Table of contents About the purposes and teaching methodology of this handbook .............................................. 4 Shooting on analogue by Robert Lakatos ....................................................................................... 7 The Motivation for Shooting on Analogue in the Digital Era .................................................... 8 Personal Motivation of the Project Leader: ............................................................................ 8 Theoretical Assumptions About the Benefits of Analogue Technology: ............................... 8 1. Analogue Image: Texture and Power of Expression ...................................................... 9 2. Analogue Teaches Concentration ................................................................................. 10 3. Understanding Analogue Aids in Mastering Digital .................................................... 13 Planning the experiment ........................................................................................................... 15 1. Purchasing cameras and film material .............................................................................. 15 2. Defining the subject of filming ......................................................................................... 17 Film project development ......................................................................................................... 20 1. The narrative structure: ..................................................................................................... 20 2. The Audiovisual concept: ................................................................................................. 31 Specific technical and technological knowledge for shooting on analogue ............................. 37 1. Focusing ............................................................................................................................ 37 2. Exposure setting ................................................................................................................ 48 Problems, mistakes and troubleshooting................................................................................... 56 1. Losing Film Footage in the Lab ........................................................................................ 56 2. Not Filming What We Thought We Already Had ............................................................ 57 3. Losing Footage in the Camera .......................................................................................... 57 4. Camera slowing down in cold........................................................................................... 58 5. Unintentional ghosting effects: ......................................................................................... 59 6. Jumping images: ............................................................................................................... 61 7. Out of focus images: ......................................................................................................... 63 8. Day-for-Night Effect Problems: ....................................................................................... 65 Final Conclusions and Future Directions for Reinventing Analogue in the Digital Era .......... 70 A Hybrid Approach to Filmmaking By Alex Böjthe .................................................................... 77 Abstract ..................................................................................................................................... 78 1