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Film Development - College Term Papers

Film Development

The instruction I will be providing are for the Bucket Method for
developing motion picture film. Primarily it is used to develop Super 8mm
and 16mm film. This recipe is stolen and reworked from those directions
provided by Alex Mackenzie, who regularly runs workshops on hand-processing
at his Blinding Light Cinema in Vancouver. Alex is a dear friend of the
family and a chief reason why I am now looking into filmmaking. In my
directions, I will refer to Super 8mm film, primarily because that is what
most poor, independent filmmakers use. So now I will explain the process
which I find amazing, film developing.
The Bucket Method has many advantages. The first being it's very
quick, taking ...

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to work with in a bucket. It is thicker and will scratch more, and
needs more chemicals since you are working with double the amount of film.
What you need is: A bucket, a pair of gloves, and a dark room. The
dark room can be a bathroom with all the windows taped up. Light leaks in a
room can totally destroy film, giving it a foggy appearance, thus making it
foggy in the audiences mind also.You also need D-19 Developer, R-9 Bleach,
Clearing Bath and Fixer. D-19, Clearing Bath and Fixer can be purchased at
most photo stores. The Bleach may have to be scratch mixed depending on the
availability of R-9 in your area. Scratch mixing is just a term used to say
“mixing from scratch”, I picked up many industry terms from Alex over the
years. Plastic ice cream buckets are the best buckets I find when doing my
processing. After many attempts to use those gigantic 5 gallon pails I
looked for alternate sources, as the chemicals, I said, are expensive. It
is advisable to not wear nice ...

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Added: 10/19/2006 01:55:04 PM
Category: Miscellaneous
Type: Premium Paper
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