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Watching films on celluloid
If you’re lucky enough to have a cinema nearby that shows certain films on actual film stock then I can’t recommend it enough.
All of the mistakes and signs of use on the film stock, that are apparent to you throughout the runtime, adds another layer of immersion to a cinema experience. No one else will see that particular showing of that particular film except for the people in that room with you at the time.
One of my old drama school teachers once told me a fun little story about the gaps between each frame. He said that all those empty gaps which are only fractions of a second between frames being processed and projected are all registered in our brains when we watch a film on celluloid. He also said that our brains see these blank spaces and instinctively imagines what would fill the empty gaps so, we feel more immersed in the film as our brains try to connect these dots in front of us.
I don’t know if that’s true at all, but I’d like to believe so.
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@glenbek
Oct 15, 2024
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@iconicindex
It's totally true... ask a film projectionist about 35mm shutter speed sometime!
Oct 16, 2024
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@glenbek
iconicindex that makes me so happy, I’m gonna look into it for sure!
Oct 16, 2024
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@iconicindex
glenbek It's not actually too complicated — basically the shutter opens twice every 1/24th of a second, and 50% of the time you're actually looking at darkness. On a DCP projector (standard for digital cinema) the projector continuously runs bright, even for "black" frames (and for movies originally shot on film, 1/25th of the frames are even artificially duplicated). The cognitive difference is more obvious when you compare film to various motion-interpolation/smoothing effects on modern TVs — there's just clearly a lot more room for your own mental interpretation of visual motion in the cinematic context.
Oct 16, 2024
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@glenbek
iconicindex thank you so much for the explanation, I can wrap my head around that for sure, I love it! Possibly why so many filmmakers of the pre-digital film sphere talk more about going to the cinema and that being a pivotal experience in them choosing to make films.
Oct 16, 2024
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@iconicindex
glenbek It's actually a bit of a sad scene in London for 35mm unfortunately, really only the Prince Charles holding it down. Chicago (and of course NYC) is *much* better. Ümit's shop in Lower Clapton is a bonkers 16mm must-visit though
Oct 16, 2024
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@glenbek
iconicindex hit the nail on the head, only started watching more film on celluloid because of the affordability and community behind Prince Charles, love that cinema. Will have to check out the other one too! Never heard of it.
Oct 16, 2024
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@iconicindex
glenbek He occasionally does 16mm screenings at Castle Cinema in a series called Ciné-Real, but the shop is wild and you can just chat with him on any rainy afternoon on these kinda topics. He also rents out a 16mm back screening room there for small BYOB groups and will hand-run a single projector himself. I lived in Chicago too long, so for me 16mm is too much of a "toy" format, but some people love it
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