The Humming Projector

By The Humming Projector

A podcast about film, projectors and film collecting... more

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The Humming Projector episodes:

May 29, 202519 – The British Entertainment History Project
Over the years, Britain developed into one of the world’s major centers of the film and television industries. And behind all the great movies that have been produced over the years, there are many men and women who made it all come together and their stories are an important part of the history.
In this episode, we talk to Sue Malden about the British Entertainment History Project who seeks out to document and preserve this history while key players are still with us. Sue is an independent media archive management consultant and formerly the head of the BBC Broadcast Archives, and is one of the lead figures at the British Entertainment History Project (BEHP).
Some topics in this episode:
Some topics in this episode:
What was the motivation for creating the BEHP, and when did it start?
Who does the project interview?
Who performs the interviews?
The wide range of people they interview (not all are white male actors)
Several well known productions are mentioned, like Lawrence of Arabia, Doctor Who and Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines
We learn how Sue became a secretary of the BEHP when she arrived late for a meeting.
Challenges of running the organization
More volunteers are needed and how can they join?
Links
The British Entertainment History Project
The Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention
...more
48min
April 22, 202518 – Film is Fabulous!
In this episode we talk with former head of the BBC Broadcast Archives, Sue Malden , professor of Cinema and Television History at the De Montfort University, Justin Smith, and long time collector John Franklin. They are some of the people behind Film is Fabulous!, an organization run by film collectors, cinema lovers and vintage television enthusiasts which aims to support private collectors in the United Kingdom, in order to preserve vulnerable film treasures.
Some of the topics in this episode
What is Film is Fabulous! ?
What was the motivation that lead to their establishment, and why do they seek to become a charitable trust?
What happen to the films when they are collected?
Preserving knowledge about film handling, and knowledge about the film collecting culture
The importance of trust
Making the rediscovered material available to the public
Screenings at The vintage television festival Sunday 11th May - We are let into the secret on a couple of the rediscovered titles that will be shown.
Restoration in the digital age
What have they learned after their pilot study?
Links
Information about The Vintage Television Festival in the Film is Fabulous! website
The booking page (with seating plan) on the Phoenix Cinema and Art Centre website
...more
57min
February 14, 202517 – Super 8 Database
Five years ago, the super 8 database was launched. At that time it had been in the works for two years, but was finally in a state where it could be made public. Greg Perry joins Eivind to talk about making the database, the road to the current state, and its place in the community
Topics in this episode
The motivation make the database
How Greg got into the project
How has the road to the current state been
Its place in the community
What can we expect in the future?
Links
Super8warehouse
Derann Vaults
off2
Super8rezensionen
...more
32min
September 19, 202416 – BFCC Lite With Talking Pictures TV
The British Film Collectors’ Convention is back! Together with Talking Pictures TV, they Present BFCC Lite the 29th of September in the UK. But how did a TV channel and a group of film collectors find each other? What makes a TV channel, which gathers millions of viewers each week, different from other TV channels, and why do they care about film? Listen to this week’s episode where we talk to John and Mark from BFCC and Sarah from Talking Pictures.
Some highlights of this episode
We learn about Talking Pictures TV, a TV station with five million viewers each week
Talking Pictures profile, and relationship to film.
Black and white movies the other TV stations have forgotten with film as a source material on a daily basis
Difficulties running a free TV station
Talking Pictures’ Special relationship with the viewers. Talking to viewers at the Christmas time
How did BFCC and Talking Pictures find each other for the BFCC Lite event? And why is it called Lite?
The new place St Albans and the guests that are coming to the event
Links
Buy tickets from Renown Pictures Ltd
BFCC
Talking Pictures
...more
52min
July 24, 202415 – Bootlace Cinema: An interview with Mark Williams
In this episode we talk to director, producer and now also author, Mark Williams about his new book: Bootlace Cinema, Collecting Horror, Science Fiction & Exploitation Movies on Super 8. The book has been out less than a week, and we are thrilled to talk about it here in this episode.
