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65mm Archival Camera
Artwork partly inspired by Todd-AO |
Read more at in70mm.com The 70mm Newsletter
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Written
and art by: Daniel Aguirre Hansell a.k.a Emerald2000 |
Date:
10.08.2018 |
The Picture’s Background
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Recently
I competed an art piece that was helped by a photograph from the Todd-AO
equipment catalogue. I used the camera as reference for making a strange
65mm camera operated by an anthropomorphic robot lion.
Click the picture to see enlargement
I used Systemax Paint Tool SAI to make the art piece and started drawing on
Christmas Day, 2017. It took a couple of months to complete due to my habit of
thinking about twenty different things at once. The type of picture I made is
what we fans of animation call a false cartoon screenshot in which we draw our
characters or already existing ones in a make-shift scene that appears to have
been screenshotted and uploaded. These are often made with subtitles. My
illustration depicts scene from a story I am currently writing. The scene is of
a rather large anthropomorphic lion robot supervising it’s 65mm camera,
preparing to photograph and record a very important occasion (a speech by the
mayor of the city). The story started in October 2015 and centres around two
General Officers on a fictional planet in the Alpha Centauri star system. Nearly
five-hundred years of peace is broken when a sudden war breaks out, between the
robots and five other lands. Below is an extract from said story.
...Around the New Robotropolis City Hall,
television cameras were set up in preparation for a broadcast. Several robot
news reporters were there waiting for the Mayor to show up. Sitting directly
in line with the City Hall, situated on an elevated platform was a 65mm
archival camera. A robot lion operated it, checking the focus and zoom
lenses. He was brightly coloured, having a blue casing.
Carlotta noticed this, “This must be a unique gathering for one of those to
be here.”...
Just a note; the story is not one fit for mass
publication, but a mere bit of fanfiction fun to help in developing my writing
skills.
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Internet link:
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The Picture’s Details
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Another
little sketch of the character and the camera
Click the illustration to see enlargement
First of all, the 65mm camera, which is depicted as such, was based on a
Mitchell 35mm Baby Bugeye variant from the
Todd-AO equipment catalogue. This was
because it was photographed at a nice head-on angle. Once I had drawn the base
lines, I altered it to resemble a 65mm camera like the horizontally place
cylindrical motor. I added some modern equipment like the viewfinder being
replaced by a small screen monitor connected to a GoPro on the side. Another
difference is the tripod it’s mounted on, which was referenced from this
photograph of a Technicolour camera;
blog.scienceandmediamuseum.org.uk. (The robot’s camera would photograph in
the 2.20:1 ratio.)
The picture is framed in a letterbox fashion with an aspect ratio of 2.63:1. A
curved border sits around the edges, which is a homage to how nearly all
analogue films have this feature on the 35mm prints and negatives. The curves
are noticeably stretched with added lens vingetting, which was made deliberately
to give the effect of an anamorphic presentation, as well as a vertically
blurred background and horizontally stretched flares. When researching old
colour processes, I noticed something in films that were shot with Technicolour
cameras. If there was a bright spot, it would give off a pink glow/shine/flare.
Liking the effect, I incorporated it into my picture by giving all the bright
spots this pinkish glow. Lastly, to give the appearance of traditionally
animation, the character, camera and wall to the right have shadows underneath
them, emulating hand-painted cells.
I shall not elaborate on the robotic lion character as it would ruin the story
(unless anyone cares to read it,) however, I can say it will feature many uses
of cameras and their high symbolic worth and value.
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