LYN LEAR:The U.N. was very clear. They wanted a film that was positive, that was inspiring. But we didn't make it entirely for them. We made it also for-- live a long life after the U.N. We hoped that it would inspire other people and especially people around the world because it will be translated into six languages. And it'll be simulcast around the world. And we're hoping that it inspires people in other continents to become leaders and do more about climate change.
LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG:You know I believe nature created beauty as its operating instructions manual because beauty and seduction makes us do things for life to flourish. We made this film together to put out a message that uses the power of messaging and media and beauty to shift consciousness, to do the right thing. And I think that's what we can try to do is emotionally connect with people. If you love something you will protect it. And that's for me the core message of how art can shift this conversation. By making people fall in love with-- because I think we're hardwired to fall in love with things, to protect it. And then-- and you got to change the conversation. I mean, with anybody, do you care about the future? Do you care about your children's future? Well, if you do then these are the normal, natural course of action we need to take.
LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG:Well, in a short film we hope we can inspire them and take actions in their life that will allow life to be sustainable. It can be personal like, you know, you recycle paper because you care about the forest. You will eat healthier. Maybe you eat less meat because that has a giant impact on the environment as well. Those actions in total culminate to a big effect on the planet. And more importantly elect leaders who share the same values. I think values that sustain life on a personal level and on a political level are one in the same.
LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG:Well, recently I was in China. We were shooting the Great Wall. And we were only about two hours outside of Beijing. And we couldn't see the Great Wall more than 100 feet in front of us because of the intense smog. We had to wait, you know, about four or five days for the wind to shift so we could see the Great Wall. I was recently in Greenland and the indigenous people there said they can't hunt anymore because the ice is too thin. And in Fiji natives were saying-- showing me islands that already have, you know, getting-- being covered by water. So it's sad that the people that have the least impact on the global environment are the ones that are suffering the most.
BILL MOYERS:What kind of balance do you have to strike between optimism and pessimism, between hope and despair? Not only in your own lives as you live in a world that you see as being adversely affected by climate change, but as you make a film.
LYN LEAR:I think people need a little push maybe to know that it's frightening, it's a real thing that's out there. We need to deal with. It's-- we have a very short amount of time to deal with it. But there really then needs to be hope. We have to have hope. People need to know that this is solvable. And it is. More than ever today.
LYN LEAR:Because there-- today more than ever before there are things that are changing. Wind and solar around the world are cheaper and freer than ever before.Solar and wind in Africa, they're sweeping the continent. In India they're using solar and wind far more than ever before. They're just doubling in use everywhere. In America as well.
LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG:You look at the fact that, you know, when we decide to unite together we can do anything. We put a man on the moon. If we can shift our consciousness, value the things that are positive that allow life to be sustainable then clearly we can do it.
I mean, a pessimist and an optimist will agree on the facts. But what are the options? I mean, quitting is not an option. And people do feel overwhelmed with the negative despair of hearing about, you know, global warming. What can they do? It's invisible. Polar bears are dying and-- but they have to kind of focus on the fact that all of us together united add up to something significant. And the world leaders need to know there is a movement happening right now.
LOUIE SCHWARTZBERG:And there's a movement now that is tangible. We see it whether it's in the street or online. The people of the world are saying, "Enough. These leaders are behind the eight ball." There's a movement happening right now that if these leaders don't get on board then they need to move outta the way.
Louie Schwartzberg is acclaimed the world over for his remarkable work. He specializes in the creation of films that use time-lapse, high-definition and 3-D photography to reveal nature as it is seldom seen by the naked eye. He is founder of the studio Moving Art.
I cannot downlad any film. Everytime I get immideately the information that ther is not enough space to finish the download.
But there is plenty of space free on the harddisc.
I tried different locations to save the films but always the same error occurs.
This has not happened to me, but I saw a report on another forum of something similar. According to that report, the download file size was shown as 3.6 EB (unbelievably large) and as a result, the user received a message of "not enough memory on hard disk.
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I'm not sure why you'd want to, unless you were wanting to make a LF negative from a small format negative, for contact printing. If that's the case, you're better off just trying to print the SF negative straight-off. You could also try a film scanner, then output print to clear plastic.
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What he shot was four different visual options, four looks. When I looked at them, it suggested to me the idea of four seasons, which totally opened up the film and tapped into what I was actually trying to say with it, which is obviously, that metaphor of life. It made it possible to dramatize the allotment in an interesting way and it opened up a longer time span, so that we could explore visitations from Mary. And it liberated each season, each chapter, each act of the film so that I could have a different mood, a different prevailing spirit, and start from a different angle and introduce a new character. And that, perhaps, is what also may give it a Chekhovian feel.
Looking back at the performances these same actors have given in your previous movies is a way to see all the individual films as one extended movie. We bring their histories in your movies to each succeeding movie.
Even once the film passes a QC process, a clearance process, a legal process and a technical delivery process, all of which will incur considerable cost, there is significant cost incurred by the distributor and aggregator to prep, release and market a title across the digital landscape.
Understanding that certain costs are not only necessary, but essential in allowing your production to contend in the very competitive marketplace is what ultimately separates the career filmmakers from the hobbyists.
If you want to spend the money to do it "right", it would probably be possible to install a pressure plate, takeup spool and rewind crank, but converting the film stop would be beyond reason. The 126 film has a single perforation per frame, which activates the shutter cocking mechanism and film advance stop; with 35 mm, you'll have about 6 perforations per 126 frame, and have to wind and fire six times to get a single frame. And, of course, part of your 28x28 frame will overlap the perforations at the bottom of the film (top of image), and either show in a square print, or require installing a mask or cropping off and leave a frame around 24x28 mm. Not to mention that there's no frame counter without the paper backed film.
... but the lenses are really quite excellent ... as a cheap (second?) body this concept does have some mileage, but do be aware the Instamatic Reflex has an all electronic shutter, with one (unspecified) mechanical speed, so batteries may be a problem. If you're going to this extent to use the camera, you should have no problem adapting the battery holder to accept a single 3v lithium coin cell rather than the two PX825's it was designed for.
But if you're only after a cheap second body, and the quality of the lenses, you might be ahead to just buy a brick or two of the Italian film that's still available in 126 cartridges, and shoot that. It's C-41, and fits 35 mm equipment (other than printing crops and spacing), so you should be able to get the negatives processed anywhere they can figure out how to open the 126 cartridge.
And if you can get the lab to return the cartridge (without breaking it up getting the film out) and backing paper (not easy), you might be able to make a device to punch properly spaced holes in unperfed 35 mm bulk film and reload the cartridges. More trouble than it's worth, IMO, when you can get a Spotmatic with a good 50 mm for $50 plus shipping.
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