 17.5 and coloursystems that makes Technicolour look bleek. Yep it's great.
I agree Michael, it's great to see so many enthoustiast together and sharing the knowledge.
Thanks for the warm welcome
| IP: Logged
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
UBBFriend: Email this page to someone!
![[Eek!]](eek.gif)
Printer-friendly view of this topic
