i have an ancient box camera from the late 40s. takes 120 film. Absolutely unfair good images out of this thing.
This is the 1940s equivalent of a disposable Kodak, it’s terrible but because modern film stock is so fucking good it just rips absolute ass. No I don’t have any pictures they’re scanning shut up.
the shutter speed is “yes” and the aperture is “sure, why not”
it turns out when you have a negative that’s 60×70 mm that you don’t really need the world’s best glass
Beeg Pitchoor
this just isn’t fair. this is like a toddler walking into a chess tournament and beating a high schooler
Fun fact: This is all on expiredlomography metropolis. if it were in-date film it’d look even better. I dont have any in-date metropolis in 120 but i have a roll of it in 35mm that i’m gonna load up once i’ve finished my current roll of Kodak ColorPlus 200 (cheap color film that looks better than it should)
Here’s Catlabs X Film 100 in 35 though, which is kinda similar in terms of range
i see your “goncharov can’t be made into a real movie cause that would ruin it” and raise you; someone does make a real version of goncharov but films 3 or 4 different versions of each scene/plot point, and than mashes them up to create like 30 different versions of the same movie. it’s released in theaters under the guise of being a perfectly normal film, but every person who goes to see it sees a slightly different version, which will just increase the confusion and amount of unconnected lore. is that possible? probably not. but it would be hilarious.
btw I know ppl on this site go on abt mutuals but if you are someone that shows up in my notes regularly who I don’t follow, I do notice and I am fond of you and if you reblog something from me I do think “YES I have pleased the follower with good taste”
What happens when you let a film nerd make an anime?
Fuuga Yamashiro (山代風我) joined Science Saru in 2017 as an Assistant Production Manager during production of “Night Is Short, Walk on Girl.” He was essentially Studio Co-founder Masaaki Yuasa’s secretary, but he worked his way up to assistant director on “Keep Your Hands off Eizouken” and finally got to direct his own first full Anime series, Dandadan.
Having worked so closely with one of the greatest living auteur directors, you might think he would share that overpowering individual creative influence, but as he has pointed out in interviews himself, it’s much the opposite.
Instead of relying on his own creative voice, which he doesn’t seem confident about in interviews, he literally collects techniques from his favorite movies, breaking them down into storyboards and adding them to his arsenal to re-contextualize later. And as you may be able to tell from watching Dandadan, his biggest influences aren’t anime and manga, but live action film – something he seems to have studied obsessively.
And when you compare the anime to the original manga (which itself is already filled with references to old movies and TV) subtle adaptation choices make the deft application of techniques borrowed from other storytellers very clear. Every choice is made for a reason and furthers the story being told in some way; nothing is there for no reason. like the simple, controlled camera pans and tilts that make the serpoian spaceship feel cold and sterile, or the crazywackysilly, un-predictable wide-angle camera movements that intrude on that cold sterile world when turbo granny shows up.
“There’s a technique called ‘Dolly Zoom’, which is a technique that changes the perspective of the background while keeping the size of the subject.” […] “In ‘Cult of Chucky,’ which I saw recently, there is a scene in which a long passageway is filmed in telephoto, while a wheelchair moves forward. The character is ‘getting closer, but the viewer feels farther away’. This is the kind of thing I collect.” […] “I’d like to combine these things in various ways and do it in animation.” (I took some liberties with this, the translation was pretty rough)
And sure enough, that exact same type of dolly zoom rears its head in Dandadan as Okarun sprints away from Turbo Granny and the mouth of the tunnel stretches impossibly into the distance.
It may seem counterintuitive to ascribe too much importance to the creative vision of one person who specifically talks about his own lack of strong creative vision, (and to be clear, he’s far from the only person playing a major role) but I think it’s precisely that encyclopedic knowledge of film techniques and that pragmatic, meticulous attitude that may have acted as a stabilizing force for Yuasa, and that also provides some needed structure to a ball of pure energy like Dandadan, while still preserving its essence and the eclectic influences that it wears on its sleeve.
Also, mad respect for using the seventh installment of the Child’s Play franchise as your example of a dolly zoom instead of, like, Vertigo, Jaws, or Goodfellas.
This is just a sliver of what I talk about in this full video! A minuscule piece of the pie! Some tiny little crumbs for the peasants! So if you consider yourself worthy, go watch the whole video. I think it’s good.
Uhh also reblog! I spent way too long on that intro animation, so I need it. Bad.