We’ve just given a short talk at the #BritishSilentFilmFestival Symposium which was held at the gloriously eccentric Cinema Museum in London. The building was once the workhouse to which #CharlieChaplin was sent and is now a temple to the silver screen.
www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/british-si... We’ll be talking about Louis Le Prince’s 1-lens motion picture camera (and our attempts to build a working replica) at the British Silent Film Festival Symposium in June. Watch this space!
We will be bringing you news of our latest project - building a working replica of Louis Le Prince’s 1888 motion picture camera - soon! Watch this space.
Thank you to everyone who came to the Frame:Four exhibition. We’re following this up in the next few days with news of a film-research archive opening in Leeds. Watch this space.
A fascinating day of talks and films on Palestinian film organised by the Leeds Palestinian Film Festival and held at the iconic Hyde Park Picture House this month: hpph.co.uk/films/milita...
Our new exhibition, Frame:Four - Lost and Imagined Films, is underway at Leeds Beckett University! A free downloadable booklet will be available soon.
Our next exhibition will be on lost and imagined films. Please watch this space for more information…..
An exciting new project about motion picture pioneer, Louis Le Prince, is underway. Stay in touch to find out more!
Well Frame : Two has come to an end. We’re already planning our next project, so watch this space!
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Our Frame:Two 'Animation and Early Cinema' booklet is free to download. Find it here: www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/lar...
We were honoured to include mention of Palestine’s Almasna (The Animation Factory) in our talk on #rotoscoping on May 6th. Please do find out more about this wonderful studio almasna.me
Our Frame : Two exhibition kicked off with a talk and screening on May 6th. It culminated in the screening of a restored version of Betty Boop in Minnie the Moocher! Wonderful afternoon and sublime cartoon to end with.
Thank you to everyone who helped and/or attended our opening talks and screening today. The Frame:Two ‘Animation and Early Cinema’ exhibition is officially open!
www.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/research/lar... Our Frame : Two exhibition with begin in May 6th at the Platform Gallery Leeds. Animation and Early Cinema is the theme, and there’ll be a free screening and talks at the venue. Watch this space for more info.
MoMI is partnering with us to present four restored Fleischer Studios cartoons in our Jane Henson Amphitheater. You can see Ko-Ko the Clown, Popeye, Superman, and Betty Boop—in the restoration premiere of “Judge for a Day”—at MoMI through Apr. 20!📽️ @movingimagenyc.bsky.social
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Well that became the Early Cinema Research Group’s most popular post! If a chihuahua’s what it takes, then meet Mabel!
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Thank you @satmornpod.bsky.social Celebrating our 100th follower with a picture of chihuahuas, of course. Hello from Tove and Kookie!
There is so much more of this story to tell. Watch this space as we prepare to celebrate Louis Le Prince and his wonderful motion picture camera of 1888.
Help us raise funds for more cartoon scans by checking out our threads posts
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Going through the Herbert Archive, we realised what a big Popeye fan Stephen Herbert was. Here’s how to make your very own Popeye doll! @fleischertoons.bsky.social 1/3
🖤We are restocking the definitive book on all things Fleischer Studios!🖤
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We’ve played with the image here in case it helps people make out any details/clues.
We’ve come across this in the archive. Only info is ‘Demeny 1898’ We’re assuming Georges Demeny and would love to know if anyone has any clues as to what this might be.
We’ll be announcing our next exhibition, FRAME:TWO, shortly. If you’re interested in animation, it might just be your thing.