Sydney 2008 mm
I’ve embarked on a project to document Sydney in the closing days of 2008. It will be filmed on 8mm film in a number of locations in and around the central business district (CBD).
The primary aim of the movie is to document what Sydney looks like in 2008. What wasn’t there in the heyday of the 8mm format and how it has changed since. By using this old film stock I hope to, rather contradictorily, show Sydney in a timeless fashion, in a medium that hasn’t changed for almost 50 years.
8mm film will give me approximately 3 minutes in which to tell my story and I hope to do it on a single roll. With this limitation in mind; every shot is limited to between three and ten seconds, with five being the ideal.
It’s a 3 step process:
- Storyboard - Work out what to film, where to film and how to do it
- Film - Get out there. Setup the camera, dry run and then shoot
- Processing and telecine. This can take a few weeks
- Edit the digital master and add music
Storyboard
This is much like drawing a comic. Draw up a grid of cells and fill them with sketches and/or text outlining what the shot is about.
My storyboard:
I’ve only included a few. More story board images are on Flickr
More to come on shooting, processing and editing.