FILM 1400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Guy Maddin, Film Stock, Super 8 Film
Document Summary
Two experimental films that demonstrate the possibilities of low-tech special effects, manipulation of speed, and tonality in black & white and colour cinematography. Variations on a cellophane wrapper (david rimmer, canada, 1972, 8m, col) Prelude: the heart of the world (guy maddin, toronto international film. Gauge - the dimensions of the film stock, indicated by the width of the film strips: Film registers light on silver halide crystals. Larger gauge = more crystals = higher resolution. Film speed or exposure index: sensitivity to light. Fast film = larger crystals = less light needed. Slow film = finer crystals = more light needed. Digital images stored on computer drive, disk, or tape rather than film. Light captured by sensor rather than film stock. Codec: a computer program that encodes and decodes data captured by a digital camera. Codecs compress information into manageably sized files for editing and viewing (lm) Dynamic range: amount of light sensor can read: white black.
