Fireworks Test
Film Identifier: F.2011-01-0273
Part Of: Subseries I: Films
Run Time
0h 4m 59s
0h 4m 59s
Format
16mm
16mm
Color
Color
Color
Sound
Silent
Silent
Date Produced
circa 1969
circa 1969
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.
"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.
Main Credits
Elam, JoAnn (is filmmaker)
Genre
Form