That is frickin' brilliant. I once made a contained loop the right length to just run through the projector and across the reels on its own, but it was so short it was only a few seconds of footage.
Looked really cool though. Nicole Elaine Baker MFA in Visual Studies, 2019 Pacific Northwest College of Art Hallie Ford School of Graduate Studies *www.magiklantern.com <http://www.magiklantern.com>* On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 9:41 AM, jimmyschaus1 <[email protected]> wrote: > Just ran the loop through a regular 16 projector and had the extended arm > of a mic stand placed a couple feet behind the projector, perpendicular to > it, and looped the back part of the loop around that. Adjust the distance > of the stand from the projector to effect the tautness. Made one big loop > that went round and round. Took a cue from audio tape looping techniques > I've seen at experimental music gigs lol. Just put another object > somewhere that can take up the slack and voila. > > Not the safest bet--the material the mic stand's made out of isn't > abrasive but also its not designed for celluloid running smoothly over it > for hours on end. You could end up with some scratches. But if you really > want to do the loop and can't acquire a proper looping projector, it > works. > > On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 11:20 AM, Nicole Baker <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hey Jimmy Schaus, >> Could you elaborate on how you set that up? It sounds like a really >> useful trick! >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018, 8:54 AM jimmyschaus1 <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I used the arm of a mic stand to take up the slack of the loop and just >>> a regular 16 projector for an art show once, worked pretty well! >>> >>> On Thu, Jul 19, 2018 at 9:37 AM Margaret Rorison < >>> [email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Dear Friends, >>>> >>>> A student of mine is looking to show a 16mm film in a Juried show at >>>> her school in Baltimore, MD. >>>> >>>> Can you recommend any professional places that would rent a looper for >>>> a reasonable price. >>>> >>>> I have a beautiful handmade looper made by Kenny Curwood- but I am not >>>> able to lend this and wanted to see what other options there are for >>>> renting one for a couple of weeks. >>>> >>>> thanks! >>>> Meg >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------- >>>> http://margaretrorison.com/ >>>> http://sightunseenbaltimore.com/ >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> FrameWorks mailing list >>>> [email protected] >>>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> FrameWorks mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> FrameWorks mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > FrameWorks mailing list > [email protected] > https://mailman-mail5.webfaction.com/listinfo/frameworks > >
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