Amongst all the hubbub of the winners and losers on the big-screen this week, I thought it might be fun to take a look at some smaller selections. Spurred on by a recent post at Holgarific.net, I decided to trawl the depths of on-line video caches to see how Holgas were making the jump into the murky world of film. Moving film, that is. Not “film”. You know.
First off, if you haven’t seen Jim Elson’s 15-minute Holga documentary called “Analogue Daydreams”, do yourself a favour and watch it. (Or see it embedded below.) It’s a great introduction to not just the Holga, but the mindset behind why we use Holgas and toy cameras generally.
For more documentary action, check out this short piece by Sahar Sarshar, and/or the Lomo Documentary that BBC ran a little while back.
And now for something completely different
There are a lot of slideshows out there, and a lot of instructional videos on how to use or hack your Holga, and I recommend searching around a bit for these (don’t worry, they’re easy to find) if you’re interested. For this article, I’ll focus on the more… “eclectic” videos around. You may have seen some or all of these before, in which case – time to get out there and do better? 
The first two videos are great examples of capturing a Holga look on video. The first, by Wade Heninger, uses a Holga lens stuck to a Canon EOS 5D body:
The second video here admittedly isn’t a Holga (oh, the shame) but I can’t help posting it as the effect that Richard Koci Hernandez comes up with is so similar to the Holga shots that I love that… well, have a look. Scenes from a Vacation:
(via Multimedia Shooter)
For more examples of a Holga lens on a digital body, have a look at Rico’s video of a Holga lens on a 30D.
Muybridged
I found a couple of videos using Holga shots as animation frames. At first I thought they must have been by the same person, but from what I can tell, each is from a different source.
Alexandre Paschoalini used 150 frames to make his HOLGA MOTION video:
And, to compare apples and oranges, Chaweemek used 7 and a half rolls of film to make his Holga stop-motion animation:
I love the widescreen formatting in these, and the scroll of the film numbers as you walk around. Update: For more Holga stop-motion, have a look at this old article too.
Miscellanea
If you’re working your way through the videos in this post, then here are some random videos to finish off with.
I know I said there are plenty of slideshows going around, but I liked the idea behind Streeteyes by Quinn Ryan Mattingly so much I decided to add it in. Former street kids in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, were given a Holga and a roll of film, took a double-exposure of themselves, and then went off round the streets to finish the film. The results, all in monochrome, paint a great “street portrait”:
Fans of the Mew Mew Holga will be amused to see it being tested on this weird lovable Japanese dog:
And if you’re thinking of organising a Holga exhibition some time soon, why not order the Polka band in sooner, rather than later?
To end where we began, I really enjoyed this documentary by Andrew Laker called The Street with No Name. It’s has some Holga shots in, but is all about how “No Name Street” got its (lack of) name.
That’s all for now. If you know of any more interesting ones, please leave a comment. And if you’ve been inspired and want to shoot a gritty, arthouse style Holgamentary with bullet-time and famous celebrities then… you know where to find us.
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And following the red carpet theme, looks like one of the extras in ‘entourage’ was a holga fan:
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Als Brandon Frasier had a HOLGA with Polaroid Back in Scrubs. It was >My Screw Up< (Episode 14; Season 3)
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