Make it dirty

Hakaida · Post by **Hakaida** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:17 pm

Whats the best way to make Super 8 dirty. I need to add scratches and extra dirt.

Post by **jessh** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 7:58 pm

Drop it on the ground and kick it around a bit :-)
If you want it to be uniform throughout the film put it on some rewinds and scratch the film however you like as you wind it from one reel to the other.

After you do this you may want to clean the film so that you don't get whatever projector you are using dirty.

~Jess

Post by **hakai** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:09 pm

I'll try that. What about any chemicals?

Post by **Commodore** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:22 pm

Would it be possible to scratch lighting into a few frames? I'm sure it would involve a delicate touch and maybe a strong magnifying glass, but would it be possible to make it convincing?

Post by **Herb Montes** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 8:30 pm

I once made a cameraless film by wrapping 8mm clear leader around a wastebasket (held in place with tape). Then I used translucent spraypaint and scratched it with steel brushes.

You could do the same by wrapping your film, emulsion side out, around a trashcan and rolling it down your driveway.

Post by **Angus** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 10:36 pm

Best way to scratch a film used to be to send Ektacrhome 160 to Kodak for processing - always came back with blue scratch marks down the entire length of film

Try buying a really cheap projector on eBay or editor and running the film through it a few times. Any bleach will also make really weird marks on the film.

Post by **hakai** » Mon Apr 05, 2004 11:41 pm

Bleach will make marks but not completed distroy it? I want a melted / crusted look?

Post by **S8 Booster** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 12:19 am

Use a magnifying glass + sun to burn the film and use small parts from Scotch-Brite_Scrub_Pads to scratch the film dently. Drop it on the carpet floor - mess it around a little and handle with dirty fingers and youÃ‚Â´re off.

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Post by **T-Scan** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 2:58 am

you can try cleaning it with lense tissues.. i did that once and scratched the hell out of it.

Post by **Angus** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:18 pm

you could burn it with a projector bulb

Post by **sunrise** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 8:48 pm

You could solder directly on the film (right word? Like you solder tin?)

sunrise

Post by **CHAS** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 10:59 pm

sunrise wrote:You could solder directly on the film (right word? Like you solder tin?)

sunrise

What a cool idea! Has anyone tried this? I imagine if you go too far you could end up with a huge hole in the film...

Post by **sunrise** » Tue Apr 06, 2004 11:13 pm

Lars Bo Kimergaard is currently doing it on his project "Splittelse", it was he who recommended doing it since he liked the results. His project sets out to do all sorts of things with the filmstrip.

sunrise

Post by **vapparn** » Wed Apr 07, 2004 12:28 pm

Not long ago I saw an article or something about super8 film project in which the artist buried his/her film into the ground for a year or so. I don't know excatly how he/she did it (f.ex. did he/she use some sort of wrapping to protect the film or was is just like that in the soil) -but it sounded like an interesting idea.

Here, up in the north, it would be quite interesting to see what f. ex. winter would do to film.

Maybe this could be the way to achieve so-called "natural look".

Of course you have to use safe place so that no other super8 filmmaker finds your precious material.

-But what happens if an reindeer finds my Plus-X?

Post by **B Movie Mogul** » Thu Apr 08, 2004 6:04 am

Completely unravel the film from the reel and just leave it outside for a while. Or bunch it up and toss it around some. Leave it on the floor for a few days. Then make sure to put it back on the reel the right way

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