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Classic films are forever an intriguing part of American life. What qualifies a movie to become a classic is varied as is opinions, but there are some general things that most will agree on. Filming techniques, directing ability and acting all come into play when considering a movie a classic. There is also the most important part of a movie, the audience. The ability of this movie to connect to you on a personal level, tugging at your emotions and touching your soul made it a classic. The ability of a movie to cross the lines of generations and gender also is important. When the movie comes together and you feel as though you are transported to the heart of it and only realize once again when the movie ends that you are in a theater and not the movie, it's a classic.

An example of a movie that crossed the line into classic status is "The Jazz Singer" from 1927. This movie left a lasting impression on anyone who has ever viewed it. Produced by Warner Brothers and starring Al Jolson, who was a notable musician at the time, "The Jazz Singer" started the movies of Hollywood moving in another direction. Americans were introduced to musicals and talking which wasn't common in the movie world. The drama of the movie could touch people's hearts and souls so you left the theater moved for the first time.

Embracing antiwar and political statements, "All Quiet on the Western Front" was a classic film from 1930. With the book already in print the movie followed a German boy who had the displeasure of WWI personally. This movie brought to light the issues at hand of the violence of the war and with many soldiers returning from war crippled, or wounded if at all, it made an impact. Filmed in the back lots and country in California, this movie brought the pain and suffering felt by many American families in the open. The ability of the filmmakers to make a movie focusing on the harsh realities of the time made this movie an instant classic.

In 1937, Disney released the first full length cartoon and captured audiences like never before. "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs" was a technological feat for the time period. People marveled at the fabulous new technology and families enjoyed the movie together. Including human characters and fantasy ones allowed joy to enter the hearts of all who watched. The story intrigued many as a fairytale that had no violence and ended happily ever after.

There have been many movies to enter the realm of classic status since 1930, allowing generation gaps to close and both males and females to be touched emotionally and spiritually. A classic film will never go out of style as people yearn to be moved on the movie screens even today.

Gregg Hall is an author living in Navarre Florida. Find more about this as well as movie downloads at http://www.videomoviedownloads.com

How To Make Your Own 16mm Black and White Film Like They Do In An Expensive Film School

New York Film Academy and NYU Film School charge students $30,000 to $40,000 a year for their programs. But most people don't realize that the actual filmmaking exercises done in these schools are very primitive and can be replicated very simply. NYU's "Sight and Sound: Film" course, a 2nd year Fundamentals Course costs about $7,000 in tuition. New York Film Academy's year long filmmaking program costs about $30,000.

In each of these courses, students make about 5 to 6 black and white reversal 16mm films. These are the kinds of movies you expect to see in a film school. Black and white, no sound. As a learning exercise, these movies actual do more damage than good because the techniques used are so out of sync with how things are actually done on a real movie set. Certainly, one need not spend this much in tuition to make movies like these to work with this level of equipment.

The camera used by these schools is the ArriFlex-S. This camera was invented in 1952. It became very popular in the 1960s, the heyday of 16mm film news shooting. However, nobody in the film business uses this camera anymore: except for film students. The camera is "non sync" meaning that you cannot shoot characters speaking dialogue; the film will not keep the same rate as the recording tape and the dialog starts to go out of sync with the mouths of the actors as they move.

Arrifliex-S cameras, where available, rent for about $150 a day. There are two rental houses in New York you can go to instead of paying thousands in tuition. Go to Hit and Run Productions in Brooklyn http://www.hitandrunproductions.com. Or Cinema Astoria Queens in  http://www.cinema-astoria.com. Then go to B and H Photo and Video on 9th Avenue and 39th Street in Manhattan. Ask them for Tri-X or Plus-X Reversal Film. While you're at B & H also pick up a cheap "light meter".

Reversal film is like slide film. The image goes right on the film itself. It's the cheapest film you can shoot on which is why film schools like it. When you go to the camera rental house you just ask them how to load the film. They will show you in about 5 minutes. You can also ask them how to operate the camera and if you can rent some lights. You can get some film lights for about $50 a day.

When shooting, you simply point the light meter at your subject. You punch in the speed of your film (Tri-X is 400 and Plus -X is 200) and it will tell you what "f stop" to put your camera at. The f stop is just a little ring around the lens that lets in more or less light.

It's so simple. Basically, the brighter it is outside, the narrower the f stop needs to be. If it's really dark, then the f stop has to be completely open. The light meter does it all for you.

Then once you are done shooting you go to http://www.colorlab.com. Give them your film they will develop it for you and put it on a mini dv tape.

Then you can edit it on your mac.

If you can't get to New York simple google the following. "Arriflex-S camera rental" or "Bolex camera rental". You can also mail order the Reversal Film from B & H and also mail film into colorlab or find a lab near you.

Or you can skip this exercise altogether and make some movies with sound and color!

 

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New 16mm film + Old 16mm Camera = Equals?

If you put new 16mm film stock into an old 16mm camera, like say an Arriflex 16BL or an Arriflex SR-1/SR-2, will the processed film look old or will the picture look like it would if shot on a Arriflex 416 or a similar modern day camera?

Once again, please excuse my ignorance.

It will probably look new, however if the lenses are hazy or some dirt or something is scratching the negative it may give you old looking prints with lines or cloudiness. Things can be done in the processing to make it look old too. If you want the old home movie look try an old 8mm.
If it's black and white and you want to make it really look raw you can bucket process the negatives... throw it in a bucket with the chemicals and stir it with a stick, drain it, rinse it, fix it, shake it, etc. But if done properly you can still get nice clean results from the bucket too.
Film is good for experimentation.
Have fun.
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