A 16mm colour contact printer workshop at WPC  by Richard Tuohy and Dianna Barrie

“A 16mm contact printer is a great thing to have. It’s a very powerful piece of film-making equipment and is an essential part of the apparatus of cinema. And Sydney’s new Workshop for Potential Cinema has one! Traditionally, the contact printer was designed to do one thing: make near perfect duplicates relatively quickly. If you have access to one, however, there is much more that can be done with these machines than just simple duplication. It’s possible to use them for compositing images and other improvisatory image manipulations. In this workshop we will explore the basic operation of the contact printer in colour printing onto Kodak 3383 16mm colour print stock… And then we will get into some of the serious game playing that’s possible with a simple colour contact printer”.

When: Saturday 28th April, 2018, 10.30am – 6pm

Where: “Archies”, Archway 4, Jubilee Park Oval, Chapman Road (see contact page for more detail)

Cost: $60.

Learn how to process your own 16mm film. The workshop will cover the hand processing of B&W 16mm film including the use of chemicals, loading the LOMO tank, B&W negative & reversal processing, drying your film and projecting.

When:  Saturday 7th April, 2018, 2 – 5pm

Where: “Archies”, Archway 4, Jubilee Park Oval, Chapman Road (see contact page for more detail)

Cost:    $30.

A second workshop has now been added for:

Saturday 12th May, 2 – 5pm

Update: Both workshops are now booked out. More coming soon

To book your place email: info@workshopforpotentialcinema.org

* This is also the introduction workshop for those wishing to become members of WPC

Learn how to use the iconic Bolex camera and shoot on 16mm film. The workshop taught by Peter Humble from Workshop for Potential Cinema will cover using the (Bolex) camera including camera loading, exposure, continuous and variable speed shooting, time lapse & time exposure, lenses, film sensitivity, light metering, film speed ISO/ASA/DIN.

2 Sessions:

12:00 PM SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER

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02:00 PM SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER

Factory Theatre – Sydney Underground Film Festival

The ultimate DIY 16mm filmmaking workshop! Learn how to use a domestic printer to make films on 16mm. Peter Humble from Workshop for Potential Cinema will take us through his 16mm laser printing technique, adapted from film artist Roger Beebe. Using clear 16mm film stock we will feed it through a printer and onto the 16mm film. Please bring a laptop with photoshop installed & one or more moving image video files..

4:00 PM SATURDAY 16TH SEPTEMBER

Factory Theatre – Sydney Underground Film Festival