Bait (Mark Jenkin)

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"Bait"
written and directed
by

Mark Jenkin

New trailer for Bait - In cinemas 30 August | BFI - YouTube

Modern-day Cornish fisherman Martin (Edward Rowe) is struggling to buy a boat while coping with family rivalry and the influx of London money, holiday-homes and stag parties to his harbour village. The summer season brings simmering tensions within the community to boiling point, with tragic consequences. Bait is in UK cinemas from 30 August

https://www.baitfilm.co.uk
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9652782

Fascinating and intriguing trailer. This looks like it is a movie fallen out of time. Might be a nice companion piece to The Lighthouse.

Mark Kermode is quite enthusiastic:

Bait reviewed by Mark Kermode - YouTube

The Camera

Bait was captured on a 1976 16mm clockwork Bolex camera, using100ft rolls of B&W Kodak stock - giving a maximum 28 seconds per shot.

Shot with a single lens for a consistency of aesthetic.

A total of 130 rolls or 13,000 ft of film was hand-processed using an antique Bakelite rewind tank.

No two rolls come out the same.

We had two Bolex H16s on the shoot. The second camera (which we used for the slow motion sequences running at 54fps) was given to me by retired DP Peter Smithson who had used it to shoot sequences for David Attenborough documentaries during the 80s and 90s. This 'B' camera dates from the 60s, whilst the 'A' camera was built in 1976, the year I was born.

I love how incredibly simple the Bolex is: I think I fully understand everything it can do and how it does it. It’s incredibly robust, and beautifully engineered; it makes a lovely sound. It’s very easy to load, and it takes beautiful lenses which create wonderful images. And it looks stunning. I would quite happily hang it on my wall like a painting. It’s a work of art.

Mark Jenkin
https://www.baitfilm.co.uk/how-we-made-it-1