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June 06, 2007
Eumig – a whiff of nostalgia
When I was at college I studied film and animation, primarily because on a first year field trip to rain-sodden North Wales we were taught about colour by an amazing man. When we had to chose an option for the second and third years I said I’d do whatever he teaches. He had just started a new course on film and animation and so is destiny decided, not by planning aforethought but by inspiration.
Ray Fields, for it was he who so inspired me in that wet week in Wales, was a dynamic thinker who believed in Art with a capital A and that an artist should have a visualisy [his word] that they could apply to any creative discipline. An idea I have tried to uphold.
In my first tutorial Ray told me to bring all my work to him, whether it was sculpture, poetry or painting, it was all part of the same thing. His motto was Less Talk More Do, which was somewhat ironic for a man who would stride into the studio, scratching his beard, first thing in the morning and talk till lunchtime about current affairs in the art world or innovations in colour theory or what he was working on himself .
It soon became clear that I would need equipment for this film business. The college had cameras, so I decided a good thing to have would be a projector. When it came time for my degree show I sold all my equipment to pay for the show and have subsequently not seen any of my films since then.
Imagine my delight when I saw this in the second hand market yesterday – a snip for ten notes.
Posted by john at June 6, 2007 11:59 AM
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So matey is this going to be the film of the week we will be viewing,I'll bring cake and you can make the tea ? !
P.S For taking notice from Rays saying "Less talk more DO" please tell me you have now finished the paintings for the exhibition the answer from you I'm looking for,to make it easy for you, should be "YES" :) Paula
Posted by: paula at June 6, 2007 05:59 PM
Some of my favorite Super-8 cameras of all time is the Eumig 881 PMA, followed closely by the Eumig 880, 860, and 830 models. I still use them to this day!
Posted by: Alessandro Machi at June 7, 2007 02:38 PM