I am happy with the way our Bolex shoot turned out, but it took us way too long. We couldn't meet beforehand to figure anything out, so the day of the shoot we kind of had to brainstorm and shoot all in one go. Because we'd only have one chance to capture it and we felt it wasn't very well planned, I think that it took too much time for us to just make a decision and shoot it. But I think it turned out fine.
I love shooting with the Bolex. There is something about having its weight in your hand and feeling it wind and then dunking your film in the chemicals and watching the images magically appear that is especially satisfying to me. I wish I could just go shoot random stuff more often, just for the practice and process. Plus I feel like the Bolex is prone to those "happy accidents" kind of situations - like when you are shopping, but you don't really have in mind what you want, and then you find the most amazing coat in the back of a shop you normally never go in that you wear for the next five years and really like. Or something.
We've already chosen our sensory element, and I want to keep it a secret so I'm not going to post it here, but I will say that it is subtly disorienting and extremely weird. So we wanted to capture that same feeling in the visuals shot on the Bolex.
