Hey Chas,
I'd love to see your film. Can you upload it here?
Thanks,
Steven
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Joe Gioielli
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My journey was an odd one.
It seems I'm #574. It's so nice to belong to a place that ranks me on the order in which I joined, rather than my talent.
I shoot Regular 8. I never intended to get into it. I shoot video. I am a child of the DV revoloution and always had a rather, "ahh isn't that cute", attitude about film. I was shooting a video about my father's 50th high school reunion. I thought it might be an interesing effect to shoot some 8mm film for a sort of "now and then" effect for the film. Now I'm hooked.
Real film has also tought me what all the buttons and dials on the video cam are for.
Since I can't afford to shoot film for my projects, I still use DV, but I use film to add interest and flavor to my videos.:lol:
I shoot Regular 8. I never intended to get into it. I shoot video. I am a child of the DV revoloution and always had a rather, "ahh isn't that cute", attitude about film. I was shooting a video about my father's 50th high school reunion. I thought it might be an interesing effect to shoot some 8mm film for a sort of "now and then" effect for the film. Now I'm hooked.
Real film has also tought me what all the buttons and dials on the video cam are for.
Since I can't afford to shoot film for my projects, I still use DV, but I use film to add interest and flavor to my videos.:lol:
Zevon forever!
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Ashesoftime
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Ashesoftime
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- Joined: Thu Mar 27, 2003 8:04 am
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Number 109 (I'm not a number!) here. I read this board at least once a day, sometimes more. I post whenver I feel the need to say something, and make a deliberate effort not to post every day. It is the longest life I've had on any board in the last few years. I agree with the relative lack of snobbery and other negative things that decrease the value of so many other boards. The only real snobbery around here in fact is the preference of film over video, which is to be expected in a small-gauge film forum. The presence of so many film professionals and committed amateurs makes this board rather unique.
"I'm the master of low expectations. I'm also not very analytical. You know I don't spend a lot of time thinking about myself, about why I do things."â€â€George W. Bush, June 4, 2003
During the week, I check the forum at least once a day, I've always found something new and helpful each time.
After a while, I realized that in my 7 years of filmmaking, I might actually have some useful advice, so I thought I should get involved and contribute, since the forum has helped me so much. I've learned a LOT by trial-and-error, it seemed like a good opportunity to help others avoid some of the irritating mistakes I've made over the years.
I'm currently working on a short film, fiction, a period piece set in 1903 (we've got several actors from the local Theaterwork troupe and an awesome turn-of-the-century house out in the middle of nowhere). It's being shot entirely on K40 (beautiful!), it's a little more than 50% shot, I hope to have it edited by April. Final product should be 30 minutes or so.
I'll try to post some stills on the forum soon.
Jason
After a while, I realized that in my 7 years of filmmaking, I might actually have some useful advice, so I thought I should get involved and contribute, since the forum has helped me so much. I've learned a LOT by trial-and-error, it seemed like a good opportunity to help others avoid some of the irritating mistakes I've made over the years.
I'm currently working on a short film, fiction, a period piece set in 1903 (we've got several actors from the local Theaterwork troupe and an awesome turn-of-the-century house out in the middle of nowhere). It's being shot entirely on K40 (beautiful!), it's a little more than 50% shot, I hope to have it edited by April. Final product should be 30 minutes or so.
I'll try to post some stills on the forum soon.
Jason
think this is the perfect thread for my first post.
started filming with super8 3 years ago.
cant remember why, but a friend of me and i "found out" that film stock is still available. so we reactivated our fathers bauer and canon and just started - 2 weeks later we projected - and 8O
a little later i got a eumig 860 PMA at a fleamarket for 15 euro and found out about variometer and the cool "longtime" mode...now i am addicted.
watching now this forum for 2 months and learned a lot.
what i like most is that there are guys from all over the world and from so many fields of interests.
2nd cool thing is to see some examples of what other people did with super8. that really inspires.
until now the "callenge" for me was to do only 3 mins "edited in camera" and "silent". keep it simple and cheap was the motto.
maybe now its time for the next step...
started filming with super8 3 years ago.
cant remember why, but a friend of me and i "found out" that film stock is still available. so we reactivated our fathers bauer and canon and just started - 2 weeks later we projected - and 8O
a little later i got a eumig 860 PMA at a fleamarket for 15 euro and found out about variometer and the cool "longtime" mode...now i am addicted.
watching now this forum for 2 months and learned a lot.
what i like most is that there are guys from all over the world and from so many fields of interests.
2nd cool thing is to see some examples of what other people did with super8. that really inspires.
until now the "callenge" for me was to do only 3 mins "edited in camera" and "silent". keep it simple and cheap was the motto.
maybe now its time for the next step...
