Daniel D. Teoli Jr.

Thanks Phil. Never heard of it. I could not find new ones. Are they still being made? Like everything else guess you gotta go to eBay for one. https://www.ebay.com/itm/KINOTON-FP-38EQS-16mm-35mm-professional-Cine-Projector-Many-Extras-Warranty-/283318526163

Thanks, I appreciate that. Seeing the series 'More Treasures from American Film Archives' was a big help to me with film preservation. It clued me into not trying to make the films perfect. And in the big picture I am not trying to make them perfect, but I've been trying to clean them up by cutting out some of the splices or short 10 frame defects etc. I watched some of the films they had in the 'More Treasures from American Film Archives' series and they left in a defect or a few second film decomposition that didn't have any material effect on the film. They could have cut it out and it did not matter, no one would have missed it. But I guess they work under the auspices of every frame is important, even if the frame is mostly obliterated. I also liked the discussion of toned and tinted film on that series. They had a very rare 2 tone film there. Film base was dyed, silver emulsion was toned. Their toning and dye commentary was very important to my education of film preservation. I got 600+ films to scan in my archive. +/- half a million feet of small gauge film. But have little time to work with it. Film is not the only area I work in. While most of the films I have are silent, maybe 15% are sound. And that is another challenge to do with a silent scanner. I've placed a few DVD scans of my films (archival and personal experimental films) with institutions as donations. I hope to work more in that area. But it all takes time. In any case, film preservation work is some of the most interesting work I could hope to ever encounter....it is just fascinating. Everyday I wake up I can't wait to dig into it.

Vimeo deleted all the videos on my SGFA account. I snuck Hollywood Sand Witches in after they deleted everything. But it may not last . Really sad how all that work goes into preserving history just to have it wiped out....cancel culture 2020. From now on I will prob just use the Internet Archive. In the Rustbelt we have the worse internet in the nation. 1.0 upload .4 download speed. When doing any uploads or downloads my computer grinds to a halt. Uploading videos takes many hours. Then all my work just gets wiped up for my trouble. Here are 2 links for Hollywood Sand Witches if Vimeo deletes this video. https://archive.org/details/hollywoodsandwitches720pd.d.teolijr.a.c. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Hollywood Sand Witches 720p

Vimeo canned my ass. I lost all my videos. Here are 2 links for Crowded Train on the Internet Archive. Hopefully it stays put. https://archive.org/details/crowdedtrain720pd.d.teolijr.a.c. https://archive.org/search.php?query=Crowded Train 720P I lost 48 Tumblr websites as well once they changed their policy. Just no continuity with internet. Really depressing sometimes. You can put in years of work and lose it all in an instant. Do you know how much work went in to making 48 Tumblrs? Sometimes you just want to give up on it all. What's the use?

NSFW A rare 1928 silent 16mm film by Cine Art. Contains nudity and racist themes. Film was dyed yellow / amber color with numerous splices, breaks, base scratches and blown sprockets. 2K transfer with Retroscan. I also scanned the Wood Nymphs from Cine Art, but it was in terrible shape and needs lots of cleaning up. Hopefully will get it out in a week or so. After seeing the films and listening to the commentary of the DVD set 'More Treasures from the American Film Archives' I am not so fussy with defects. They had some beautiful dual colored films. Highlights were dyed yellow, shadows were silver toned green / blue. Daniel D.Teoli Jr. Archival CollectionDaniel D.Teoli Jr. Small Gauge Film ArchiveDaniel D.Teoli Jr. VHS Video ArchiveDaniel D.Teoli Jr. Audio ArchiveDaniel D.Teoli Jr. Social Documentary Photography

35mm archival projection was mentioned in the interview. I thought all projectors caused wear and tear. I didn't know they had such a thing.

https://hyperallergic.com/538404/momas-dave-kehr-on-film-preservation-and-why-theres-never-enough-money/ Marking its 17th edition this year, the Museum of Modern Art’s To Save and Project festival celebrates newly preserved and restored films, both from the museum’s collection and other archives and distributors from around the world. This year’s slate included the premieres of restorations of silent films by D.W. Griffith and Raoul Walsh, a collection of amateur films in the National Film Registry, a previously unreleased PSA about age discrimination from Night of the Living Dead director George Romeo, and more. To Save and Project represents New York’s biggest film preservation event of the year. Hyperallergic spoke to Dave Kehr, a curator in MoMA’s Department of Film and former film critic at the Chicago Reader and the New York Times, about this year’s festival. The conversation ultimately broadened into how To Save and Project has evolved over the years, how digital has radically changed restoration practices, the funding difficulties archives face, and the generational shift occurring in the film preservation field. This interview has been condensed and edited for clarity. * * *

Thanks for the rundown!

