16 mm Experimental Film Workshop
Filmmakers have a hand in all stages of the filmmaking process except when it comes to developing film, and are therefore denied the chance to experiment with the aesthetic properties of analogue film.
Hands-on developing techniques let filmmakers appreciate the positive and negative effects of light in filmmaking alchemy and give them a greater insight into the material nature of their film.
Participants will shoot a group film on a Bolex 16 mm camera and then experiment with different developing techniques: negative development, reversible/irreversible processing and other experimental methods.
This is a residential workshop. Registration fee covers your workshop fee, accommodation and all meals. Prior knowledge or experience with film is not required to participate.
PROGRAM:
1 - Introduction to B/W film development. Super 8 and 16mm.
Necessary materials.
Emulsions and films.
The emulsion processes. Filming, development, projection.
Chemicals vs. Natural Products.
The preparation of chemicals.
2 - 16mm filming.
The 16mm film camera
Loading the cassette and films.
Filming exercise.
3 - Development. Basic processes.
Negative development.
Reversible development.
Experimental, solarized, cross-processing…
4 - Editing and Projection.
Date : Dec. 21, 2024 - Dec. 22, 2024
Price :₹ 7500.00
Facilitators
Luis Macias
Filmmaker
LUIS MACIAS is an artist, filmmaker and image-moving composer. His pieces deal with the formal and spectral properties of the moving image, through the exploration of the cinematographic device itself and the photochemical nature of the medium.Focused on experimental and procedural practices of analog image, his works in Super 8,16mm, 35mm and / or video format are composed for projection, performance or installation. His films and pieces of expanded cinema have been shown in prestigious film, art and music festivals as well as art centers, museums and alternative spaces around the world. He’s been part of collective exhibitions and had one individual so far. He has collaborated with various artists, musicians and filmmakers for the creation of collective works. He is the Co-founder and active member of CRATER-Lab, an independent artist-run-film Lab in Spain for analog cinema. In parallel, he develops theoretical and practical workshops specialized in different variants of experimental film in art centers and/or art-film schools as EQZE. Luis alternates his art work with specialized teaching in experimental cinema and the exploration of analogue moving images. More about his work - https://luismacias.es