Two rare Jittlov videos

[ja...@sodapictures.com]

Haven't seen these before so figured they'd be new to others here as well... both examples of "kinestasis" from Mike.

http://www.fuzzymemories.tv/index.php?c=3078
A commercial for Random House Encyclopedia from the 1970s.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A2wt55I1MbE
The last part of a Universal-produced documentary called "US Art: The Gift Of Ourselves". Mike animated the "1970s" section of the film (guessing it's 5:22-6:14)

[cement...@gmail.com]

Thanks for this! Alas the account which the second was on has been shut down, any other source?

The Adventures of Lat and Long is on youtube now too, so cool to finally see :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwmQZqmLZbY

[ja...@sodapictures.com]

On Monday, October 6, 2014 5:35:07 PM UTC+1, cement...@gmail.com wrote:
> Thanks for this! Alas the account which the second was on has been shut down, any other source?
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> The Adventures of Lat and Long is on youtube now too, so cool to finally see :) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwmQZqmLZbY

Yep, I uploaded the Lat & Long clip too :) Having a huge Jittlov phase at the moment which has involved purchasing a signed (not by Mike, alas) Kelly Freas poster as well as a WoSaT short 16mm print!

Luckily I managed to save the U.S. Art clip, perhaps I'll upload Mike's section (which is only about a minute long) later.

[ja...@sodapictures.com]

As promised, here's the clip from U.S. Art: The Gift Of Ourselves. Enjoy!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vQqAOdb8do

[cement...@gmail.com]

On Wednesday, October 8, 2014 10:45:01 AM UTC+1, ja...@sodapictures.com wrote:
> As promised, here's the clip from U.S. Art: The Gift Of Ourselves. Enjoy!
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> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_vQqAOdb8do

Thanks, much appreciated. Great stuff :)

[Walt]

> Yep, I uploaded the Lat & Long clip too :) Having a huge Jittlov phase at the moment which has involved purchasing a signed (not by Mike, alas) Kelly Freas poster as well as a WoSaT short 16mm print!

16mm copy? That's definitely a big phase then. But you can enjoy that on the original big-screen entertainment system. The clack-clack-clack noise is a traditional sound-effect. :-)

> Luckily I managed to save the U.S. Art clip, perhaps I'll upload Mike's section (which is only about a minute long) later.

Thanks for that. I can't recall seeing that one before. Perhaps Ken Burns was once inspired by Mike? Perhaps Apple should have a "Mike Jittlov" effect in iMovie? :-)

[ja...@sodapictures.com]

On Sunday, November 9, 2014 9:39:06 AM UTC, Walt wrote:
> 16mm copy? That's definitely a big phase then.

Since that original reply I managed to track down another 16mm reel with WoSaT, Animato and Time Tripper too, so yep, no half-measures phase-wise ;)

Who knows, I may even see about getting them transferred in HD next year as it's likely to be some time until Mike is able to.

[Matt]

I had read Mike made TV commercials before WOSAT but this is the first time I've ever seen them. So Jittlovy! Thanks so much for uploading them.

An HD transfer of the film someday would be glorious.

[Walt]

Are they in good condition? Many copies are pretty red last I heard.

[ja...@sodapictures.com]

> Are they in good condition? Many copies are pretty red last I heard.

I haven't had an opportunity to watch them projected in person yet, but the guy I bought them from sent me some videos of them being projected and they look fairly pink, as you'd expect. (Apparently Mike only did a few Kodachrome prints of the films, the majority were Ektachrome which inevitably fades.)

Hopefully some digital colour correction could help counteract it, but still, it would be an improvement on the fifth-generation low-resolution MPEGs most of us are used to :)

[Rich Carreiro]

Wow! I'd be willing to kick in some $ to help getting them transferred.

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Rich Carreiro rlc-...@rlcarr.com

[ja...@sodapictures.com]

Further to the above, the full versions of Meadowlark Lemon Presents The World and US Art: The Gift Of Ourselves have actually wound up online (though not by me!). Check them out here:

Meadowlark Lemon Presents The World: https://archive.org/details/MeadowlarkLemonPresentsTheWorld

US Art The Gift Of Ourselves: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwLIt3iWl7g

[cement...@gmail.com]

Great, thanks for these!!

[Walt]

On Monday, February 8, 2016 at 8:20:58 AM UTC-8, cement...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Monday, January 25, 2016 at 12:12:45 PM UTC, ja...@sodapictures.com wrote:
> > Further to the above, the full versions of Meadowlark Lemon Presents The World and US Art: The Gift Of Ourselves have actually wound up online (though not by me!). Check them out here:
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> > Meadowlark Lemon Presents The World: https://archive.org/details/MeadowlarkLemonPresentsTheWorld

Wow, that video is .... so ... clunky. Funny how the early part of the video jumps around a lot and has obvious scratches and small skips where it was probably spliced. By the time "The Adventures of Lat and Long" comes up, the scratches stop and picture stabilizes.

[o2wi...@gmail.com]

Thanks for posting all of these videos. It's great to actually make use of a Usenet group in 2016. Count me in as another hoping for a cleaned-up version of WOSAT.

Some of these clips reminded me of some sequences in this 1976 short, "Nutrition: The All-American Meal":
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ig698C13svQ

Other than "A film by William Crain" there are no credits on this film so there's nothing directly linking it to Mike. To me, the animation seems less advanced than Mike's work but the rapid-fire barrage of still photos seems like something he could have done.