Salesman vs. Salesman

[Jonathan]

For the film production class I am taking at NC State, we were given access to a German Arriflex 16 millimeter film camera, and had to create a 1 minute narrative film with only natural lighting, and a 2-3 minute film that utilizes artificial lighting. I am editing the second film right now (which is a sequel to the first one), but here is the first one. It is called "Salesman vs. Salesman". Working with film was definitely a new experience. I bought a 100 foot roll of film, which gave me a little under three minutes to work with. So, basically, we had to get each shot right on the first take. Then, of course, there's also fun stuff such as loading the film, measuring to calculate the focus, and using a light meter to figure out the f-stop. Big thanks to my friends at Whootah! for helping out and acting.

 

Here are some production stills taken by Phil Hart:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The film itself can be watched here: http://www.jonathanhawkins.net/photos/displayimage.php?album=121&pos=0

 

It is a 67 mb Quicktime file. I apologize for the high size, but I wanted to sacrifice as little quality as possible.