Super 8 Gripping: one example of a DIY car mount

[audadvnc]

We were un safe but the shot looks good.

Like every other forgettable car commercial of 3 years ago...

Shouldn't we have as much fun doing this job as we can and not take ourselves too seriously. What do you care if I fell off the front of that truck and my actor drove overtop of me.

What if I were the actor?

-if your gonna go, might as well go out shooting.-

The Clem and Clem supporter posts on that site are all quite obviously written by single hormonal 20-something types that have never been in a serious accident. These types expect to live forever. Unfortunately, it ain't so, and even if they don't get killed pulling some stupid stunt like riding on the front of a moving automobile, they are putting their production companies and clients at risk of civil and criminal prosecution for reckless endangerment.

I wonder how the "balls out" posters would have responded if the cameraman fell off.

Kids, listen to your elders. Don't be stupid. Safety is truly #1.

[narri]

Here's some exposure stills from the short film we shot last weekend. Everything went smoothly and I'm fairly happy with the results. There's one picture of the mount as well, I attached it with some very heavy fishing line to make sure it stays on the car. It was rock-steady and I can't wait to see the actual footage.

Thank you all for contributing. Now I'm just wondering if I should push process one of the 500T cartridges.

Mikael.

[Pj]

I came accross this,

http://www.hama.co.uk/portal/articleId* ... pg#picture


I think it would work for most Super 8 cameras, has anyone used one?

PJ

[Evan Kubota]

Great looking locations and cool car - I love Mercedes convertibles. What's the story of the film? Is it a period piece?

[narri]

Thanks Evan. We really put some effort on the choice of locations, and it's good to hear that it pays off.

The film is more or less a homage to old monster movies from the 50´s(usually with a swamp theme). It's conciously clumsy and maybe a bit naive. The script includes a young couple, a dark forest and a monster. You can probably figure out the rest. It's period, dating somewhere around 1974(that's when the car was built).

We deliberately went for a simple approach for our first super 8 film, we wanted to test out the format before putting too much money on something we we're unsure of. Nevertheless, the budget grew to quite big proportions. I'm paying something around 1500€ for the whole production. We're trying to sell it to some tv-programs to cover the costs.

Thanks for the feedback and the interest.
Mikael