16mm Short Film

El Gato Negro

El Gato Negro

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Hey Crew!

Just finished being the UPM on an exciting sci-fi short film entitled "The One Who Hears Me" directed by Aren Zolninger. The short film was shot on the Aaton 16mm camera using Kodak film stock. What a rejuvenating experience to work on film again after a 5 year hiatus. I was hired last minute and only had one day to prep but I made it happen! Can't wait to see some footage! Here are some BTS stills.

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Now that's a proper camera! I had Aatons for quite a few years wen they cost proper money - you can pick Super 16 kit up for pennies now, and yes it is always special shooting on film, lucky you.
Steve
 
Why do you celluloids use this forum,the only regular TV programn here in the uk recorded with super 16mm is Doc Martin and that looks soft with color that is not up to modern digital.
Its sad Your deluded .
 
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VinceinLA said:
Lets see ANY digital camera do that. NICE!
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Looks nice, but I'll play devil's advocate, beat the dead horse, etc etc, and say you probably could have rented a high end digital video camera (take your pic, but I'll throw out the Canon C300), saved a small fortune on film stock, film processing, transfer, and workflow costs, and thrown the difference toward your general production costs or whatever else along the way. Back a decade ago I could maybe see some justification for still shooting on film, but now I can't help but feel you're flushing your $$$ down the toilet, unless you're just going for the nostalgia element.

Have you guys been watching this season of 'Project Greenlight?" It's a hoot. There's an ongoing argument about whether or not they should shoot film vs digital, even though shooting film would suck up 10% of the 3 million dollar production budget. The producer wants to use an ARRI Elexa or some other high end digital cam, the director wants to shoot film, even though that extra money could be used to add a few extra days to the shooting schedule, among other things. To an experienced filmmaker, the decision there is clear. Most would kill to have three extra days.
 
These stills look great! Wonderful color and textures. Really clean, too! Have these been graded at all?

as for the digital vs. film argument, well, yes I agree that one could have saved money and still gotten great results with digital. However, I also think that there is merit to shooting film. I doubt any self respecting producer or director would risk jeopardizing the project just to shoot film. In other words, I cannot assume that they are making significant budget compromises by shooting celluloid.
 
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