To Boldly Go: A Starters Guide to Hand Made and DIY Films (2008)

“This is a booklet for both those eager to begin in hand made film and those who already started but are keen to know more. It signifies a hope and commitment to making sure these techniques, tricks and handy tips remain openly available to all who might need them. Let’s not keep any secrets! These (chemical) receipts, printing processes, after dev. Effects, emulsion extras and celluloid experiments should be absolutely public.

Let’s make hand-made d-i-y films! Let’s make a lot! Images and texts have been gathered, harvested, illegally used, replenished and inspired by a plethora of found sources including those of David Leister, Greg Pope, Dirk De Bruyn, Maia Cybelle Carpenter, Frank Bruinsma, Steve Sanguedolce, Rebecca Moran, Jurgen Reble, Ben Russell, Jeff Scher and many many others.” (from the introduction)

Edited by Esther Urlus
Published at WORM Filmwerkplaats, Rotterdam, 2008
20 pages
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Related: Helen Hill’s Recipes for Disaster: A Handcrafted Film Cookbooklet
Related: Cherry Kino: Wondermental Super8 and 16mm Film Techniques

Arno van der Hoeven: The Popular Music Heritage of the Dutch Pirates (2012)

“This article explores how cultural identities are negotiated in relation to the heritage of illegal radio in the Netherlands. The term ‘pirate radio’ commonly refers to the offshore radio stations that were broadcasting during the 1960s. These stations introduced commercial radio and popular music genres like beat music, which were not played by public broadcasters at the time. In their wake, land-based pirates began broadcasting for local audiences. This study examines the identities that are constituted by the narrative of pirate radio. Drawing on in-depth interviews with archivists, fans and broadcasters, this article explores the connection between pirate radio, popular music heritage and cultural identity. Moreover, it considers how new technologies such as internet radio provide platforms to engage with this heritage and thus to maintain these local identities. To examine how the memories of pirate radio live on in the present a narrative approach to identity will be used.” (Abstract)

Published in Media, Culture & Society journal, 34(8), pp 927-943
14 pages

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Helen Hill (ed.): Recipes for Disaster: A Handcrafted Film Cookbooklet (2001/2005)

“This is a collection of handcrafted film recipes from 37 fellow experimental filmmakers, mostly from Canada but also from all over. These generous folks donated their blueprints, ideas, drawings and technical information for only free copies of this book and a chance to read everyone else’s contributions. Thank you to all these fine filmmakers. And thank you to my husband Paul Gailiunas, who helped all along.

During 1999 and 2000, the Canada Council for the Arts gave me a grant to learn about handcrafted film. I traveled from Halifax, Nova Scotia to Vancouver, Toronto and Calgary. I met dozens of experimental filmmakers who shared their techniques with me. I thought the least I could do would be to gather this scattered information together. Thank you Canada Council, for funding this good year. And thank you to Laura and Kelly at the Splice This! Super 8 Film Festival in Toronto. They gave me what I needed–a deadline. This book was launched at the 2001 festival.

The main changes in this new version are my new permanent address in New Orleans and the loss of a favorite film stock.

Kodak no longer makes the film stock 7378, which is a high contrast black and white film used in many of these handprocessing recipes. However, the film stock called 3378e has been tested in many underground filmmaking labs and seems to work just the same. So anywhere you see 7378 mentioned, you may use 3378e instead.” (from Introduction)

A revised, post-hurricane edition of the book
95 pages
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Related: To Boldly Go: A Starters Guide to Hand Made and DIY Films
Related: Cherry Kino: Wondermental Super8 and 16mm Film Techniques