Re: how to tint 16mm b&w footage?

From: Ed Inman (email suppressed)
Date: Tue Dec 23 2008 - 11:29:13 PST


Photographer's Formulary in the USA sells a variety of traditional B/W toner formulas:

http://www.photoformulary.com/DesktopDefault.aspx

Of course most people use these on paper these days. I would be hesitant to experiment on valuable footage, but I suppose some would work on film. There is a pretty good article on film tinting on Wiki:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Film_tinting

As an alternative, have you considered projecting with filters?

Ed

-----Original Message-----
>From: marco poloni <email suppressed>
>Sent: Dec 23, 2008 12:42 PM
>To: email suppressed
>Subject: Re: how to tint 16mm b&w footage?
>
>Sounds like good tips, and like a lot of tinkering... i'll try to get that berg blue kit.
>Thanks a lot,
>Marco
>
>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Kerry Laitala <email suppressed>
>>Sent: Dec 23, 2008 11:14 AM
>>To: email suppressed
>>Subject: Re: how to tint 16mm b&w footage?
>>
>>Well, the Berg Blue toning kits work o.k., but it can be hard to get the red truly red and not pink. I've used several fabric dyes that produce good reaults-much cheaper, but I cannot say whether they effect archivability of the film material...good-luck...
>>
>>Best,
>>
>>kerry
>>
>>
>>--- On Tue, 12/23/08, marco poloni <email suppressed> wrote:
>>
>>> From: marco poloni <email suppressed>
>>> Subject: how to tint 16mm b&w footage?
>>> To: email suppressed
>>> Date: Tuesday, December 23, 2008, 7:42 AM
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> I just subscribed to frameworks. I am a visual artist and
>>> filmmaker based in Berlin, Germany. I heard of your list
>>> through a Chicago-based filmmaker friend of line, Peter
>>> MIller.
>>>
>>> I have a tough one... I am looking for a laboaratory in or
>>> outside of the US that has film tinting capabilities, i.e.
>>> the tinting of b&w footage with color dyes. This was a
>>> process much practised in the early days of cinema, to add
>>> expressive quality to specific scenes, and also—to my
>>> knowledge—to discriminate original films from unauthorised
>>> copies.
>>>
>>> This is a rather obsolete process. The only filmmakers I
>>> know of who used it are the Milan-based couple
>>> Ricci&Gianikian.
>>>
>>> Would anyone have a tip here?
>>>
>>> Thanks, all best,
>>> Marco
>>>
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>>> Marco Poloni, Korsörer Strasse 1, D-10437 Berlin
>>> gsm +41.78.6322028, skype marcopoloni
>>>
>>>
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>Marco Poloni, Korsörer Strasse 1, D-10437 Berlin
>gsm +41.78.6322028, skype marcopoloni
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>For info on FrameWorks, contact Pip Chodorov at <email suppressed>.

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