SPECIAL EFFECTS ON 16MM FILM:
JK OPTICAL PRINTING TECHNIQUES
LEARN TO CREATE COMPLEX SPECIAL EFFECTS ON THE THE JK OPTICAL PRINTER w/ MCOPY SOFTWARE CONTROLLER
In this workshop participants will be introduced to the JK optical printer to create complex special effects on 16MM film. The course will be taught on the J.K. optical printer that has been specially modified to alter time and perception in all the best ways possible : ) using the open platform MCOPY Software Controller, built by Matt McWilliams, who will lead the class. The MCOPY project, comprised of software and hardware for optical printers, built with re-purposed broken projectors. The workshop will cover the basic principles of the optical printer and introduce procedures for its use. Optical printing is slow and exacting work. As a group we will shoot, develop and view a very short film strip. The workshop will demonstrate how to make tests, work with various film gauges (blow up and down!), control exposure and color, communicate properly with laboratories, and create a variety of effects including freeze frames, slow and fast motion, re-framing, reverse direction, superimposition as this model has two projector elements! In this workshop we will cover a lot of processes, and work collectively to create a well developed short film - everyone is encouraged to bring found or original materials to manipulate. You will leave the workshop with the knowledge to operate the machine independently and credit to work in the space at a later date! Experiments created in the workshop will also be presented after the conclusion of the course at our screening party at a location TBA.
INSTRUCTION: 2 Sessions + Screening Party
SATURDAY & SUNDAY JUNE 2 & 3 from 4 PM - 9 PM
FREE SCREENING PARTY SUNDAY JUNE 18TH @ A VENUE TBA
LOCATION: MONO HQ 33 Flatbush Ave, Brooklyn NY 5 min walk from 2, 3, 4, 5, A, C, B, D, N, Q, R, & G trains.
INSTRUCTORS: Matt McWilliams and Steve Cossman
INCLUDES: 10 full hours within 2 classroom instruction sessions with 2 instructors, JK OPTICAL PRINTER, Editing supplies (Vertical editing system with rewinds, and viewer ), BW print stock, COLOR Camera stock, all related chemistry and processes Course packet with technical information , HI-CON film stock, MONO library of filters, movements and gates for all small gauge formats. 2K video transfer of the finished film by MONO LAB, online hosting of finished film, local & international film festival entry waivers. Plus your film will premiere at a venue TBA free for friends and family.
And you will have access to the following books related the workshop from Mono No Aware’s own reference library:
Special Optical Effects by Zoran Perisic
Experimental Animation: Origins of a New Art by Robert Russett and Cecile Starr
COURSE CAP: Limited to 8 participants
PRICE: $ 285 - 325 Sliding scale. In an effort to make the workshops more accessible to the community at large we have introduced a sliding scale option (below) All options are equal to one registration, and your selection will remain private.