hand processing down and dirty

[sadiemayhem]

What you need to develop your 16mm or super 8 BW film (and this is the down and dirty way) is a dark room, a packet of D76 developer, fix and some foto flow.(a pair of rubber gloves are stongly recommended)
First is get all your chems ready a three sink setup is best but you can always use buckets. Turn out the lights and start pulling the film out of the canister into the developer. To do this you will have to give the film a bit of a yank it will snap(be carefull not to lose the end back into the canister or you will have to pry it open in the dark. It is good to have a hammer on hand if prying does not work)Once it is in the developer agitate(very nicely) ever so often until the 8 min. is up. Then wash. Then fix for 4 min. You can now turn on the lights. Then wash. Then rinse with foto flow. Now you must untangle gently and string out to dry.
Now the other things you will need to tranfer with are a super 8 or 16mm Projector, a tripod ,A digital camera that can do negative art. ( this is because at this point the film is in negative because we have skipped the beaching process during the dark room session. We have done this because these chems. are hard to get and are very toxic. We have also found the the contrast of the film is alot better this way),and screen or a white sheet. When you transfer have the projector about 3 feet from the wall so the frame is about 4-6 inches by 4-6 inches with camera just above and behind the projector. Dont forget if you want to put it into positve to use a camera with a negative art function you may also have to play with the shutter speed to cut down on the flicker. This is when film meets new tech. Now that you have it on video you can put it on a non liner edit system and have fun fun fun. This may not be for all but we have had great results with this method at the school I teach at. If you want to see some films made by some of the students check out our web site below. One highly reccomended one is "I Am Rubber" but there are many more.
Anyhow I hope this works for you.

[sadiemayhem]

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Here is the web site. www.youthfilms.com
Kenna

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[Dfilms]

Can the same negative projection video reverse process also be done with color negative film.

[Jon Taylor]

The Russians make a 400 ft developing tank for 16mm and the film winds onto a spiral spool. I believe The Widescreen Centre still sell them.

The having to "untangle" a 400 ft roll method, sounds like a great way to get that distressed, scratched to shreds look.

Jon.

[sadiemayhem]

We have done color in reversal at the school and I don't see why using the neg art on the digital camera wouldn't work to transfer the film. I would have to check on the chemical procces but I know it is close to the same.
Kenna

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