https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S9oBTwLnwi0
This documentary deserves a lot of attention. Lauren and Rob Lim created an inspirational short film about the power and tangible nature of instant film photography. Over the period of a few day Lauren Lim stopped several strangers on the street with her Fujifilm Instax Wide 300 and Rob Lim documented the experience with his Fujifilm X-T2 camera rig.
They aren’t professional cinematographers, but the results are very impressive and the message is spot on. I would love to do a project like this with an Instax printer, but Fujifilm doesn’t have a wide printer available yet and I feel the regular Instax SP-2 print is a little small.
Fujifilm Instax Wide 300: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Fujifilm X-T2: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
They even did making of videos. Included below if you’re interested.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN03gjii-f0
The video above explains the Fujifilm X-T2 rig Rob Lim assembled to film the documentary. Some of his choices as a first time film maker are interesting and he is a little off on some details/specs, but it’s interesting to hear about their experience. His rig consists of:
SHAPE Composite DSLR Stabilizer: B&H Photo/Adorama
Tascam DR-70D 4-Channel: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Rode VMPR VideoMic Pro R: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Sennheiser ew 122-p G3: B&H Photo/Amazon/Adorama
Vello V-Rig 4.1″ Triple Shoe: B&H Photo/Amazon
Below you can see some of the editing and footage/preproduction details of the documentary including modeling releases. They did a good job documenting the ups and downs of their first documentary film and I hope they make more in the future.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KmK_-dQohU4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zre_DI3rW4c
Lauren Lin also made behind the scenes videos explaining her camera choice and expectations vs the reality of photographing for this documentary that can be found below.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxWykI8W024
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yS1ack3I8Hs
