"Killing Time" - a 16mm Film Noir Short

I took a 16mm Production class in the winter semester of 2010, and this was my final project. The assignment was to make a 2-3 minute narrative film without using dialogue. I shot using a Bolex camera on 500T Vision 3 filmstock, so it is indeed a FILM, not a video.

The Bolex is a 'silent camera', meaning it makes an obscene amount of noise. Therefore, all the audio in this film was added in post production.

We began prepping for the shoot at around 7pm, and didnt wrap until 5:45pm. (My cast and crew were awesome, not to mention patient). Once the film came back from the lab (Cineworks), I had less than two days to edit the film and submit it to the professor.

Hope you enjoy film noir!
(the black-and-white was not part of the assignment: I rendered it that way in Final Cut).

Comments/feedback are welcomed.

Category:

Film & Animation

Tags:

• film
• noir
• lighting
• student
• project
• killing
• time
• phil
• baumhardt
• john
• carlin
• chris
• mcgraw
• zander
• riggs
• brian
• berrios
• jack
• daniel's
• marlboro
• red
• cigarettes
• gun
• fedora
• trenchcoat
• zippo
• hitman
• murder
• 16mm
• 500
• tungsten
• black
• and
• white
• Bolex
• sin
• city
• the
• killers
• Grand
• Valley
• State
• University
• video
• major
• murray

[rkmugen]

SHIT!  This is really a great job! The gun's sound could use some work, but you've got every other element of this genre nailed. The odd angles, close-up of the face, single lighting source source, the shadows on your face, the "no non-sense" facial expressions, and even the "method acting" style with the cigarette and whiskey!

I kind of also wish there was a little bit of music to accompany this, but the fact that you didn't include a track allows me to fit in my own dramatic music!

[Blackhardt72]

@rkmugen Glad you got so much out of the details. Thanks for the encouragement.

[Filmmaker391]

This is an outstandin work of art and a perfect tribute to film noir! Keep it up :D

[Blackhardt72]

@Filmmaker391 Its awesome to hear the film is appreciated so much. Thanks!

[MrAaronWomball]

I go to a performing arts college and we just started a film project. I'm directing a film noir piece that has to be 2 mins long too. This has really helped me understand that it can be done thank you!

Also, we watched this in our studio with our performance sound eq and on a big screen. The end made everyone shit themselves. Well done :)

[Blackhardt72]

@MrAaronWomball Awesome! That was my intention- to have it sound like a REAL gunshot. Good luck with your film noir

[TomReeseqazwsx]

Really promising. Great job

[onetaothree]

Good job. The only things I would change is use older actors and use a .38 revolver instead of an automatic. Otherwise, good one. I liked it.

[Blackhardt72]

@TheMovieCountdown I appreciate the complement. Its great to know that there are others out there in Youtubeland who appreciate the beauty of film.

[TheMovieCountdown]

This is the best film noir movie ive seen on youtube so far. I am also making a film and i chose actual film over digital. The quality is much butter with film.