Orange – Snowboard Film by RJ Films

This is my 6th film. Shot exclusively on 16mm and Super 8mm film. I use my H16 Bolex with Kern / Switar 10mm super wide lens and my Sankyo camera fitted with a .5 wide adaptor on it’s stock mini zoom lens. Fuji 64D film for all the 16mm film and Eastman Kodak reversal film […]

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Velocity – Snowboard Film by RJ Films

I abandon video completely and shoot on film. 16mm film is the plan with some Super 8. But when a camera breaks Super 8mm has to take over for a bit. I buy a gorgeous french made Beaulieu R16 16mm film camera. I wind up at Lake Tahoe, at Heavenly for a contest, and no […]

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Fluid – third Snowboard Film by RJ Films

My third film. https://rjfilms.com/images/fluidf.jpg This one is a bit more Euro heavy in very late spring and summer after shooting winter all over America. I buy a Sony 3CCD camera with a much better lens and add on a .5 Kenko lens for wide angling. I think it’s the VCX1000 model but I should look […]

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U.F.O. – second snowboard film from RJ Films

My second film. This time I couldn’t resist the pull and powder westwards… I wind up leaving the East Coast in February 1995 with Kevin Scott in his car, and we swapped in my stereo from my 1987 Plymouth Turismo Duster (which is later towed as I was gone so long from Salem NH). We […]

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Far East – the movie. Cult Classic is born!

Director of Photography. My first film. 1994 filming begins Jan 1994. Based heavily at Killington Ski Resort. But also filme all over Vermont, New Hampshire and Maine. Shot on Hi8 video format on my first ‘pro’ camera I bought: a Hitachi ‘grey market’ 3 chip camera. This camera goes on to shoot my second film […]

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