35mm Adapter

Today during the break I talked about 35mm Adapters for small Digital Cameras. As promised some additional information.

On this German Page you'll find lots of infos and Links, I know that most (or all of you) don't speak german but I'll put it in because it safes me the time to list all the links, just click on them and you'll see if the information is also available in Englisch (Kommerzielle Adapter means of course ready-to-buy products, probably the best and most expensive one is the adapter from P+S which could easily cost more than your camera)
Links on 35mm-Adapters.de
On the next page you'll find the Theory behind
DOF using 35mm lenses
Go35Pro is an additional Seller of Adapters
DVX User is a nice Homepage even for non Panasonic Owners
Marla the Movie is one of the films which used 35mm Adapters and there is also a PDF how to build an adapter (28 Days later was filmed with an Canon XL1 and a 35mm Adapter although some scenes were shot on film, the Canon was the main Camera)

There are some clips available on most of the pages, otherwise just google for "35mm adapter" or "dof adapter". If you're really interested I could lend you a DVD with Testfootage from different Cameras 1,7GB in total.

This is why we treat online information with EXTRA SKEPTICISM!!

This is why we treat online information with EXTRA SKEPTICISM!!

Fake professor in Wikipedia storm

Volunteers write and edit the site's thousands of articles

Internet site Wikipedia has been hit by controversy after the disclosure that a prominent editor had assumed a false identity complete with fake PhD.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6423659.stm

Surrealist Films "explained"

For those who want to know more about some "mindfucking movies or at least some interesting theories, here are some interesting websites (I think there is some good info about "Lost Highway" too, but I was more interested in "Mulholland Drive" and "Donnie Darko".

Donnie Darko FAQ
Donnie Darkos Official Homepage "Walkthrough"
Lost on Mulholland Drive

Why, in 2007, are only 7 per cent of film directors female?

Celluloid ceiling? Ask the experts
Why, in 2007, are only 7 per cent of film directors female? The barriers to women making it to the top of the film industry are stronger than ever, according to five of Britain's most interesting female directors. In a frank discussion, they tell Kate Kellaway about the trials and triumphs of their craft, and why working in Hollywood is so much easier
Sunday March 4, 2007The Observer

article:

http://observer.guardian.co.uk/review/story/0,,2025930,00.html

Vertigo

If you have not had a look here before, please check out the online editions of Vertigo, articles might be useful for some of you for your research.

http://www.vertigomagazine.co.uk

Online film archives:

www.UBUweb.com - radical, surreal and avant-garde cinema

www.archive.org - old films, documentary and old advertisements plus more

www.peekvid.com - general

myfilms.com - Website aims to expand filmgoers' horizons

Website aims to expand filmgoers' horizons

Mark Sweney
Tuesday February 27, 2007
MediaGuardian.co.uk

The UK Film Council is backing the launch of a social networking and community website that aims to boost cinema attendances for non-mainstream movies.

The website, called myfilms.com, will be supported by £3m in National Lottery funding and backed by media and entertainment brands including Sky, IPC Media, Lovefilm.com and Carlton Screen Advertising.

"The aim is to increase the range and breadth of cinema going in the UK," said Pete Buckingham, head of distribution and exhibition at the UK Film Council. "It is extremely difficult getting anything other than blockbusters known in media such as papers or magazines, even movie-focussed websites take a strong blockbuster-led approach."

Launching next month, myfilms.com aims to combine film information and reviews combined with a sophisticated recommendation engine that will match quality movies to users tastes.

The aim is to develop a "film-centric social network" with media partners raising the awareness and profile of myfilms.com through promotions using their media space.

The website is the latest stage in a three-pronged strategy to increase the viewing of non-mainstream films by focussing on access, awareness and information.

A £2m-a-year print and advertising fund helps distributors raise the profile of non-mainstream films - such as Pan's Labyrinth and Perdo Almodovar's Volver.

And the Digital Screen Network has created a partnership of 240 screens in the UK across 200 cinemas committed to showing non-blockbuster fare on a regular basis.

"There is a better film experience out there than most people are aware of," said Tom Beaumont-Griffin, creator of the myfilms.com concept and executive creative director of agency Sledge.

"Websites like the International Movie Database or commercially-focussed Empire magazine are great for film buffs but what we are creating is a place where you don't have to be a buff to have a rich mix of films and move beyond the restricted diet most people watch."