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1980-1987 (Creation)
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- Charles H. Clark
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35 film reels and other material
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Charles H. (Chuck) Clark, Halifax-based filmmaker, was born in Woodstock, New Brunswick, on 26 December 1951. After a year at the University of New Brunswick, he settled in Halifax, Nova Scotia, in 1970 to study at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD). In 1974 Clark received his Fine Arts Diploma from NSCAD and in 1975 he began working as a camera assistant for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. After several years with the CBC, Clark began free-lancing as a technical assistant in film and video production, and worked on numerous productions in the Halifax area. He also worked on a variety of government and commercial productions, including training films for the Canadian Armed Forces. He has been active with the Atlantic Filmmaker's Cooperative since that organization was founded in the early 1980s, and has served on the Board of Directors for the Centre for Art Tapes (Halifax). In 1980 he commenced work on two independent film projects of his own. One, “8 Frames per Second,” a film about Clark's neighbours in North End Halifax, was first screened in the 1986 Atlantic Film Festival, where it received an honourable mention. It was shown at several film festivals and workshops across Canada and was included in a European tour of Canadian independent films. His second independent project was to be a documentary about Richard Hatfield, but this project received a serious setback when much of the footage was destroyed in a fire at the Halifax branch of the National Film Board. He continued his free-lance film work and has worked on a number of independent film projects in recent years.
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Consists of moving images, sound recordings, and textual records relating to Charles H. Clark's work on his short, experimental film 8 Frames per Second, which he produced in association with the Atlantic Filmmaker's Cooperative. Includes the video master of 8 Frames and a 16mm print. Fonds also includes most of the 16mm printing elements used in the making of the film, including original trims, A&B optical reversal tracks for the film's dialogue, reversal film, internegatives, credit outtakes, and A&B reversals. Since 8 Frames per Second is based largely on Clark's dialogue with his neighbours, extensive sound recordings were made by Clark during the six years of the film's production. These recordings include his neighbours' conversations and extensive recordings of a variety of "wild sound" used to evoke the atmosphere of the neighbourhood in which Clark lived.
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Donated by Charles H. Clark in 1987.
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Access to 16mm printing elements, sound recordings, and supporting documentation requires written permission from the donor.
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Permission to use or reproduce any of the material must be obtained in writing from the donor.
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The Centre for Art Tapes, Halifax, holds material relating to Clark's experimental film "Das Booth" (1990).
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Includes 29 audio reels, 1 audio cassette, 1 videocassette, and 0.5 cm of textual records on microfilm.