Printer light play

A study on the technical properties of film colour. Shot on Eastman colour negative, the film records a variety of combinations of the printer lights, blue, red and green, thus creating different colour effects with the subject, a boy holding a Kodak colour control card.

Credits

co-producer

Arthur Cantrill

Corinne Cantrill

Duration

00:06:02:00

Production places

Australia

Production dates

1978

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

014766

Language

English

Subject categories

Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Color cinematography

Crafts & Visual Arts → Color - Physiological effect

Experimental

Experimental → Experimental films - Australia

Mathematics, Science & Technology → Color - Physiological effect

Short films

Short films → Short films - Australia

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - overscan

MOV file ProRes4444; Digital Preservation Master - presentation

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - overscan

MPEG-4 Digital File; ACMI Digital Access Copy - presentation

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Australia, 1978

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