Tail lights in Otomo's Akira

[Bruce Baird]

I thank Kurt for this response, but also want to press a bit  
further.  I understand the mechanics of how you do this in still  
photography.  But does anyone know how you do this in motion  
pictures?  Can you leave the aperture open when the film is passing  
behind the aperture to be exposed at 24 frames per second?

Best,

Bruce


On Oct 26, 2007, at 12:49 PM, Kurt Porter wrote:

> In still photography that look is achieved by closing the lens down  
> to a very small aperture and then leaving the lens open for a long  
> period, from 30 seconds to several minutes.  This lets several car  
> pass by and because the lights are so much brighter than the cars  
> themselves, only the lights appear on film in the form of streaks  
> of light.
>
>
>
> On Oct 26, 2007, at 8:00 AM, Bruce Baird <baird at asianlan.umass.edu>  
> wrote:
>
>> Dear Colleagues,
>>
>> I am showing my class Otomo's Akira and trying to spend time  
>> talking both about content issues/historical background and also  
>> about formal issues/artistry.  Otomo often makes streak of the  
>> taillights of the motorbikes linger on screen after the bikes have  
>> driven away.  I assume that this is a technique he borrowed from  
>> cinema and replicated in the anime format (as with the many  
>> another borrowings from cinema in both manga and anime), but I  
>> just  don't know enough about the technical way you do this is  
>> cinema.  Can anyone imagine what I am talking about and provide an  
>> explanation?  I assume it has to do with some cinematic analogue  
>> to shutter speed or something like that.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>>
>>
>> Bruce Baird
>> Assistant Professor
>> Asian Languages and Literatures
>> University of Massachusetts Amherst
>> Butô, Japanese Theater, Intellectual History
>>
>> 717 Herter Hall
>> 161 Presidents Drive
>> University of Massachusetts Amherst
>> Amherst, MA 01003-9312
>> Phone: 413-577-4992
>> Fax: 413-545-4975
>> baird at asianlan.umass.edu
>>
>>
>>
>>

Bruce Baird
Assistant Professor
Asian Languages and Literatures
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Butô, Japanese Theater, Intellectual History

717 Herter Hall
161 Presidents Drive
University of Massachusetts Amherst
Amherst, MA 01003-9312
Phone: 413-577-4992
Fax: 413-545-4975
baird at asianlan.umass.edu




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