Film-Tech Forum ARCHIVE: The Poetry of Gordon McLeod

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Posted by William Hooper (Member # 71) on 07-16-2004, 06:33 AM:

quote: Ken Lackner said:
William, I'm not sure if that was English, but I honestly didn't understand a word of what you were trying to say.

That is entirely the fault of Gordon McLeod. I used to use perfectly standard sentence structure & organization until I began to read Gordon's posts.

At first it was difficult, then it became apparent that each of Gordon's post was custom-built for the application: a faster, more efficient, highly featured unit just for that application.

You get to where you realize that you don't read one of Gordon's posts, you just look at it, & BZZZT all the information is in your head, faster & with more collateral detail than a post with 3 times as many words conventionally constructed.

I used to not like poetry at all. Why can't they just write it out in a sentence? But a co-worker's daughter came in & needed help to write a paper on a poem, & I suddenly realized looking at it that poetry is actually a more compact, densely informative device - like Gordon constructs his posts. I since then: a) realized that sentence structure is all just a organizational imposition which sometimes is not as efficient b) tried to emulate Gordon's work. Unfortunately, as is often the case, learning & application is sometimes is far inferior to aptitude & artistry. Gordon's posts are brilliant, brief, & full of information. Trying to emulate, I realize I'm not as good.

Gordon McLeod's work has gone unappreciated too long, & I would like to present this collection:

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quote:

The LED turning on and off
is not a function of the soundhead
but the way the engineer installed it

quote:

Horizontal lamps burn
quiet
happily
when mounted vertically
the reverse isn't true
and they require very high magnetic stabalization
if done so

quote:

Mark said" oe,
Please just scram!
You're not allowed
anywhere
near
70mm film
ya know.

Guttag made 14 perfect
(mighta been 16)
changovers
when I saw Gettysburg at the Uptown in 70mm!

Lets see you do that one..... Whoops "

I would have assumed
that 16 chnageovers
in a row
perfectly done
are the norm

quote:

Often it is caused by the ilm
riding
up on the flange
of a roller
and the film then folds
slightly
against the spinning roller
leaving the marks
all it takes
is one roller misthreaded
once
for it to happen

quote:

The push to stadium seated theatres
effectively raised the hight of the room
for a given number of seats
leading to the push
for vertical moving masking
It isn't ideal
but is a fact of life
out there
The biggest problem
is light loss
The widescreen flat format
is the least light efficient to start with
compared to scope
and making it the larger of the images
is a tradeoff

quote:

Speed control is fairly easy nowdays
thanks to the use of frequency drive invertor motor controllers
Bodine Reliance/AllenBradley and many others
make them they work very well
some even have feedback
to do positional lock between two machines

quote:

I sometimes wonder
how people
in this industry
miss checking with what the standard is
for many things
like the number of frames per foot
(especially since it is in film note for reel people in the manual section of this site)

There seems to be a lot of topics
as of late
that a little research
would go a long way to solving
and other usefull skills learned
along the way

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 07-16-2004, 07:03 AM:

Bill,
Sounds to me like you've never been to Canada. They all talk and write that way up there and its basically just the accent filtering back down into print. Just read one of the najor papers up there and you'll see what I mean. You will also find a very similar accent in much of Wisconsin.

Mark

Posted by Rachel Gilardi (Member # 1016) on 07-16-2004, 07:45 AM:

HEY! We don't talk like Gord!!! [fu]

Posted by John Pytlak (Member # 331) on 07-16-2004, 08:12 AM:

Some people along the south coasts of lakes Erie and Ontario speak a bit of Canadian too. [Wink]

As I grew up south of Buffalo NY, about half of the television programs I watched were from stations in Toronto and Hamilton. [Cool]

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 07-16-2004, 12:23 PM:

Gordon is the e.e. cummings of Canada.
"seeker of truth
follow no path
all paths lead where
truth is here" [Cool]

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 07-16-2004, 06:41 PM:

"HEY! We don't talk like Gord!!! "

Rach,
I'll leave the gestures out. While you yourself might not talk like Gord many Wisconsinites do sound very much Canadian ya know hey. You however probably talk with the goofy eastern accent don't ya..... [Big Grin]

Mark

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 07-16-2004, 07:03 PM:

William: ROFL

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-16-2004, 07:10 PM:

Hahahaha... I agree Steve... Hilarious!

Thanks William for your humorous way of pointing out what a true hoser Gordon really is... [beer]

>>> Phil

Posted by Ron Lacheur (Member # 1126) on 07-16-2004, 11:36 PM:

Woah woah woah..accents?? C'mon you can't be serious.

Posted by Steve Kraus (Member # 476) on 07-17-2004, 01:37 AM:

What are you talking ah-boat?

