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Damien Bhatti

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  1. Selling a battery which can be either used for a Bolex Ebm (i am supplying a 4pin to 7pin power cord, with a custom on off switch built in) and it can also be used for the Tobin Time lapse unit, auction = http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&Item=320602032689&Category=40975&_trkparms=algo%3DLVI%26its%3DI%26otn%3D2 Its ending soon, but will put it back up again tonight, thanks for looking
  2. I am interested in getting a degraded video look, a bit like this music video here: http://vimeo.com/7665385 Is it simply a question of taping on an old VHS deck several times over? Or is it software based... Also the show Banzai How do you think that strange saturated/video look is achieved?
  3. Hi I am selling my Miller tripod in the UK. Its on ebay here, so please take a look, thanks! http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?Vie...=STRK:MESELX:IT
  4. I will have to go with ebay i think...i did email a few people but strangely no 100ft of that stock around in uk...thanks anyhow
  5. Does anybody know of a place which deals in 7285 100ft rolls in the uk? Widescreen center and a couple of others seem to stock only 400ft of it...
  6. i think i might experiment with the reversal as I need a positive image on the film to play with. Thanks for the help(s) - D
  7. I have an idea for a piece i am working on that involves using reversal film. But I was wondering whether using the tobin time lapse motor for stop frame work on a film like this is a no no. Because reversal is so unforgiving and I am opening up the shutter of the bolex for a really long time. (I have to use a heavy nd to compensate.) Is it best to avoid using reversal in this way? And if I am not working with sunlight, in a studio - will a heavy nd and an 85 be ok? Seems like a lot of filters! My original idea was to animate 35mm slide stills. But the costs involved just outweighed the pros. I figured that I can use 16mm reversal instead.
  8. Hi this is my animation, any feedback would be great, thanks - http://www.vimeo.com/5479993
  9. Looks gorgeous. One question, why did you add the spots and marks of a distressed film look. Or was that achieved in camera somehow? - It's heavyweight alright....Sprucey spruce.
  10. You know this short is a breath of fresh air from ones I have been watching on YouTube of late, no disrespect to them. Such a great use of taxidermy and how taxidermy is so underrepresented these days! I think surprise is often a good tactic for holding my attention, and I was absolutely riveted from beginning to end. That comes from being completely unaware of what I had expected, well I expected something around the lines of "Fight the Ban," or something to the contrary. But this just threw me. I can really sense the enthusiasm and enjoyment in this little project - with a big vulgar gesture to narrative, 5 *'s. p.s. I thought the gloves with the marble eyes first time around felt a little out of place. I think maybe you could push that aesthetic next time as it is already quite "full," in the world it evokes for me. Taxidermy, fox hunting, and marbles are all great avenues for an aesthetic that is good looking, complimentary and organic - appearing to be not too selected from mere choice. What camera/ film / budget etc?
  11. Is it possible to get a high res scan/ uncompressed to a file(s) on DVD disc(s)? My film would be about 2 minutes long... But I dont want to go put it to Digi beta, because then I would have to get the footage to my computer, which I dont necessarily have access too. I could put it to a hard drive I suppose, but logistically thinking - posting some DVD's around the country is alot more feasible... This a possibility or no?
  12. Can anyone suggest a decent manual zoom lens for a Canon 400d. I am doing some stop motion, hence the manual reducing flicker, and bought a really cheap and nasty Nikkon lens with an adapter. So could anybody suggest a nice manual zoom Nikkon lens?
  13. I was listening to his accent and I thought it was distinctly from the North of England, no worries -
  14. Thanks Kieran, I might take you up on that when I get it finished in a couple of weeks,
  15. I find it a bit annoying really because I am trying to make the process of making things as cheap as possible. Festivals wanting digi beta screening copies just make it so hard for people trying to make things on a budget.
  16. Does anybody know any place in the uk that does hard drive to digi beta thats relatively cheap? I have a 1 and a half minute project that I need on d beta for festivals. Thanks,
  17. When submitting a dvd screener, is it more appropriate to make a simple menu or let the film run straight away?
  18. I used to believe in God but now, I am unsure. I think one of the main points for believing in a God, is the fact that it comes back to the question of creation. Cause and effect infinitely regress to the point that in order for a rational feeling of closure some people posit God. What Thomas Aquinas called his First Cause. But, even that answer begs the question, "Well who created God then?" To which theists respond something like, "Well he/she is the uncaused cause because he/she set everything in motion." Well I think the more science tracks back to the singularity before the big band, the space for Gods existence, in a quantifiable, testable way will shrink considerably. The universe I think is a natural process, and part of that process is to create existence. Thats its job on a monumental scale, and microscopic. Every time our hearts beat the tide of blood is a mini big bang issuing plasma instead of galaxies, from nothingness to existence to nothingness again!! Perhaps there is some guiding force in the universe, but I think that it would be completely naturally occurring rather than supernatural. And in terms of a personal god, I am pretty certain, a creature of that type does not exist. Why would we think otherwise? What possible proof do we have of an existence of God, apart from esoteric writings from societies long since extinct? If a creator God choose to reveal himself in such a manner what does that say about the creature? "I am all powerful, but I will not reveal myself to my creation because I want them to believe in me without any justification to do so, and then I shall reward them in heaven." Its just too simplistic. Nature is so vastly strange, and marvelous and beautiful, is there any need to add anything more?
  19. Do they remain constant hooked up in a domestic setting as well?
  20. Is there any alternative for flicker free lighting, than the expensive HMI route?
  21. I am making a glass perspective type box ala Yuri Norstein, norstein like in the photo, with images laid out onto the panes and filmed from above like a rostrum. however when i turn my lights on, obviously i get hideous reflections which i do not want. Does anybody have any ideas? what is Norsteins way around this? Should I try and get museum glass that is non reflective, and does that even work with lighting equipment? Perhaps a polarizer filter as well? Thanks
  22. I always thought it was funny in Raiders of the lost Ark when they go to Nepal, at the drinking contest someone says in deepest East London English accent; "Give him space, give 'im space." haha didnt know londoners were so well travelled back in the 40s!
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