Ideas for creating titles

[mattias]

Single frame? Sure, but most cameras use the same shutter speed for that. /matt

[mathis]

Single frame? Sure, but most cameras use the same shutter speed for that. /matt

Not on my Beaulieu. And on my Nizo neither, if I´m not totally off.

[mattias]

Not on my Beaulieu. And on my Nizo neither, if I´m not totally off.

i know. otherwise i would have used all rather than most. the point is that "single frame" doesn't say anything about the shutter speed.

/matt

[Justin Lovell]

nizo's rule for intervalometer/single frame shooting.

try dialing the fps knob and pulling the trigger. It changes your shutter speed accordingly.

so you can shoot single frame at the effective shutter angle of 54fps... giving you very crisp shots.

[odyssic]

What Nizo's rule? Aren't there many different kinds? I was thinking of getting one?

Steven

[Evan Kubota]

Any of the ones with an intervalometer...

[S8 Booster]

"all" nizos "all" info:

http://www.merzbarn.com/Specification_c ... _chart.htm

s8hôôt

[odyssic]

Thanks for the Nizo info. I might get one eventually. For now I'll stick with 16mm since I just bought 50 x 100' rolls of tri x off ebay.

Does anyone do titles with a matte box or titler? I kind of like the look of real titles? What kind of high contrast black and white film stock would be good to use for shooting that way?

Steven

[alltimetrebek]

Would it be possible for one to shoot white on black titles and rewind the film in order to superimpose picture behind the titles or vice versa? I'm interested in doing this. The computer suggestions are good for shooting titles, but I don't think they could be applied to having titles over picture. Thoughts appreciated.

[S8 Booster]

this may be a better solution - try to get one of these cams and the slide adapter:





s8hôôt

[jpolzfuss]

Wow! The macro even translates the slide's text from "Unser Urlaub" to "Our Vacation"! That's a nice feature! ;)

[S8 Booster]

sure - put a lcd chip from a projector there and you will get anything you want

s8hôôt

[mattias]

sure - put a lcd chip from a projector there and you will get anything you want

hey, no joke. shooting through an lcd for overhead projectors would be really cool. i wonder if the grid pattern is thin enough to not show up...

/matt

[moviemat]

The stock to use for high contrast 16mm is 7363. which is very high contrast and if your into home developing you can develop it in Lith chemicals to make it pure black and white. (easier than other film too because you can handle it in red light). (and ought to be cheap)

Depending on whether your main stuff your shooting is being processed as reversal or negative you have to think a bit about the workflow so you don't have problems with the emulsion being on the wrong side. 7363 is usually double perfed so that can make things easier (or more confusing) in this respect.

Don't quote me on this but if you shoot back to front titles in black on white process them and then flip the film when you cut it in you get white on black text with emulsion on the right side if you are cutting with a print. and if you shoot them the right way around the emulsion will be correct to cut with a reversal film.

or the other way around.

7363 isn't always easy to get in small quantities quickly becasue it is a lab film. We got some from Franklin Film Lab in the US and they were very friendly and quick.

oh and you have to light is as bright as you can becaue the estimated asa is about 6 (but don't worry too much becasue you can process it as long as you like and not get any unwanted grey)

Hope that's helpful and not nonsense

Good luck

Mat

[odyssic]

Thanks! It has all helped.

Steven