Stop By. Shoot Film.” Workshops Held in Bulgaria, Italy and Norway

Kodak Cinelabs Bulgaria held a “Stop By. Shoot Film.” workshop in May at the Sofia-based laboratory. The class was conducted by Kodak’s Randy Tack. Twenty-one students from three Bulgarian film schools (National Academy of Theatre & Film Arts (NATFA) “Krustyo Sarafov” in Sofia, New Bulgarian University in Sofia, and South-West University Neofit Rilski in Blagoevgrad) participated in the event. They practiced using a Super 16 mm camera, which included a presentation from ARRI, loaded with Kodak film. Each participant shot his or her own scene during the two-hour session. The footage was then processed and telecined at the lab and given to students on DVD so they could assess their work. All of the scenes were shot at the Cinema Center Boyana and in the coliseum set that was used in 2005 for the shooting of Spartacus.

Over in Rome, Kodak held their 3^rd annual “Stop By. Shoot Film.” workshop. Local cinematographer Mario Amura assisted Tack with the class. The location chosen for the shoot was “La casa del Cinema” inside the beautiful Villa Borghese Park. Over 60 students from film schools from all around the country, including students, directors, producers, got a similar hands-on experience.

Additionally, Kodak arranged a 16 mm “Stop By. Shoot Film.” workshop in mid-June, during the International Short Film Festival in Grimstad, Norway. Over three hours, participants learned about film basics and shot their own scenes under the supervision of director of photography Joe D’Alessandro.

The hands-on experience included use of the new ARRIFLEX 416 with a set of Ultra Prime lenses, sponsored by ARRI, Munich, Germany. The additional equipment used, like tripods, filters etc. was sponsored by Norsk Filmstudio AS.

More than 30 people participated in the five sessions. They were mainly film students, young producers and directors but also some laboratory people. All of them were very enthusiastic and grateful to join the workshop and to shoot their very first scene on 16 mm film. As always, at these kind of workshops, the number of participants increased each day as the news about this interesting and fun event was spread in town.

The processing of the negative was sponsored by Nordisk Film Post Production in Oslo, and transfer of the footage to DVD was done at Kodak in Rochester. Then each participant receives a DVD, including all scenes that were shot during the workshop, for their own review and personal assessment.