Why shooting on Super 8? Dagie knows...

[Juergen]

schmalfilm magazine took the opportunity to shoot a last roll of Kodachrome - a very special one: a cartridge with 60 meters of Live Sound film, produced more than 25 years ago. It was processed at the end of December 2010, in the last days of the Kodachrome era at Dwayne's, Kansas, USA. We asked 10 German filmmakers why they are using Super 8. Have a look at those brilliant colors - even if it is winter and the film is 25 years old! We did not change anything at all. This commercial is the first one in a series to promote Super 8 and schmalfilm magazine. We will use it as a viral campaign and on festival screenings.

Here you may see it:

http://www.schmalfilm.de (first in News section)
or
http://vimeo.com/channels/schmalfilm

In German only - sorry ;)

Shoot!
Juergen

[JesseLeeCable]

Man; I cried, Beautiful.

[Juergen]

Thanks Camera was the very silent Nizo 6080.

[richard p. t.]

Ausgezeichnet!
It is amazing that the film lasted so well for so long. Its lovely to see some 2011 sound on film super 8. Nice ad Jurgen.
cheers,
richard

[David M. Leugers]

Very, very nice and so fitting a send off for one great film stock. Too bad about the emulsion lines from a dirty gate, but not hardly noticeable too busy looking at the beautiful images. Well done!

S-8mm sound film is sorely missed. I miss it because it died too soon. Just as the revolution was starting for S-8mm use as a camera original and finishing on digital video, it went away. It allowed for one-man-band sound films such as documentaries to be easily made with the new work flow.

[Juergen]

Hi David,

there is a man in Spain who is re-inventing Single 8 and Super 8 sound cartridges. schmalfilm magazine will publish a report about his work in the next issue. Perhaps sound cartridges will soon come back .

[David M. Leugers]

Wow, if the guy in Spain can pull that one off! I hope he succeeds.

Juergen, I am still holding out that some day your great mag will be back
in English...

[Juergen]

A second clip is online now. Dagie says: "Super 8 is magic!" Do you need to know more? :lol:

http://vimeo.com/19784794

[aj]

Wow, if the guy in Spain can pull that one off! I hope he succeeds.

DIRECT SOUND FILM AVAILABLE AGAIN test with Ektachrome 100 striped for single-8 sound

Read more: http://www.cinematography.com/index.php?showtopic=49937

I expected most were reading from both fora...

[Juergen]

Hi André,

Ignacio Benedeti tested a first Single 8 Sound cartridge for schmalfilm magazine. The test will be published in a week. We will ask the spanish inventor Angel Caro to test a 60-m-Super-8-Sound cartridge filled with his striped Ektachrome 100D, too.

Juergen