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flatwood
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when im working on a project i tend to check in about once a week. other times daily or sometimes even several times a day. i sold my nizo super 8 cams on ebay and am thinking about looking around for a different camera, maybe one of those canons. i am looking forward to seeing the timelapse project when its finished and maybe getting another project going this year. best wishes to all!!!! 
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I've been a member for a year and visit these pages almost daily. My main interest is home telecine transfers and am working towards editing my fairly extensive 8mm library of films to DVD. Currently I don't own a camera and don't shoot but the forum is inevitably getting me back to it. Shooting 8 mm was a passion of mine and when I review my past work I will very likely be drawn back to it. Am I glad that I found this forum!!
"For now we see through a glass, darkly; but then face to face: " 1 Cor. 13:12
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Rick Palidwor
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I love this forum and I check in a couple of times a day since joining. I'll post when I think I have something to add but usually others have answered the questions before I get to them. A lot of the discussion, frankly, is over my head - I am impressed by the technical expertise you folks bring to this so-called amateur format.
I've been shooting super 8 since 1995, mostly with my Canon 814XLS, which I love. I have shot about 50 shorts on super 8 (mixture of comedy, artsy-experimental things, usually posted on video), most of which have been broadcast in Canada, with a couple of items making it to PBS in the US. I haven't made many personal shorts lately, concentrating instead on my super-8 feature Sleep Always (http://www.friendlyfirefilms.ca) but I have been shooting super 8 music videos for local bands, especially heavy metal outfit Gesundheit (http://www.gesundheit.ca).
My latest "project" is using a super 8 camera as a still camera. There are 3600 frames on a 50' cartridge which is about a penny a shot. (How can you tell I am broke these days!). It sure saves a lot of space if your travelling. I transfer the roll to tape as I would for "motion" and then in Final Cut Pro I export jpegs of my favourites. I will post some on my web site soon. I've been getting some cool time exposure stuff with a Nizo I borrowed.
At the risk of being labelled a freak, I have to confess that I like the Ektachrome 7240. I like the K40 but the 2-3 week process wait is a killer whereas I can get the 7240 done in a day. Obviously Kodak could have made a better choice than 7240 but compared to the old Type 'G' it's a god-send. But aside from the processing issues, I like the colours and texture of 7240 and might continue to shoot it anyway.
In closing, thanks to everyone for making this such a cool site and I hope it stays that way.
Rick
I've been shooting super 8 since 1995, mostly with my Canon 814XLS, which I love. I have shot about 50 shorts on super 8 (mixture of comedy, artsy-experimental things, usually posted on video), most of which have been broadcast in Canada, with a couple of items making it to PBS in the US. I haven't made many personal shorts lately, concentrating instead on my super-8 feature Sleep Always (http://www.friendlyfirefilms.ca) but I have been shooting super 8 music videos for local bands, especially heavy metal outfit Gesundheit (http://www.gesundheit.ca).
My latest "project" is using a super 8 camera as a still camera. There are 3600 frames on a 50' cartridge which is about a penny a shot. (How can you tell I am broke these days!). It sure saves a lot of space if your travelling. I transfer the roll to tape as I would for "motion" and then in Final Cut Pro I export jpegs of my favourites. I will post some on my web site soon. I've been getting some cool time exposure stuff with a Nizo I borrowed.
At the risk of being labelled a freak, I have to confess that I like the Ektachrome 7240. I like the K40 but the 2-3 week process wait is a killer whereas I can get the 7240 done in a day. Obviously Kodak could have made a better choice than 7240 but compared to the old Type 'G' it's a god-send. But aside from the processing issues, I like the colours and texture of 7240 and might continue to shoot it anyway.
In closing, thanks to everyone for making this such a cool site and I hope it stays that way.
Rick
VNF
i'm one of the few too that likes the look of VNF. has a different mood than K-40, though i can't explain it in words. can't say i like it better or less than K-40, just a pleasant option. if i send it to Forde labs on monday, its back on friday. K-40 takes 3 weeks, even if i use UPS.
Hola
I'm a newbie- joined yesterday - i live in Sydney, Australia. I've been messing around with Super 8 for a few years and about to visit South America. I'm taking my 8mm camera along. I joined to get a bit of tech info before I fly out next week.
As for what I plan on doing with what I shoot - i'm going to see the results first. It made end up as a home movie, but i'd like to make it into a short visual documentary set to latin music...we'll see.
So far the answers to my questions have been most helpful and it seems that everyone here is pretty civil to each other and genuinely interested in helping out.
Look forward to chatting some more to you all.
Cheers,
Stuart
As for what I plan on doing with what I shoot - i'm going to see the results first. It made end up as a home movie, but i'd like to make it into a short visual documentary set to latin music...we'll see.
So far the answers to my questions have been most helpful and it seems that everyone here is pretty civil to each other and genuinely interested in helping out.
Look forward to chatting some more to you all.
Cheers,
Stuart