Video Artifacts

Film projector

A film projector reverses the camera’s mechanical rhythm. It holds a developed frame in a gate while light passes through its image densities, then interrupts the beam while the transport advances the strip to the next registered frame.

A film projector holds, illuminates, and enlarges each developed frameA lamp and condenser send light through developed film held in the gate. An intermittent transport advances the strip while the shutter blocks light, and a projection lens forms the image on a screen.010203LAMP + CONDENSERFILM GATEPROJECTION LENSSCREEN
  1. 01IlluminationLamp, reflector, condenser, heat management
    • Heat damage
  2. 02Gate & intermittent movementFrame aperture, shutter phase, registration
  3. 03Film transportSprockets, rollers, loop geometry, take-up
    • Perforation wear and loop flutter