Fireworks Test

Fireworks Test” appears to contain test footage for a variety of different goals in mind for JoAnn Elam. The first half matches the form and content of Elam’s later work ” Celebrated Royal Fireworks (Original), ” in which firework explosions are filmed in the night air and on a movie screen. The second half of this reel appears to test zooming (with an insect on a tree), printing exposure (alternating shots of a bear and a man walking down the road, each getting progressively darker), and lens masking.

Fireworks Test


Video:

Collection:
Elam Subseries I: Films
Date:
circa 1969
Original Format:
16mm
Color:
Color
Sound:
Silent
Duration:
0h 4m 59s
Abstract:
Fireworks Test" appears to contain test footage for a variety of different goals in mind for JoAnn Elam. The first half matches the form and content of Elam's later work " Celebrated Royal Fireworks (Original), " in which firework explosions are filmed in the night air and on a movie screen. The second half of this reel appears to test zooming (with an insect on a tree), printing exposure (alternating shots of a bear and a man walking down the road, each getting progressively darker), and lens masking.
Genre:
Short
Subject(s):
,
Source:
http://www.chicagofilmarchives.org/collections/index.php/Detail/Object/Show/object_id/8050
Repository:
Chicago Film Archive