Though we can’t show you our new films at the Fieldhouse right now, we can give you some insights and stills showing what we have been working on.
For her new film, Amanda Thomson spaced 4 pinholes according to 16mm film sprockets and attached them to a super 8 cartridge. The super 8 was hand cranked to expose the roll, processed at the field house, then bi-packed with 16mm print stock and contact-printed in her Bolex. She shot mostly Kodak Tri-X (black and white film stock) with a bit of 7213 (colour negative) and printed to 7363 (black and white high contrast titling stock) and Kodak 3383 (colour release print stock). This is eye popping stuff.
Alex MacKenzie constructed a 59-frame pinhole camera out of a large 35mm film can which was then loaded with a loop of very low ISO raw 35mm film stock (fine grain Kodak 5234 panchromatic black and white), exposed for between 30 and 60 seconds all-at-once to create an outward looking panorama. Some of the loops were shot upright, and some horizontally, then all processed by hand at the Fieldhouse. Frenetic!
We look forward to showing you these films in person when the time is right.
In the meantime, check out these resources we have gathered if you would like to try out some pinhole filmmaking yourself. All you need is a box, a pin, and some film, sky’s the limit.