John MacFadyen « Preserving the Hand-Painted Films of Margaret Tait

2.3 John MacFadyen/Painted Eightsome (1955-1971)

John MacFadyen/Painted Eightsome (1955-1971) Can 71: Hand-painted original, Comopt, 35mm, 880ft. 1955. Can 72: Negative soundtrack, 35mm, 880ft. 1955. Can 73: John MacFadyen print, Comopt, 35mm, 316ft. 1971. Can 74: Painted Eightsome print, Comopt, 35mm, 564ft. 1971. Can 75: Painted Eightsome pos. reduction of #74, Comopt, 16mm, 245ft. 1969. Can 76: B&W reduction negative from [...]

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2.2 Calypso (1952-7)

Summary of Film Elements and Condition Report Tait Collection Acquisition No. A1060 Calypso (1952-7) Can 37: Roll 1: Original ‘Mezzo-bande’ optical soundtrack, 17.5mm. Roll 2: Hand-painted master positive, 35mm, Comopt, 404ft, 1952. Roll 3: BBFC Certificate title, 35mm, 1957. Can 38: Reversal reduction print from original,16mm, Comopt, 156ft, 1958. Can 39: Colour print of can [...]

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1.4 Numen of The Boughs/Colour Poems

During an interview for the 1983 Channel Four arts programme, Eleventh Hour, the subject of her hand-painted films was brought up, to which she replied: Yes, I had done a bit, before, in sort of dance films, but in Colour Poems I was trying to do it rather differently. Instead of the usual kind of [...]

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1.3 John MacFadyen and Painted Eightsome

Started in 1955 and completed in 1970, John MacFadyen and Painted Eightsome were, like Calypso, made by painting onto clear 35mm optical film stock. Neither of these films has received much attention and in a September 1982 list of her festival screenings, Painted Eightsome had shown just once at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, 1971. [...]

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1.2 Calypso

While I intend to continue discussing the life and work of Margaret Tait, from hereon in I shall do so with reference to the hand-painted and hand-drawn films she produced throughout her career as a filmmaker.1 These films are: Calypso (35mm/16mm, colour, sound, 4:29, 1955) John MacFadyen (The Stripes in The Tartan) (35mm/16mm, colour, sound, [...]

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Preserving the Hand-Painted Films of Margaret Tait An MA Dissertation by Joss Winn, 2002

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2.3 John MacFadyen/Painted Eightsome (1955-1971)

2.2 Calypso (1952-7)

1.4 Numen of The Boughs/Colour Poems

1.3 John MacFadyen and Painted Eightsome

1.2 Calypso

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