I’m a director alongside my twin brother, we’re a directing duo, and we’ve shot on various film cameras, such as: - PANAVISION Panaflex 35mm - ARRIFLEX 435 35mm MOS - PANAVISION Millennium XL2 - ARRI M 16mm - Bolex Reflex 16mm - Krasnogorsk-3 super 16mm - GAF Anscomatic Super 8mm I own a few Arriflex 35 IIC’s, Stanley Kubrick used this camera model often on his films to shoot b-roll on A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Full Metal Jacket, etc. I just have to find the right lenses and power cables for the three 35mm IIC cameras that I have. Film carries an almost tangible quality, almost as if it has a soul. I love it! The Bolex is a beautifully made camera, Steven Spielberg used to film with it when he was a teenager. I own a few of those as well 🎥✨ Nathan Fackrell FACKRELL BROTHERS www.fackrellbrothers.tv Instagram: @fackrellbrothers
I worked at a PBS station for a number of years, and got to take old equipment home when we were making storage space. Got to take a Bolex just like this one. So so fun to play with!
I started out on film way back when. Super 8 and 16mm. Never shot 35mm which was the "dream format" (still is). My first movie camera was a Super 8 Minolta XL-42 that I got in the 80's. Still have it. Then I bought a used, but much better Braun Nizo 6080 Super 8 camera in the 90's for $1500 (sold it since). In the 90's, I've rented the ARRI SR1 16mm camera a couple times, but eventually I bought a used Frezzolini LW-16 news camera with Angenieux 12-120 dogfinder zoom lens and 2 400' Mitchell magazines for $1200 in 1996 which was a steal in those days. Similar to the CP-16. Good for the price at the time, but a pain to work with. Still have it, but I don't think I'll ever use it again.
Been there done that. I've made one complete short with a Bolex (about 98% on film-scanned at 2K and computer edited). The things that blew me away at first are 1) If you nail the focus and exposure, the image quality is every bit HD and it looks like real movie; 2) When I started color grading the raw 2K digitized file, the amount of exposure latitude was just amazing. It just kept giving more and more adjustability that I just wasn't able to get out of basic HD digital video. The drawbacks - good luck with syncing sound to the footage. Probably best to have pros working this as I discovered that it's really difficult. Cost - film is expensive (I mean the whole cycle of developing/digitizing, etc.). Time - It takes time to see what you shot - no instant gratification. Loading film is a pain. The 100ft roll limit is pain. Running out of spring energy in the middle of a shot. Possible workarounds to the drawbacks - Have two cameras, find a way to digitally remove the camera noise, and craft a great movie idea that allows film in the budget, because the look of film is better than digital IMO.
I've been shooting films on VHS for about 5 years now, everyone thinks I'm wasting my time and I "need to upgrade." This video has made me feel a whole lot better about myself lol
@@kmlgraph I usually go one of three ways. Back in the early 90s, I used to edit using 2 VCRs. I got pretty proficient at it. Sometimes I will still edit that way. Another way is that I will edit in camera by shooting in order and ending each scene with a certain shot or cutaway so that the edit is seamless. The easiest and final way is yes, I will sometimes port all the footage to digital and edit on PC. I especially do this when effects are involved. If you are interested, my VHS short films are on my channel.
Hello from Switzerland 🇨🇭 👋🏻 The Bolex company in Yverdon is now definitely closed unfortunately… but you can still found second hands bolex cameras on ebay, i would advice to always ask to see a video shot on it before buying, bought mine for around 2k in really good shape… There are several models i would advice to buy a Rex4 (model shown in the video) or higher, Rex5 or SBM EBM
Amazing interview, thanks guys! What a blast from the past. I'm remembering all of the quirks of this camera, like you had to press your eye tight against the viewfinder or light might leak in and expose the film.
The Bolex! Here is my first student film shot on a 16mm Bolex in 1991. 🤣😬🙄 This was at UC Santa Barbara in the beginner film production course -- the assignment was to make a one-minute short film about "a bike theft." That was it, no more prompts. (It was the year of "Terminator 2" and Metallica's "Black" album, two things I was obsessed with.) Yes, it looks absolutely awful, the main reason being that I forgot to put in the daylight filter so it was overexposed. And also this is a scan to VHS that I played on a modern flatscreen a few years back and shot it with a Flipcam. It couldn't be worse as far as generational degradation. Enjoy! th-cam.com/video/0uoLVY_a0gE/w-d-xo.html
You better be a little "concerned" with cameras (and lighting, lenses, editing, etc.) if you ever want to make a good movie. A movie (good or bad) isn't a movie without the camera.
Have you ever shot on film? If so, what camera did you use?
Bolex and Arri super 16.
I was the last class at USC film school to use film around 2008. Do I miss film? Not even a little bit.
I’m a director alongside my twin brother, we’re a directing duo, and we’ve shot on various film cameras, such as:
- PANAVISION Panaflex 35mm
- ARRIFLEX 435 35mm MOS
- PANAVISION Millennium XL2
- ARRI M 16mm
- Bolex Reflex 16mm
- Krasnogorsk-3 super 16mm
- GAF Anscomatic Super 8mm
I own a few Arriflex 35 IIC’s, Stanley Kubrick used this camera model often on his films to shoot b-roll on A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon, Full Metal Jacket, etc.