...there is a reason Deakins is rated #1. The proof of his mastery is in the pudding.

That is not a question I'm asking you. That was a question someone asked on another forum. I give you my answer, with illustrative photos at the link. NSFW https://danielteolijr.wordpress.com/2018/01/27/is-flash-important-for-street-photography-at-night/ I do a tremendous amount of night / low light street photography. When it comes to night / low light street photography you only have a few choices to choose from. Available Light Film / High ISO....Available Light Digital / High ISO....White Light Flash....Infrared Flash....Electric Lighting....Tripod Shots. My first choice for night street photography is to use available light. Next is a mix of available light with fill white flash. Sometimes there is not enough available light, so it is mostly flash. If I need to stay low key it is IR flash aka ‘blackout’ flash. With regards to tripods…I seldom, if have ever use one. As a documentary / street photographer, I take pride in my technique to be able to get the shot handheld and on the fly. At the link I also show some examples of 'push processing' film and digital. With digital, push processing is a dream compared to the old film days. Every image can be handled separately as compared to treating an entire roll of film. Over the years I have replaced much of my white light flash work with infrared flash. The drawback with infrared flash is it is black and white and you can't do motion blur well. All the light comes from the IR flash in the dark and infrared does not pick up much of the available light. This is getting more true as the world switches to LED lighting. In the old days you could get some motion blur with a slow shutter speed shooting infrared flash if you had incandescent lights in the background. But whatever method I choose, I can work seamlessly between all styles. That is the key...working natural. With candid street work there is no time to learn on the job. Especially in our world we live in nowadays with all these agitated people. But that is a different post...Self Defense for the Street Photographer. (Google if interested.)

How many shipping reels get spliced together to make up a house reel?

OP, I had good luck with a Canon FD 35-70 zoom adapted to Sony. ($45 from Japan) But zoom range is puny, it is slow and don't use it much. It is a sharp, well built lens. Just wish it went from 35-135. You have to be careful with adapted lenses to Sony. Some yield poor corner sharpness, esp wides. I've been using Rokinon cine lenses, the basic ones. Happy with them for my work. Maybe Rok will come out with a cine zoom that is affordable. There could be an issue with mixing still camera lenses with cine lenses, the f stop vs t stop thing. But I've not found any issue with this zoom that way. I don't have to swap lenses without shooting some digital test footage. Maybe that was more of an issue in the film era. The Canon FD does produce a different IQ than my Rok lenses. Lots of zoom options out there if you got the $$. https://www.bhphotovideo.com/c/search?Ntt=cine Sony E mount zoom&N=0&InitialSearch=yes&sts=ma&Top+Nav-Search= ...you know the deal...lotto hits...and I will buy the Zeiss!

From the little I saw, beautiful work! It was smart of you to show stills along with video. Sadly, in the rustbelt my internet download speed is 1.0-1.4 mbps and upload speed is 0.4 mbps. So could not see much video. Do you have any time to do personal work that does define you? If so, send in some samples. It is good you keep your site all pro work. Sometimes I see sites with personal stuff mixed in. Not so common with pro cine, but see it with wannabe still photogs trying to stretch things. It degrades the portfolio. Isn't gaffing a step down from DP? If so, maybe take it out to look more focused on your impressive DP portfolio. In the section about your background, try 'justified' text. Looks better in my opinion. Good luck!

That is an interesting technique. Why don't you just save photos in a file folder. Does Pinterest offer more benefits?

I had read..."The Alexa Classic, or EV, has reached legendary status. Ask any owner/operator which camera they'd love to own and you can bet your last coin that they'll say the ARRI Alexa." What is the benefit of owing an outdated, but still $$ camera like this? Is it a nostalgia thing?

