My son's first super 8 film! (Aged 3)

[Andersens Tears]

I have been meaning to upload this for ages. I gave my son, Casper, a super 8 camera - a Canon AF 310 XL and some film - a roll of Tri-X. We went out to a popular walking area - a pathway along the lakeside where they have put up fun objects that are linked to the Great Lake Monster - a Swedish cousin of Nessie.

Casper filmed what he wanted, when he wanted - he held the camera all the time! He filmed just over a minute of footage whilst we were there - and this is what you see here. Once I had had the film transferred we watched it back to together and I recorded his spontaneous responses to what he was watching. Now he was only 3 years old at the time and he is growing up to be bilingual, so it is a mixture of Swedish and English with some spoonerisms of new words he has learnt. I have added some text to show what he is saying.

You might think that a super 8 film made by a 3 year old would be horrible to watch, but I disagree!

Make your own mind up!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvrxhmJuJvw

[Will2]

Love the "poo poo" line.

[Andersens Tears]

Love the "poo poo" line.

- everyone loves that bit!

[Lunar07]

This is quite a nice perspective on things as seen by a 3 year old. I liked it a lot.
And yes the poo-poo bit was great, the word seems to be universal hahahaha

[Wade]

Now.....why can't I make a film like this? I'm envious!!!! (~_^)

[Andersens Tears]

This is quite a nice perspective on things as seen by a 3 year old. I liked it a lot.
And yes the poo-poo bit was great, the word seems to be universal hahahaha

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uSmKPWM55k

Here he is testing out the camera a few weeks before the poo poos film!

See how he gives daddy directions!

[Andersens Tears]

Now.....why can't I make a film like this? I'm envious!!!! (~_^)

I think you would need to crouch down on your knees Wade!