Am I the youngest member?

Post by **Pecky jnr** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 9:57 pm

Hello

I have just started using cine cameras as my uncle has just given me a camera and projector. My uncle is Pelluet who also is on this forum.

I am twelve years old and think I might be the youngest member.

I have got a Sankyo EM20 XL camera and a Yelco projector. I am looking forward to making some 3 minute films with my friends and my uncle.

I hope I will be able to get some help from this forum

Pecky jnr

Post by **T-Scan** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 10:26 pm

Tell your friends! we need some youngins to keep film alive into the next generation!

Post by **super8man** » Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:09 pm

Welcome!!! And yes, tell your friends!

Cheers,
Michael

Fri Jul 23, 2004 11:40 pm

I started shooting regular 8mm film at age 12 and I turn 20 next Friday, July 30!

My first camera was my grandfathers steady and reliable brownie f/2.3 13mm fixed focus 8mm camera.

Cheers,
Jordan

Alex · Post by **Alex** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 1:09 am

In my opinion one of the coolest ways to get introduced to Super-8 filmmaking is to make an in camera edited film. This means you shoot your film in the order you want it.

You can learn a lot that way in a big hurry and you keep your expenses down also.

Post by **mattias** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 1:10 am

i made my first films at around 12 as well. keep it up. i'm 31 in september by the way.

/matt

Post by **soundboy** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:37 am

mattias wrote:i made my first films at around 12 as well. keep it up. i'm 31 in september by the way.

/matt

Having worked in the TV industry for the past 8 years, and working in sound for the past 12 years I didnt discover film until I was 30, last year, I wish I had been given a S8 camera when I was 12,

I'm now totally obsessed with film I even dream about it...

Tell all your friends Film rocks

Hey Matt i'm 31 in October.

Post by **T-Scan** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:43 am

I can't remember how old i was, maybe from 8-10.. my father was a film student and we used to make shorts and animation on Super 8. I was fascinated with it.. the film reels, projection, the smell of the movie screen. Pops put away his equipment around 1984 when the strap on VCR appeared.. leaving me to think S-8 was gone for many years.. i still kick myself for my ignorance.

Post by **JoshuaRyan** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:44 am

Man im 18 and am just about to start, you guys are making me feel old and behind. I guess that just means ill have to work twice as hard to keep up.

Number216 · Post by **Number216** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:06 am

Actually, I think you ARE the youngest member. I'm probably also one of the youngest here. (I'm 15) But wow, you're actually shooting film now. I just shot my first video project that I'm REALLY proud of, and now I'm REALLY motivated to shoot something on film! (preferrably on black-and-white)

I have my uncle's Super 8 camera (he made a couple of short samurai films with it), and now all I need is some film, the cast, and the crew. (in all honesty, I think I'd get film before a cast and crew (umm... wait a minute... WHAT crew? ...oh yeah, that's right, the boom operator (on my "things to get" list))) The camera is 18fps (I'll probably just transfer to video, I mean, what's the chance of getting studios finding it and wanting to blow it up to 35mm? Hell, I'm on a budget!), and I can use my Digital-8 camera as both a sound recorder, and because it records video, it can also be a good synch guide. (which, then, throws out editing on film, which is really too bad because I wanted to do that... ah hell, maybe I'll make a silent film)

Good luck in making films. (hey, at least then, you can actually call yourself a filmmaker)

Post by **Nigel** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 5:58 am

I got an Argus Super8 camera when I was about 8 and I only ever thought of doing something other than make movies for about three years...That was when I thought I would become a wealthy industrialist.

Good Luck

Post by **Cutty201** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:03 am

JoshuaRyan wrote:Man im 18 and am just about to start, you guys are making me feel old and behind. I guess that just means ill have to work twice as hard to keep up.

I'm in the SAME boat as Josh here

I'm 18 and JUST JUST starting to get into S8 (i bought film and I am still afraid of shooting on it yet)

Good luck!!!!

-Matt

Post by **Daniel** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:21 am

Welcome !

Super 8 is alive and with very good health !!!

Reversal or Negative, Daylight or Tungstene, Black and White or Color, Low or High Speed are the basic parameters of the available fresh film stocks.
It is also cool to note that Transfer (Film to Tape, Film to Disk) technology have greatly evolved in the last decade and thus the Super 8mm media is able to get finished in whatever format you need : Standard or High Definition Video formats, DVD's, 2k data digital intermediate files for 35mm Film finishing...

And as you know if you want to develop the film, edit it without computers and project the film to whatever surfaces : you can do it all yourself.

In other words : The super 8mm film format is a dynamic and flexible media capable of high quality imaging, and by the way a very good school in order to learn film techniques that you will be able to apply in other film gauges, and of course, by default in the video world, if needed.

I started shooting s8 near to 7 years ago with my father camera and now I am about to be 27 and very happy to be shooting on s8 and experience film, and also that a website like this one, does exist.
Good luck !

Regards
Daniel

Post by **Neatpuppy** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:23 am

Congratulations!! I am 22 and I am only modestly starting out. So, definitely be glad you got a better head start than most other youth out there.

Now, I am trying to brainwash you. So, listen very carefully and remember - "CAMERA = GUNS."

BE VERY VERY VERY CAREFUL why you use it, how you use it and who/what/where you are using it on. If you don't get what I mean, go ask your uncle or pick up a small arms safety rule book from your local NRA chapter. Ignore most chapters in the book and subsititute when/what's proper to shoot with your experience. Ok, stay out of trouble and don't be 'shooting' no "WOMEN & KIDS" for your next home movie!! Kapish??:D

pelluet · Post by **pelluet** » Sat Jul 24, 2004 11:13 am

Hello Chaps

It's great that you guys have been so supportive and welcoming to my nephew, thanks. He has always been interested in my cine gear and when he has come to stay has always been keen that we should put on a cine show for the family, I think the short extracts released by Derann of films like Gladiator and Lord of The Rings have helped to fuel this.

Young Pecky has made some broad [yet polite] hints in the part about his wanting a cine projector of his own and I had never quite got round to sorting that out for him, so I was very surprised when he rang me up to tell me he had gone to a car boot sale and bought a cine camera for himself. It is a GAF model and despite his enthusiasm and my best attempts it couldn't be made to work which is why I succombed and dug out a camera and projector for him.

I helped him with his first three minute film yesterday, I stared as Lawn Mower Man and young Pecky was camera man and director. He very quickly got the idea of conitinuity and length of shot and after about 20 ft of film had also taken on the role of script writer and artisitic director.

As a 12 year old he has grown up in a world of computers and digital media. Paradoxically, for him film is an exciting, vibrant and new technology and he feels a little ahead of the game. I hope his obvious enthusiasm will rub off on some of his friends.

Today he has gone with his sister to the Farnborough air show and of course, he made a detour to pick up his little Sankyo camera and a fresh cart of K40.

Marvellous!

Mike

Filmshooting

Am I the youngest member?

Am I the youngest member?

s8 is alive and with very good health. Thanks.