Guard Duty 1971 Fort Ord California 16mm film transfer ♪

Описание: 1971 FORT ORD CALIFORNIA
In 1971 Fort Ord, near Monterey California, was teaming with GIs. I was assigned to the Motion Picture Section of the Combat Developers Command Experimentation Command United States Army as a Motion Picture Photographer (84C20).

The Lieutenant in charge of the the film department was a graduate from USC in film. Glenn gave us lessons and assignments using the 16mm cameras. We learned how to use the cameras, how to put a story together and the finer points of film making.

I ordered films from external sources. They came to our door via UPS. Raoul was our expert projectionist and he could thread a projector faster than a soldier could lock and load an M16 rifle. We watched the films. The Lieutenant would reverse the projector to review scenes and explain to us the different techniques in editing and timing used in films and cinema arts.

Larry was the soldier that kept the cameras and accessories in top notch combat ready condition. He was also an American Indian. One couldn't mistake Larry. He had a distinctive look and his Chevy had a large horse head portrait on both the driver and passenger doors.

The men in our unit were exceptional. Each had characteristics that made them individuals. They were friendly and bright. They all brought with them to our lives and to the US Army part of their family they left behind in their hometowns.

This film was one of our assignments. It was practice in the use of the camera, exposure, continuity, camera angles and editing. I was the cameraman. Dave played the guard. Dave was a television newsman in Minneapolis before being drafted into the military. Doug is the soldier relaxing on the grass. Doug was from Idaho and served a tour in Vietnam. There are two mistakes in the continuity of the film. Can you find them?

The Combat Developers Command (CDEC) Pictorial branch at Fort Ord also included a very impressive inventory of motion picture cameras and lenses (maintained by Larry), still photographers, photo lab (both still and motion picture), a artist, audio specialists, writers and film editors.

This link will take you to The Big Picture and an inside look into the early operations of the Combat Developers Experimentation Command:
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ABOUT THE FILM TRANSFER AND SONY VEGAS
The camera used in the making of this film was a Arriflex 16 loaded with 100' of Tri-X.
The original film was transferred using rear screen projection. The film was recorded with a JVC Saticon GZ-S5 camera to VHS tape.
Projector speed was adjusted for picture stability (no ascending or descending flutter bars, about 16 frames per second, which made the movie slow since the original film was shot at 24 frames per second).
I then transferred the VHS tape to digital format using a inexpensive video grabber.
On Sony Vegas I switched to true B&W and time base corrected the video to match the original twenty four frames per second of the film.
The final print was rendered to Windows Media Format.

Let me know what you think. - Best Always, Ben