Hi. First of all i’m sending love from the UK in these strange times.
I have some questions about tools used for cutting film - and the invention of
the film splicer.
i’ve just found a patent online from Kodak dated 1923-6 for a film splicer,
does anyone know anymore about the introduction of splicers to cutting
rooms/film editing?
I know that scissors were used before splicers were invented and continue to be
used in some cases - In Man with a Movie Camera Elizaveta Svilova is shown
cutting film using scissors, and more recently in Fragments of Kubelka Peter
Kubelka is shown cutting film with scissors.
But were razor blades ever used? Computer editing programmes often use the
razor blade as the ‘cut’ icon but is this actually inaccurate?
I’m interested to know people’s preferred cutting tools and
experience/knowledge of anything used other than a splicer.
All best,
Mary
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