Saturday long-take: 16mm

I really enjoyed the shoot this past weekend. I have never filmed on 16mm, so this was a new experience to me. Working in the medium of a classic 16mm camera made me appreciate the fine details one must understand in order to produce an actual image on the film reel. Exposing the film to any light when "arming" the camera could ruin the entire project. So this alone gave me the feeling like I was dealing with some form of nitroglycerin. Once we successfully got the film in the camera with he limited red light we had, Denny and I were ready to shoot. We understood what the image produced by the 16mm camera would look like; vintage, grainy, and perhaps black and white? So when brainstorming our idea for the shoot, we really wanted to think about an idea that would highlight the vintage film look. We eventually decided to go with the idea of a lone reader sitting on a bench, who is then approached by emotionless beings walking almost like robots. When our main character gets up to leave, the robotic like people follow her (Eliza) in unison. We wanted to use the 16mm to create something out of a classic Twilight Zone episode from the 1950's. Who are these strange beings approaching Eliza? Are they human? Are they robotic? Hark! Welcome to The Twilight Zone.