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1-Day Workshop

Shooting 16mm Film

Load it. Shoot it. Expose it. Get it developed.

Format
In-person
Group size
Max 4
Duration
1 day
Time
10am - 6pm
Price
£299 inc. film + processing
Location
Fareham, UK40-min walk / 12-min cycle / 10-min taxi from station
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Shooting 16mm film on an Eclair NPR
What you'll do

Shoot real film.

One day, four of you, two cameras, four stocks - used together as a group. You'll rig, load, light-meter, frame, roll, slate and wrap each camera, then we send the rolls off for processing and share the scanned rushes back with the group.

Loading 16mm film in a changing bag - Eclair NPR mags and Bolex spools
Choosing and rating stock - 4 different emulsions across the day
Exposing film with an incident/spot meter - no histogram to bail you out
Framing through a ground glass - eyepiece discipline and parallax
Camera reports and slating for a lab - what the processor actually needs
Crystal-sync vs spring-wound - why one works with sound and one doesn't
Shot economy - shooting when footage costs real money
Receiving and reviewing your scanned rushes after the workshop
How the stock works
As a group, we will shoot 400ft of film, 100ft of each stock in different scenarios (so it's not 1 reel per person, but it is approximately 100ft of film per person). The four rolls are Kodak 50D, 200T, 250D and 500T, so when you get the rushes back you can decide for yourself which one(s) you like.

We will be shooting 100ft daylight spools - 200ft in the Bolex H16 and 200ft in the Eclair NPR - but you will also get to try loading plastic core-loaded film using practice leader stock.
Who is this for

Who should shoot this?

This is a workshop about exposing real film. If you've only shot digital and you want to actually understand what a light meter, a shutter angle, and a stock speed are doing, this is for you.

DoPs, camera operators and directors who have only ever shot digital - you'll stop guessing at exposure and start understanding it.
Music-video and short-form filmmakers curious about shooting finite formats - without torching a thousand pounds of stock to find out.
Students and self-taught shooters who have read about film and now want to actually touch it, wind it, meter it and watch it come back from the lab.
Workshop details

Everything you need to know

Format
In-person, hands-on
Duration
1 day (approx. 8 hours with breaks)
Group size
Maximum 4 participants
Cameras
Eclair NPR (sync-sound, 400ft mags) & Bolex H16 (spring-wound, 100ft spools)
Stock included
4 rolls of 16mm, 4 different emulsions, shared as a group (not one per person). Processing and scanning included.
Bring with you
Notebook, pen, a light-meter if you own one (we'll have spares). Phone for reference photos. No laptop needed.
Prerequisites
Comfortable with aperture, shutter angle, ISO & focal length. No prior film experience required.
Date
TBC - register interest for first-look booking
Price
£299 per participant - includes all 4 rolls of stock, processing and scan-back
Your instructor

Meet Aram

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Aram Atkinson
Filmmaker & Founder, Latitude Film School

Aram is a working filmmaker and educator with over a decade of experience in narrative film, documentary, and branded content. Having worked extensively in camera departments on productions of all scales, he brings practical, on-set knowledge to every lesson. He founded Latitude Film School to make professional craft education accessible to everyone.

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Ready to actually shoot film?

Four spots per workshop. Register your interest and we'll email you first when dates drop. No spam, no obligations.

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