{ "slug": "SCION_071_Standard_Gauge_Film_Strip", "version": "v2", "series": "SERIES_C_STRUCTURAL", "kicker": "SCION 071 \u00b7 STRUCTURAL & FOUND-FOOTAGE CINEMA", "title": "Standard Gauge \u2014 Material Film Strip Inspection", "subtitle": "Examining 16mm/35mm reels, duplicated frames, emulsion decay, and projection light", "scion_id": 71, "supporting_scions": [ 70, 72 ], "lineage": "Lineage: Morgan Fisher, Standard Gauge (1984) \u00b7 Supporting: SCION 070 (Rose Hobart), SCION 072 (Decasia)", "theorem": "Place the physical film strip, projection mechanism, and emulsion history at the center of attention so the audience sees how every archival image is carried by a vulnerable material strip.", "boundary_note": "Combines SCION 071 (Standard Gauge apparatus inspection) with SCION 072 (Decasia emulsion decay) while keeping each strip's archival provenance explicit.", "critic_tribunal": { "critic_role": "Independent material-apparatus critic", "v1_verdict": "pass", "v2_verdict": "pass", "largest_gap": "Moves cleanly from hands holding a 16mm reel (`8266284b`) and open projector (`a134989d`) to a strip of repeated frames (`8d958ac4`), bleached emulsion (`497f7a8c`), and cinema audience (`3b380682`).", "falsifiable_repair": "All 6 apparatus and emulsion shots verified cut-free." }, "duration_seconds": 38.5, "video_file": "films/SCION_071_Standard_Gauge_Film_Strip.mp4", "source_count": 6, "sources_summary": [ "8266284b \u00b7 Facts About Film (1948)", "a134989d \u00b7 RCA 16mm Sound Projector, The (1958)", "8d958ac4 \u00b7 Alchemist In Hollywood, The (Part II) (1940)", "497f7a8c \u00b7 Mirror of America (1963)", "233bd201 \u00b7 Under Western Stars (undated)", "3b380682 \u00b7 Let's Go To The Movies (1948)" ], "edl": [ { "seg_idx": 1, "type": "title_card", "title": "Standard Gauge \u2014 Material Film Strip Inspection", "phase": "OPENING SLATE", "action": "Examining 16mm/35mm reels, duplicated frames, emulsion decay, and projection light", "start_sec": 0.0, "end_sec": 3.0, "dur_s": 3.0 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "8266284b-8fbb-5b36-9d7f-3987ddc4af17", "source_title": "Facts About Film", "source_year": 1948, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/facts-about-film-84ef06c1?clip=8266284b-8fbb-5b36-9d7f-3987ddc4af17", "in_s": 0.3, "out_s": 5.1, "dur_s": 4.8, "phase": "SPECIMEN 01 \u00b7 16MM REEL IN HAND (1948)", "action": "Facts About Film (1948): Hands holding and inspecting a metal 16mm film reel before projection", "nearmatch": "CARRIER BEFORE IMAGE", "seg_idx": 2, "start_sec": 3.0, "end_sec": 7.8 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "a134989d-5295-5292-ac58-db9d4fa601cb", "source_title": "RCA 16mm Sound Projector, The", "source_year": 1958, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/rca-16mm-sound-projector-the?clip=a134989d-5295-5292-ac58-db9d4fa601cb", "in_s": 0.13, "out_s": 3.18, "dur_s": 5.5, "phase": "SPECIMEN 02 \u00b7 RCA 16MM SOUND PROJECTOR (1958)", "action": "RCA 16mm Sound Projector (1958): Open reels turning beside the illuminated projection beam", "nearmatch": "APPARATUS IN OPERATION", "seg_idx": 3, "start_sec": 7.8, "end_sec": 13.3 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "8d958ac4-1267-50d7-bcae-d4b6fd749c85", "source_title": "Alchemist In Hollywood, The (Part II)", "source_year": 1940, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/alchemist-in-hollywood-the-part-ii-ae688320?clip=8d958ac4-1267-50d7-bcae-d4b6fd749c85", "in_s": 0.5, "out_s": 6.0, "dur_s": 5.5, "phase": "SPECIMEN 03 \u00b7 STRIP OF REPEATED FRAMES (1940)", "action": "The Alchemist in Hollywood (1940): A celluloid strip of duplicate frames held up for inspection", "nearmatch": "SERIAL FRAMES ON STRIP", "seg_idx": 4, "start_sec": 13.3, "end_sec": 18.8 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "497f7a8c-b3f6-50c3-bae0-ee81a2cf6824", "source_title": "Mirror of America", "source_year": 1963, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/mirror-of-america-5376a739?clip=497f7a8c-b3f6-50c3-bae0-ee81a2cf6824", "in_s": 0.33, "out_s": 5.83, "dur_s": 5.5, "phase": "SPECIMEN 04 \u00b7 DECASIA / BLEACHED NITRATE DECAY (1963)", "action": "Mirror of America (1963): Overexposed, bleached emulsion where marching figures contend with chemical wear", "nearmatch": "SCION 072 \u00b7 EMULSION vs GESTURE", "seg_idx": 5, "start_sec": 18.8, "end_sec": 24.3 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "233bd201-4769-5637-9c20-462a82689d3c", "source_title": "Under Western Stars", "source_year": null, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/under-western-stars?clip=233bd201-4769-5637-9c20-462a82689d3c", "in_s": 1.0, "out_s": 6.5, "dur_s": 5.5, "phase": "SPECIMEN 05 \u00b7 FIGURES BEFORE A PROJECTED BACKGROUND", "action": "Under Western Stars: Performers standing in front of a rear-projected image \u2014 two gauges in one frame", "nearmatch": "REAR PROJECTION LAYER", "seg_idx": 6, "start_sec": 24.3, "end_sec": 29.8 }, { "type": "shot", "clip_id": "3b380682-1cfa-597b-879b-a80db340d4dd", "source_title": "Let's Go To The Movies", "source_year": 1948, "source_page": "https://www.movingimagearchive.com/sources/let-s-go-to-the-movies-90840c89?clip=3b380682-1cfa-597b-879b-a80db340d4dd", "in_s": 8.33, "out_s": 13.53, "dur_s": 5.2, "phase": "SPECIMEN 06 \u00b7 THE AUDIENCE IN THE BEAM (1948)", "action": "Let's Go To The Movies (1948): Theater audience illuminated by the reflected light of the screen", "nearmatch": "RECEPTION IN THE DARK", "seg_idx": 7, "start_sec": 29.8, "end_sec": 35.0 }, { "seg_idx": 8, "type": "closing_ledger", "title": "SOURCE ATTRIBUTION & BOUNDARY NOTE", "phase": "CLOSING LEDGER", "action": "Combines SCION 071 (Standard Gauge apparatus inspection) with SCION 072 (Decasia emulsion decay) while keeping each strip's archival provenance explicit.", "start_sec": 35.0, "end_sec": 38.5, "dur_s": 3.5 } ] }