Intentionality Isn't a Film Thing. It's a Practice Thing.

The 'shoot film to slow down' advice gets handed out like a prescription, but slowing down isn't the medium's doing. It's yours. If you're firing off 800 frames at a corporate headshot day and hating the cull, a roll of Portra won't fix your process. What actually builds intentionality is pre-visualisation, a shot list you wrote before arriving on location, and the discipline to put the camera down until the frame is right. Film enforces limits. But limits you impose on yourself work just as well and cost nothing extra.