Normally don't bother with surveys. But yours was short, so why not. Some of these surveys ask tons of questions and have to give up on them before half way done. I deal mostly with old films and photos. If I use music I pirate old music from the 20's - 30's and hope everyone evolved is dead. Nothing I do is commercial and that is a help too. But mostly just use projector sound for my old silent films. I would consider using composers if I had $$ to burn.

OP, shouldn't you get your numbers in the ballpark before accepting a job??

Latest J.J. production was disappointing. Some of the CGI had issues. And even if perfect, sick of CGI fantasy. Maybe they are getting burnt out on the series too. I'll watch on DVD, maybe if library gets it. But not worth paying $11 for me for big screen.

People throw up 'Its been done before' GD, hasn't it all been done before more or less? Hoyte had some fresh technique with infrared in Ad Adstra and it was snubbed.

When IS the best time to do it?? Seems a 2 day story is a perfect candidate. The critic Chang is also an editor. He was baffled, as he said in his review, where the cuts were. May be a case of sour grapes.

Social acceptability? All this PC stuff is crap. The lying politicians got the people all bamboozled, don't they. These PC freaks are not even running for political office, yet they have to be PC at ALL costs. PC is nothing more than code the lying politicians invented to not say anything that would hurt their chances at getting elected. PC has nothing to do with truth, it only has to do with what can be sold to a confused society. I read an article the other day about the PC people and 'cancel culture' as in destroying people, companies, cities or states that toe the PC party line. https://www.prospectmagazine.co.uk/life/with-cancel-culture-political-correctness-has-indeed-gone-mad That is their greatest joy isn't it...destroying anything they don't agree with in their narrow world view. That is one of the joys about working underground. You are already cancelled as far as the curators and art world goes. When you are underground, as long as it is legal, you do as you like and let the proverbial chips fall where they may. I have not seen the Joker. From the TV clips I saw it did not appeal to me. But in the soft civil war America is in, our world may get more and more violent as one side forces its will on the other. So maybe I should see Joker as a prognosticator and just for the violence. If the violence is that noteworthy that it would knock Joker down from receiving best picture, that it would rightly deserve, then I should see what it is all about.

Do you think the rapids were computer? I wondered why he did not drown. The rapids looked pretty rough. He had no flotation device. I don't remember if he had any heavy gear on, but heavy boots and all don't help.

...that is the title of Justin Chang's NPR review of 1917 at the link. Short 6m57s audio: https://archive.org/details/1917isamindbogglingtechnologicalachievementbutnotagreatfilm I guess he is of the school of Robby Muller who didn't like the camera to distract from the film's message. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justin_Chang Couldn't argue much with Chang's critical views of the film. He had valid points, albeit nitpicky to me. But where one can argue is when it comes to the art...is 1917 a great film or not? Of course, art is always in the eye of the beholder. To me 1917 is a stupendous film.

Thanks for the replies. Your animation was my second choice Malcom. Very nice. I was thinking it would be like spinning or revolving a coin on edge, just slow. But if it is $$, then it is out of my budget. No, have not considered lo-fi approach. But good idea to try for some things. I like your animation Malcolm. I will see if my software does it. I have Movavi film editor. When I write the Russians they don't offer much support. If I figure it out I will list you in the credits for technical advisor Malcolm. If you don't want to be mentioned in my films, let me know. They are mostly underground material. And it would not be the first, second or tenth time people don't like to be associated with me, so no problem. I also bought a copy of Premier Elements but have not tried it as yet. I wanted to put it on another computer. I've found some of these video software programs clash if on the same computer. I've got a the free DaVinci. But it is too complex for me. I didn't know what NLE meant Will. Here is something about it for any of you also in the dark. Yes, budget is always an issue Malcolm. I work in many areas. It all takes $$ and movies are the most money sucking.

Yes Perry, no one is disputing the color work. Here is the reps reply on it. The scratches were removed with the wet gate and then the FRS software was used for grain reduction, dirt removal and a little sharpening. There is a weird perception to the eye when you remove some of the grain the impression is that the image softens slightly, hence a little sharpening is applied.