working, causing a large section of film to crumple and jam inside the camera. At the time, we couldn’t figure out why it happened. If it had been a loading error, the entire roll should have had issues, but the first half of the footage was correctly wound and well-exposed. The camera itself wasn’t damaged – it worked fine the next day. It wasn’t until we saw another camera slowing down in cold weather that we concluded the issue was likely temperature-related. 4. Camera slowing down in cold We encountered this issue with the Krasnogorsk 3 camera while shooting the fifth episode, Dracula’s Attempt. During an outdoor shoot in cold weather, the DOP noticed that the camera’s sound didn’t match its usual rhythm at 24 fps. Suspecting a problem, he took the camera into the car, placed it in a loading bag, and checked the film. Everything appeared to be loaded correctly. To be cautious, he replaced the film spool and confirmed that the camera was functioning fine. However, after returning outside, the issue resurfaced – the camera slowed down again after two shots. Strangely, once the shoot was over, the camera worked perfectly indoors. The following day, the crew made a point of keeping the camera warm between shots, and the issue didn’t occur again. This experience confirmed that the cold temperature was affecting the camera’s performance. We were quite surprised that the Krasnogorsk camera struggled in the cold. This led us to assume that the issue was more likely due to the old grease inside the mechanism freezing in the cold, rather than the contraction of the metal components. The DOP noted that the camera’s sound at 24 fps was more like what you’d expect at 12 fps. At 24 fps, the shutter speed should be 1/60 of a second, but at 12 fps, it would be 1/30 of a second. This indicated that the film was overexposed by one stop. To compensate, we underdeveloped the film by one stop during processing. We ran development tests and managed to save the footage. In static shots, where the actors weren’t moving, the difference was imperceptible. In shots with movement, the actors' actions had a slightly exaggerated, burlesque quality. However, this wasn’t an issue, as we had already planned to incorporate such effects – particularly for long wide shots where we intended to subtly speed up the actors' movements as they crossed large landscapes. 58