Hitch
Hitch (iPod) 320x240 [1:30m]: Play Now | Play in Popup | Download (357) Hitch (AppleTV) 640x480 [1:31m]: Download (222)This is a short film that I made in film school. It’s not great, but I like it for a lot of reasons.
- it reminds me of good times with old friends (the cast)
- it’s black and white
- it’s in a really pretty part of the desert
- it’s 16 mm film
- it’s silly, or otherwise playfully creepy (playing with stereotypes)
- with no dialog, anyone can understand the story
The film was created for a Cinematography class. The assignment was to tell a story in one shot (so we could view them in class without editing), and I chose to shoot it all from one point of view. I bought enough film to shoot multiple takes from each of the cast members’ POV and then use the best one to present in class. But I was in film school to learn editing, so my ulterior motive was to have footage to edit in Portfolio Editing the following semester. Cinematography grade: B. Editing grade: A.
This was my second time shooting 16 mm. The first time was on a wind-it-yourself Bolex. This time was using a Canon Scoopic. My one disappointment for this digital version: my edits are actually a lot better than they appear here. When I up-res’d and exported the project from Avid, something went wrong, and the edits printed to tape about 13 frames off. There’s nothing I can do about that now without going through a big hassle, so it runs as is.
Here’s a slideshow of photos from the shoot:
Created with Paul’s flickrSLiDR.
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:25 am
That was fun, and looks like would have been a blast to be on the set.
July 22nd, 2007 at 12:11 pm
Wow. it looks fantastic. I have no idea what the chrome thing is! I hope that makes me charmingly naive and British rather than stupid. It made me laugh anyway. It’s funny and off-kilter creepy in the same way that early surrealist films were…
I shot a few films on b&w 16mm as well - and cut a couple of them on film, which i loved more than any other part of any filmmaking process. Maybe i’ll try to get them digitised and put them online.
July 22nd, 2007 at 12:43 pm
Fun stuff!
I would love to shoot on film. Just something about it that is so natural.
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:28 pm
Thank you, gents.
Rupert, you will always be charmingly naive and British, never stupid. Women know what the chrome thing is - it’s part of our annual physical exam. I feel like I should say no more in polite company.
Actually you just reminded me the funniest part of screening this film in my class. There were 20 students, of which only two were women, and the teacher was male. None of the male students knew what the chrome thing was. The other woman cracked up laughing when she saw it. The teacher said “Is that what I think it is?” When I nodded he muttered “didn’t see that coming at all…”