Posted by Manny Knowles (Member # 1171) on 07-17-2004, 02:02 AM:

Nicely done. [thumbsup]

Posted by Adam Martin (Member # 641) on 07-17-2004, 02:14 AM:

Gordon isn't the only Film-Tech poet [Big Grin]

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 07-17-2004, 08:22 AM:

Maybe I just don't mince my words [Smile]

Or as Tom Leher said about Gilbert And Sulivan operettas " Words Words Words and more Words that symbolise and mean absolutly nothing" [Big Grin]

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 07-17-2004, 10:02 AM:

Sung out, the words have body even though there may be no substance [Razz]

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 07-17-2004, 10:34 AM:

"Sung out, the words have body even though there may be no substance "

I believe it is the substance that those which sing it owt are after when they are done singing it owt....

Mark

Posted by Richard Fowler (Member # 893) on 07-17-2004, 10:42 AM:

owt [Confused]

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 07-17-2004, 11:07 AM:

Yea, Like owtside, owtdoors..... all part of the poetry up north.

Mark

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-17-2004, 11:21 AM:

Ey?

Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 07-17-2004, 11:29 AM:

To go all the way, we all ought to ask Gordon to upload a picture of himself in that red-coated uniform with the big scouts hat, I've heard they are all running around wearing.
-Or maybe a soundfile with Gordon singing outtakes from "Rose-Marie"
Please, Gord !

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 07-17-2004, 01:49 PM:

Well Idefinitely don't do the "lumberjack song "

This is me with a Rum and Coke at our Antique market

Me and June working hard at the market

[beer]

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-17-2004, 01:54 PM:

Holy Smokes, Gord! Either you're really short OR that's an awful BIG R&C! [beer]

(I guess I'll have just "one" more...)

>>> Phil

Posted by Mark Gulbrandsen (Member # 72) on 07-17-2004, 04:41 PM:

Phil,
That is a TALL drink and this is what things get to be like after they finish them off!

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-17-2004, 05:00 PM:

I dunno Mark. Where I come from, that would not be considered a "tall" drink. Those are skinny.

Gordie's drink would be a "portly" drink one would find at a Big & Tall, ummmmm... old fat geezer bar. [Wink]

(NOT that ***I*** have ANY personal knowledge of such things... I'm only going by what Brad has told me...)

>>> Phil

Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 07-17-2004, 06:03 PM:

Jeanette Mc Donald, - The Canadian way

I can allready hear "Indian Love Call" out there in the mountains----

Gord is callin' Ohh ohhoho ohhoho

It sounded like this in 1924 (!):

http://www.rienzihills.com/SING/indianlovecall.htm

And as a bit of extra service for those, who might want to sing along, -here You are, -genuine McLeod:

Oo-oo-Oo-oo-oo.. .. Oo-oo-Oo-oo-oo ..

When I'm calling [ start guitar: [ A ]you- Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo, [ B7 ]Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo [ E ]Oo-Oo-!

[ E ]Will you answer [ A ]too- Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo, [ B7 ]Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo [ E ]Oo-Oo-!

[ E ]That means I [ E7 ]offer my love [ A ]to you, to be your own.

[ A ]If you refuse me, I will be [ E ]blue, [ F#7 ]waiting all [ B7 ]alone. [ : stop guitar ]

But, if when you [ start guitar: [ A ]hear my love [ B7 ]call ringing [ E ]clear,

[ A ]Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo, [ B7 ]Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo Oo-Oo- [ E ]Oo-Oo

[ E ]And I hear your [ E7 ]answering there [ A ]constantly.

[ E ]Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo, Oo-Oo-Oo-Oo Oo- [ A ]Oo-Oo-Oo

[ A ]Then I will know [ Am ]our love will come [ E ]true.

[ E ]You'll belong to [ A ]me, [ B7 ]I'll belong to [ E ]you-ooooo.

solo: [ A ] [ B7 ] ] E ]

[ E ] [ E7 ] [ A ]

[ A ]Then I will know..[ Am ]...our [ E ]love will come true.

[ E ]You'll belong to [ A ]me, I'll [ B7 ]belong to [ E ]you-Oooooo.

Posted by Paul Mayer (Member # 355) on 07-17-2004, 06:17 PM:

Tweed must be pretty nice this time of year. As opposed to what I'm sweltering in at the moment (104degF/40degC, 27%RH, and thunderstorms). Ah, desert monsoon season... [Roll Eyes]

Posted by Per Hauberg (Member # 529) on 07-17-2004, 06:34 PM:

Lastest new in the McLeod Musical Case:

http://www.atforumz.com/showthread.php?t=164809

Posted by Phil Hill (Member # 371) on 07-17-2004, 06:41 PM:

So Paul, if I understand what you are saying... You are having HOT, sweaty sex with yourself while listening to the rain...

Cool! I'll be in Vegas next week... I'll bring my camera.

>>> Phil

Posted by Gordon McLeod (Member # 33) on 07-17-2004, 11:23 PM:

actually I was in tweed on fri to replace our POS server since a now ex staff memebr put a virus on it that attacked the HD sector 0

It was 38 C and 68%RHT Hot and Muggy
now where was that R&C