Poser Caught On Cam!

Or rather, WITH cam.



Tagged along Mel's film group shoot and I got to finally lay my mitts on a FILM camera. Don't get me wrong, I'm one of DV's staunchest flag-wavers, but there's really something about holding a film camera in your hands...

I'm reading "Here And Back Again," Sean Astin's book about making Lord Of The Rings, and he mentioned in one paragraph something about a DOP telling him to shoot a short film he had in mind in 35mm, and then he goes on to say that there's something real about shooting in 35, something validating that makes you film like a REAL filmmaker whereas shooting in 16 makes you feel like an aspiring filmmaker. Holding a film camera in my hands and cradling it in all its un-ergonomic glory, I felt that to be somewhat true.

Felt very envious to be watching Mel's group shoot their project on film. She's a year ahead you see and thus has moved on to doing shorts on film while I am "stuck" with DV for now.

In the meantime, I'll just have to content myself with poser pics like this.