Do you want to load our Al Dente (Super 8) short film?

Post by **Rollef** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 1:05 pm

Me too!

Post by **jukkasil** » Thu Aug 24, 2006 7:44 pm

I'll send the link for you all very soon (during couple hours maybe). I'm just putting it to internet right now, It's 362Mbs big in wmv-file.

Post by **mojotrancer** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:25 am

Me too please!

Post by **Uppsala BildTeknik** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:44 am

I just looked at Al Dente and I have to say....

The image quality was really good, it is the best super8 movie that I have seen.
The colors, the sharp images, it was just fantastic.
And the story was good too, in the beginning it kept up my interest, was was in the box? How the guy struggled with it...
And the end was not expected, a surprise. I like surprises in films. It was fun, I enjoyed the film!

You really made a good movie!

Post by **jukkasil** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 9:54 am

Thanks Kent!

For others: If you want to comment movie here, just remember don't spoil the story, ok!

Post by **Blin** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 12:48 pm

I almost don't believe it was Super 8.

I took the WMV file and converted to Quicktime and then to DVD using DVD Studio Pro. I watched it at home on my TV. It looked immaculate.

This was the first time I've watched a Super 8 short and not been distracted by the fact that it was Super 8. I think the use of rack-focus shots were something that you don't usually see in Super 8. What camera(s) did you use? It's made me really keen to shoot some Vision stock.

Was it shot in anamorphic or did you just crop the footage?

Post by **paul** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:30 pm

Well great work Jukka! Technically it looked brilliant; great compositions, editing, lighting etc. I was really amused by the story, especially by the last part (interiors).

I will pm you a more elaborate comment.

Thanks for sharing!

Paul

Post by **jukkasil** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 1:52 pm

Thank you guys!

Camera was Canon 1014 XL-S with pressure plate without any anamorphic lens, just cropped image to techniscope-style. During shooting sessions we just put our fingers front of lens to help composition to 2.35 cropped image.

Post by **gianni1** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 2:59 pm

Bravo, bravo, encore, encore!

We watched it simultaneously on the widescreen tv and on the notebook computer with external loudspeakers. Due to a NTSC-PAL technical fault, the TV was in B&W and really stretched wide like cinemascope. Six of us watched it, some of the kids liked the B&W better, with Spousal Unit and no. 1 teen impressed with the Super 8 factor. Everybody liked it with comments like creative, interesting, and fun.

Gianni

Post by **mojotrancer** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 3:48 pm

I agree that this is some of the best Super8 footage I've ever seen. I actually went back through this thread to see if maybe it was 16mm. The look was outstanding. My only complaint would be that maybe there was too much smoke in some of those shots. Otherwise, it's a great film. Bravo!

Post by **studiocarter** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 5:23 pm

Thank you for the link. I really enjoyed the movie. It played on my PC using the Nero player best. Windows Media Player had jerky sound but sound was perfect with Nero.

I wanted to see the little girl hug the hero, sniff.

Overall beautiful color and consistent texture throughout the movie was very pleasing to watch. The ending credit color changing was really nice I thought. The sunset showed the trees as a beautiful Manganese Green/Blue that I like (I'm an oil painter) and I thought of George Innis paintings who was an American landscape romantic artist. I've only watched it once so far but will again and again.

The film was not jittery and was solid unlike some Super 8 films. However, it did breath like an old film projector shows movies. If that was the intent perhaps some other added film effects may compliment that linkup.

I'm gonna watch it a few more times just to see real film in use by great hands :!:

Post by **johnnhud** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:35 pm

I'm at work and reading these comments makes me want to run home and start the download!!!!!

Post by **reflex** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 6:51 pm

Simply fantastic. It's so nice to see a Super 8 film that hasn't been massively compressed for the web.

I'm amazed that this film was shot on Super 8 and then cropped to widescreen - it feels like watching somewhat grainy 16 mm. The GK-Film pressure plate seems to do a fantastic job of stabilizing the frame.

As for the film itself, Al Dente succeeds in conjouring up the essence of campy 1960s westerns in a convincingly amusing style. The soundtrack adds just enough texture to hide the fact that the film was shot without synchronized dialog. It's impressive to see such a well shot and presented film in Super 8 and I sincerely hope it encourages other filmmakers to carefully consider this format instead of sterile video. Above all, I hope that Jukka and team keep making shorts!

Post by **Uppsala BildTeknik** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 8:03 pm

By the way Jukka, did you ever colorcorrect and compare the small sample I scanned from Al Dente with this transfer?

The colors in this film looked damn good, but then again I never tried to correct the transfer in editing programs after the scan... I just remember the colors being difficult to "get as good as possible" in the scanner. Negative films are a bitch to transfer (at least if you are not used to scan negative films).

Post by **Dr_Strangelove** » Fri Aug 25, 2006 10:19 pm

Jukka,

I saw your film a couple of hours ago and I've been trying
to think of some constructive criticism.

First of all I have to say you have created probably the best
Super 8 film avalable on the internet.With Al Dente I think you
have proved that you have a a superb eye for composition, you
know what works and what doesnt work and that is something
I admire very much about you.

Here are some of my thoughts on some of the problems with Al Dente...

The film is simply too long, the shots of the ''hero'' were creative but
also dull in the long run. They looked great but too many shots seemed
unecessary.

Thank you for making the film and sharing it with the rest of the world.

You have proved, once and for all that Super 8 has indeed become
a proffesional format.

/Jan Weis