I am proposing a new project which will need several people to complete.
I believe that Rosemary Willis is the Rosetta Stone to the timing.
We can see her running past the top of the reflecting pool in the Dorman film and then the Martin film. The last time we can see her is just before the first time we see her in the Zapruder film.
If we can accurately track her running, plot Cartesians coordinates at each frame and then calculate her speed we have an accurate clock.
I believe it is even possible that the last frame of the Dorman film might overlap with frame 133 of the Zapruder film. Then we could calculate how the Dorman film syncs with the Zapruder film.
I think that when we see McLain's cycle in the Dorman film that frame matches a time in the Zapruder film after Z-133.
What I would like to see created is a type of stroboscopic panel of frames from all the films, Dorman, Martin, and Zapruder much like the old Muybridge photos.
But with digital technology we could do even more. Here is an example of a modern technique:
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Ideally the images can be overlaid onto a map and above the whole panel can be reference lines describing each frame and how much space there is between her position at each frame and what
her speed was. To start we might want to use every fourth frame. The exact distance between two frames is not as important as the average speed over a few frames. Once we know if her speed was constant
or increasing or decreasing we can project that to her first position at Z-133.
I hope that Martin will donate his map to the project, at least the area at the top of the reflecting pool.
It may seem like a hassle, but I would prefer that all measurements be done in feet and speeds in fps.
Cartesian Coordinates are based on the origin being the intersection of the middle of Main Street with the middle of Houston Street.
The X coordinate runs up Houston Street and the Y coordinate runs up Main Street. So an example of Cartesian coordinates for Rosemary's position would be something like
(205,43).
If anyone can start by making a mockup in Photoshop to illustrate what I want to see that will help to clarify what it should look like. I don't have the software to do it myself.