I just have to find the right lenses and power cables for the three 35mm IIC cameras that I have.
Film carries an almost tangible quality, almost as if it has a soul. I love it!
The Bolex is a beautifully made camera, Steven Spielberg used to film with it when he was a teenager. I own a few of those as well 🎥✨
Nathan Fackrell
FACKRELL BROTHERS
www.fackrellbrothers.tv
Instagram: @fackrellbrothers
I was lucky enough to study film photography but nothing like this yet but I'm excited to try one day soon
finally we've come full circle
I worked at a PBS station for a number of years, and got to take old equipment home when we were making storage space. Got to take a Bolex just like this one. So so fun to play with!
I started out on film way back when. Super 8 and 16mm. Never shot 35mm which was the "dream format" (still is).
My first movie camera was a Super 8 Minolta XL-42 that I got in the 80's. Still have it. Then I bought a used, but much better Braun Nizo 6080 Super 8 camera in the 90's for $1500 (sold it since).
In the 90's, I've rented the ARRI SR1 16mm camera a couple times, but eventually I bought a used Frezzolini LW-16 news camera with Angenieux 12-120 dogfinder zoom lens and 2 400' Mitchell magazines for $1200 in 1996 which was a steal in those days. Similar to the CP-16. Good for the price at the time, but a pain to work with. Still have it, but I don't think I'll ever use it again.
Good stuff! Thank you for posting!
Been there done that. I've made one complete short with a Bolex (about 98% on film-scanned at 2K and computer edited). The things that blew me away at first are 1) If you nail the focus and exposure, the image quality is every bit HD and it looks like real movie; 2) When I started color grading the raw 2K digitized file, the amount of exposure latitude was just amazing. It just kept giving more and more adjustability that I just wasn't able to get out of basic HD digital video.
The drawbacks - good luck with syncing sound to the footage. Probably best to have pros working this as I discovered that it's really difficult. Cost - film is expensive (I mean the whole cycle of developing/digitizing, etc.). Time - It takes time to see what you shot - no instant gratification. Loading film is a pain. The 100ft roll limit is pain. Running out of spring energy in the middle of a shot.
Possible workarounds to the drawbacks - Have two cameras, find a way to digitally remove the camera noise, and craft a great movie idea that allows film in the budget, because the look of film is better than digital IMO.
I've been shooting films on VHS for about 5 years now, everyone thinks I'm wasting my time and I "need to upgrade."
This video has made me feel a whole lot better about myself lol
How do you edit? Do you dupe the tape to digital and edit or some way of direct tape edit?
@@kmlgraph I usually go one of three ways. Back in the early 90s, I used to edit using 2 VCRs. I got pretty proficient at it. Sometimes I will still edit that way.
Another way is that I will edit in camera by shooting in order and ending each scene with a certain shot or cutaway so that the edit is seamless.
The easiest and final way is yes, I will sometimes port all the footage to digital and edit on PC. I especially do this when effects are involved.
If you are interested, my VHS short films are on my channel.
@@DirectorCM Interesting! Thanks for the advice.
And I thought filming on a BMPCC OG was ambitious... really keen to see how this turns out!
Hello from Switzerland 🇨🇭 👋🏻
The Bolex company in Yverdon is now definitely closed unfortunately… but you can still found second hands bolex cameras on ebay, i would advice to always ask to see a video shot on it before buying, bought mine for around 2k in really good shape…
There are several models i would advice to buy a Rex4 (model shown in the video) or higher, Rex5 or SBM EBM
Amazing interview, thanks guys! What a blast from the past. I'm remembering all of the quirks of this camera, like you had to press your eye tight against the viewfinder or light might leak in and expose the film.
The Bolex! Here is my first student film shot on a 16mm Bolex in 1991. 🤣😬🙄 This was at UC Santa Barbara in the beginner film production course -- the assignment was to make a one-minute short film about "a bike theft." That was it, no more prompts. (It was the year of "Terminator 2" and Metallica's "Black" album, two things I was obsessed with.) Yes, it looks absolutely awful, the main reason being that I forgot to put in the daylight filter so it was overexposed. And also this is a scan to VHS that I played on a modern flatscreen a few years back and shot it with a Flipcam. It couldn't be worse as far as generational degradation. Enjoy!
th-cam.com/video/0uoLVY_a0gE/w-d-xo.html
Im ready for my close up mr.Demill
I have 3 16mm Bolex and 3 8mm Bolex. Love them all and all in mint CLA. From the Bay Area.
Nice!
I love that camera. Got a lot of use out of it in film school.
Love this guy!!
Cheers Sofia! Thanks for posting!
First Film camera I ever used. Old school.
It’s neat. I shot my collage movie on a bolex. If you can afford to play around with it I guess have fun.
Love the passion would love to experiment with 8mm or 16mm film
Can't shoot coverage of everything. Well then, Peter Jackson would hate this camera. 😅
Can you put your movie on here, so I can share it to my channel when you are finished? Please and thank you.
People are so concerned about this type of bs than actually making a good movie.
What makes a movie good, to you?
@@ericsheldahl5158 not the film equipment
You better be a little "concerned" with cameras (and lighting, lenses, editing, etc.) if you ever want to make a good movie. A movie (good or bad) isn't a movie without the camera.
@@ericsheldahl5158 mostly writing, not the film equipment
@colossusforbin5484 The camera is the thing that matters the least