no.w.here spring courses

London's (UK) no.w.here lab continues its programme of specialist small film courses over the coming weeks;

Optical Printing, 14th May, £55, 10:30 – 4:30pm
This course will demonstrate how you transfer super 8 to 16mm or 16mm to 16mm, create freeze frames from footage already captured, fast and slow motion effects, double exposures, bi-packing, and the use of filters with the JK optical printer. More Information on this course and all the machines at no.w.here is available on their website: www.nowhere-lab.org This course is limited to 4 participants.

16mm Contact printing, 22nd May, £55, 10:30 – 4:00pm
Learn how to save expense in commercial labs by making your own 16mm prints from 16mm negatives, grade your prints, how to analyse your negatives, hand process tests, as well as the endless scope for experimentation possible using the Debrie 16mm contact printer. This course is limited to 3 participants.

Super 8 shooting and processing, 31st May, £65 10:30 – 5:30pm
An intensive, hands on course that takes you through the Super 8 camera, stocks, shooting film, and hand processing as well as looking at how other artists have used this unique format in their work. Examining cameras and their features, film stock, exposure, light meters, and filters with participants shooting Ektachrome 64T super 8 stock - the course also looks at work made by artists working with Super 8 – focussing on its aesthetic qualities and flexibility of shooting. Participants learn how to hand process film using the Lomo developing tank. The workshop ends with a screening of the films made on the course. You may wish to use your own cameras on this course, although no.w.here does provide basic models.

16mm Bolex camera workshop, 7June, £100, 10 – 6pm
Used extensively by filmmakers such as Jonas Mekas, Stan Brakhage and Michael Snow, the Bolex 16mm camera has shaped and defined artist’s film for over half a century. no.w.here staff provide cameras and cover the basic features of how the Bolex is loaded and operated, lenses, focussing, and light metering followed by participants shooting a single 100ft roll of black and white film between them. Once films are processed participants analyse their work on the Steenbeck editing table. The workshop ends with a projector screening of all the films made on the course.

Please note that courses at no.w.here fill up quickly and are only available on a first come, first serve basis. To book a place on any of the above workshops please send a cheque made payable to no.w.here for the full amount to the address below. For more information on any course please email courses@nowhere-lab.org or call 0207 729 4494.

no.w.here
First floor
316 - 318 Bethnal Green Road
London
E2 OAG