Notes from May 2011

Optical Sound Camera Setup

In the next few weeks, Chris Millar, who used to operate Noise & Light in Seattle, will come to Portland to assist us with setting up N&L's old 16mm Harvey optical sound camera. With this camera, we hope to shoot tracks for our next two films. Our desire to learn the process has as much to do with an interest in better understanding the craft as much as any real cost savings. The saving is not that great given the quality of work and the reasonable rates of the four west coast businesses who continue to shoot 16mm tracks. The Harvey camera is one-of-a-kind, built by George Harvey who was one of the original partners of Alpha Cine in Seattle. The audio processors where built by Clive Tobin who was the previous owner of the camera before N&L took possession. There's a lot of Northwest film-making history in this equipment, and I hope we're able to carry on that tradition.

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