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Topic: More on the death of 35mm
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted January 21, 2013 02:50 PM
While agreeing in principle with what Lee is saying,we have all
supported film by being film collectors, making and buying film.
Time moves on and the method of mass entertainment has
changed,moved away from film, that will eventually end film stock
provision for the independent film maker.My belief is that the public at large, couldn't care less, they don't collect or make film.
Trying to push back the tide and flying the flag for film is
commendable, but it's not going to alter a thing, the people that
would once have come to public screenings in the village hall
won't anymore,why should they, they can view whatever they
want from the comfort of their own homes.No the change has
happened,like the change from std 8mm to super 8,from video
to DVD, time marches on, until as Steve points out, something
else comes on the scene.The cinema as we knew it is slowly
dying, much as music hall did before it,but the screens will
still be lit by digital projection.We still have our collectors either
on this forum or quitely unknown, but the hobby still lives with
us,raw filmstock will be a different question.Just to underscore
what I'm saying, one of the lads who used to attend screenings in the past was astounded that I still used film "No video's the
stuff now, I'm suprised you haven't moved on" Say's it all really.
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Paul Cooke
Junior
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From: Bristol, UK
Registered: Jan 2013
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posted January 21, 2013 03:18 PM
It's a sad article. As a counter I do think this is a time of some positive changes for celluloid. Digitisation has sparked a new interest in using film stock creatively, making it, shooting it, developing it, screening it.
This network of film labs looks healthy to me: http://www.filmlabs.org/index.php/labs/
and these guys are experimenting with coffee: http://caffenol.blogspot.co.uk/
The Cube Microplex in Bristol where i work is reacting to digital revolution with a renewed dedication to film. We may install a digital system, just to have the option of showing new releases, but we're also planning on building a film lab and becoming a centre for 35mm, 16mm, and 8mm learning, archiving and screening.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted January 22, 2013 04:04 AM
The upshot is filmstock for the film maker,when that dries up,
then what? The public at large has shunned photography in the accepted sense,the majority don't even use cameras that are
made for the job, prefering to do their snapshottery on telephones.
Like I said previously,our hobby will still continue among collectors
but trying to believe that film will make some sort of comeback
is delusionary.Time does not reverse itself.It costs a lot of money,skills and equipment to run photolabs,and these are
closing continually,the people and gear scrapped.They will never return,the skills,like so many other industries will be
lost.Time to realise that technology is moving at such speed
what will be the next step for the moving image,lets be brutally
honest, cine was quaint by the end of the '80s, video was
embraced by the public, hundreds of cinephiles swapped
perfectly good equipment for video,and the film situation from
then on was in trouble.Now it's the big boys that are ringing the changes, we don't like it, but that's progress.I hate to play
"Devils advocate",but just because a private show to members
of the public is successful,it doesn't mean a return to film.As the
saying goes "One swallow doesn't make a summer". I truly
love film,with all it's foibles, but lets be realistic,times have
changed.Film will still be with us for a long time,but only among
people like ourselves.
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Hugh Thompson Scott
Film God
Posts: 3063
From: Gt. Clifton,Cumbria,England
Registered: Jan 2012
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posted January 22, 2013 07:04 PM
That is exactly what I've been saying Bill,personally, the professional cinema can go to hell, I have my own film, folks who
think I should move with the times @#/! 'em. I couldn't give a
toss what the public watch, the majority haven't taste in their mouths, let alone in anything else.It's a thing I keep saying, you
all have your own films,enjoy them while you can,never mind
about younger generations,they can look after themselves, enjoy
your films now while your machines are capable of showing them.A sobering thought, how many would be "historians",who
cherished their collections, died and the films went to the heap!
It's selfish I suppose, but I don't care on converting ignorant
people to film,lifes too short.
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