Some highlights of this episode
Mark’s way into Super 8
The idea of writing the book and the long way to the finished product
The term “Bootlace Cinema”
The choice of film genres for the book
Mark going to Blackpool when he was young
Keith Wilton’s film editing
Mark hosting film shows at school
Links:
You can buy the book at Amazon UK, Amazon US and many other Amazon branches.
The British Film Collectors Convention (BFCC)
The Blackpool Film Collectors Convention
...more
42min
April 05, 202414 – Off2 and Super 8 in Germany with Joachim Schmidt
In this episode, Eivind talks to Joachim Schmidt, a German collector known for his Off2 project. He has produced a huge number of YouTube videos and work for raising the awareness of this media outside the collecting community.
Some of the topics we cover:
The major players in the German industry
How did German releases differ from English/American ones?
Super 8 in East Germany
What is Off2 and what does it mean?
Joachim’s motivation for the project
The Off2 website vs the YouTube channel
Attention from media scientists from the DiCi-Hub project
Which kind of videos does he produce, and the process of making them
What does Joachim collect?
Memorable moments and wishes for the community in the future
Links
Off2.de
The Off2 YouTube channel
Joachim's interview with Eivind
The DiCi-Hub project
...more
49min
March 08, 202413 – Special: Q & A with Ged Jones at Blackpool 2023
This special episode is a recording of the Q&A session with Ged Jones, former director at Derann, and Adrian Winchester. It was recorded at the Blackpool Film Collectors' Convention, Sunday the 26th of November at the Grand Hotel in Blackpool.
A huge thanks to Ged Jones, Adrian Winchester and the organizers for letting us publish this recording!
The Q&A session can also been seen as a video from Super 8 database.
More information about the convention can be found on their web page.
Highlights in this episode
We learn how Ged got employed
Branches and ventures
Deals
Adrian discovers he had a bootleg
Hard times when video arrives
Derann invest in 8mm when the others stopped
Derek spots an opportunity in the gents' loo
Did Derek aim to be a world leader in Super 8?
Open days
Did Derek love to watch film?
The best and the worst part of working at Derann
Derek and Ged becoming consultants for “The Abyss”
...more
39min
December 12, 202312 – Christmas Special
The Humming Projector Podcast has completed its first year.
We celebrate this 12th and final episode of the year with
a Christmas special.
Join us while you work to prepare for Christmas, or during the holidays as
you relax in your favorite chair, while Doug and Eivind discuss several
Christmas related subjects
Subjects in this hour long episode:
We look at the year that has passed
Christmas related subjects
Ged Jones pop in and talks about Christmas at Derann
Was Derek Simmonds fond of Christmas films?
Derek’s black snow at Christmas
We have a Quiz
Eivind share's his craziest shipment story
Film related jubilees to celebrate
Christmas releases
We wish all our listeners a peaceful Christmas and a happy new year!
Links
Barry Atwood's (Independent 8) Christmas Quiz
The answers for Barry's quiz can be sent to [email protected]
Music
Christmas Is Coming by MaxKoMusic | https://maxkomusic.com/
Music promoted by https://www.free-stock-music.com
Creative Commons / Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0 Unported (CC BY-SA 3.0)
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.en_US
Presents On Christmas Morning - By Steve Oxen
Swingin' Yuletide - By Steve Oxen
https://www.fesliyanstudios.com/royalty-free-music/downloads-c/christmas-music/33
...more
1h 4min
November 30, 2023 11 – Report from Blackpool 2023
Join Eivind as he reports from the Blackpool convention in November 2023.
You can follow the convention day by day, and listen to bits of the events.
There are interviews with Jim Cecil, Nigel Lister, Del Phillipson,
Dominique De Bast, Vince Wright and Lee Mannering, and we will also get
a taste of Ged Jones' and Adrian Winchester's Q&A (the complete Q&A will be
released some time in this winter/spring).
...more
32min
November 03, 202310 – Working at Derann – An interview with Ged Jones
Often when Derann is mentioned we hear mostly about releases and deals. In this episode Eivind talks to Ged Jones, a former director at Derann, about his work there.
Topics in this episode:
Derek founding the company and selling from his home
Derek's first shop and moving to a new one
Colleagues working at Derann
Ged working very late and sleeping in Derek’s office
Operating the sound, striping and printing machines
Customers visiting
Ged’s favorite and and least favorite parts of the job
Good and bad periods
Signs of the end
Conventions, including one without any visitors
Links:
Derann Vaults
Blackpool
...more
56min

FAQs about The Humming Projector:

How many episodes does The Humming Projector have?

The podcast currently has 19 episodes available.