if any one has any thing to add i would be pleased to hear it
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PECKY JNR
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im back from farnboroughnow and used up a k40 cartridge(it was only my 2nd 3 minute film!! im happy now because im really in too it and all of you are really helping me and giving me tips
if any one has any thing to add i would be pleased to hear it
CHEERS!!!
PECKY JNR
if any one has any thing to add i would be pleased to hear it
CHEERS!!!
PECKY JNR
I got into to Super 8 filmmaking just over a year ago. Presently Im addicted. Ive collected over 6 unique cameras, 2 projectors, and an editor/viewer; some of these items were found through eBay, but most through second hand shops.
My advice:
-Be a dumpster diver!
-Shoot on Super8 and edit on your computer. Its a beautiful coming together of technologies.
-Learn to love this forum. So Much good info floats through here everyday, and as youve seen there are alot of nice helpful people. (I thnk that might just be an innate quality with super8er's
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-Dont get caught up in technical garble, having to do with camers, film specs. etc.., just have fun, point and shoot and learn. All that techie stuff will come naturally.
I hope this helps! Good luck and have a great time getting to know Super8
My advice:
-Be a dumpster diver!
-Shoot on Super8 and edit on your computer. Its a beautiful coming together of technologies.
-Learn to love this forum. So Much good info floats through here everyday, and as youve seen there are alot of nice helpful people. (I thnk that might just be an innate quality with super8er's
)-Dont get caught up in technical garble, having to do with camers, film specs. etc.., just have fun, point and shoot and learn. All that techie stuff will come naturally.
I hope this helps! Good luck and have a great time getting to know Super8
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Number216
Both of the Super 8 projectors that my uncle had are busted, (the first one doesn't work at all; the second one eats the film after a few seconds (there's at least 3 films partially destroyed because of that damned projector! (fortunately, it was ONLY 3; the rest of what were damaged were headers))) and the film editor doesn't work either. Meaning, if I start shooting Super 8 and then edit on film, I'm gonna have a hell of a fun time just looking at the film itself, and cutting from there. (one thing he DOES have that works; a butt-splicer (I don't know exactly HOW it splices, but it makes nice, clean cuts (piecing back together some film)))
Congratulations on making your second film. Maybe, eventually, you can post them. I, for one, would love to see them.
Congratulations on making your second film. Maybe, eventually, you can post them. I, for one, would love to see them.
Glad you're enjoying making real films. I started when I was 13, but that was back in 1986 when video cameras were so expensive and cine was just going out of fashion. I was able to pick up my first camera (Elmo Super 110) much cheaper than i could today - and that was from a cine dealer!
I have to admit to shooting video last weekend in Caerphilly...but I shot some 550 feet of K40 at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago. My cameras seemed to attract a fair amount of attention there!
I have to admit to shooting video last weekend in Caerphilly...but I shot some 550 feet of K40 at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago. My cameras seemed to attract a fair amount of attention there!
WHAT 550 feet,.....Angus wrote: I have to admit to shooting video last weekend in Caerphilly...but I shot some 550 feet of K40 at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago. My cameras seemed to attract a fair amount of attention there!
If i shoot more than 3 rolls on one subject or place.... i get bored looking at the same thing.... don't get me wrong if i went to the Grand Prix, i would take about 10 rolls, if i go anywhere i ussualy take about 4xK40... or on holiday for example i took 6 rolls..... but the biggest problem was shooting so much of the same thing... its great at the time... but when friends and family sit down to watch a screening..... even i feel its dull.
I must have had 4 rolls of Dolphins swimming and jumping about... looks great, but 4 rolls of it..... i could here the moans...
Ok i know you should please yourself and not your audience.
maybe i need to plan my day of shooting more....Anyway look forward to any posts of Grand Prix stuff.
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You need to edit. If you have 200 feet of dolphin footage you should cut it down to one minute or less. If you transfer to video and edit on a computer, it's easy. If you are projecting there's no other option but to cut the camera original. Heart rending I know but it's the only way to hold your audience.mojohey wrote:WHAT 550 feet,.....Angus wrote: I have to admit to shooting video last weekend in Caerphilly...but I shot some 550 feet of K40 at the British Grand Prix two weeks ago. My cameras seemed to attract a fair amount of attention there!
If i shoot more than 3 rolls on one subject or place.... i get bored looking at the same thing.... don't get me wrong if i went to the Grand Prix, i would take about 10 rolls, if i go anywhere i ussualy take about 4xK40... or on holiday for example i took 6 rolls..... but the biggest problem was shooting so much of the same thing... its great at the time... but when friends and family sit down to watch a screening..... even i feel its dull.
I must have had 4 rolls of Dolphins swimming and jumping about... looks great, but 4 rolls of it..... i could here the moans...
Ok i know you should please yourself and not your audience.maybe i need to plan my day of shooting more....
Anyway look forward to any posts of Grand Prix stuff.
My intention is to edit down to 10 minutes or so, including coverage of the support races and practice sessions....so I'll end up with 200 feet max of the 550 feet I shot in the final version.
I went overboard in taking (literally) a backpack full of K40, knowing that I didn't want to miss any opportunities. In the end I shot half what I'd envisaged but that's part of the fun...you never know what you're gonna shoot.
I went overboard in taking (literally) a backpack full of K40, knowing that I didn't want to miss any opportunities. In the end I shot half what I'd envisaged but that's part of the fun...you never know what you're gonna shoot.
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Number216
I will shoot AT LEAST one feature-length movie in film (I don't give a damn WHAT kind of film it is, be it 8mm, 16mm or even 35mm!) before I lay a FINGER on an HDcam. It's a video camera, for crying out loud! I've used those all my life. (video cameras heavy (that big-as-hell VHS camera that I made movies with when I was 8) and small (the Digital-8 camcorder I stole- I mean BORROWED from my parents))Basstruc wrote:I am twelve years oldDude ! This may finish with a 35mm cine cam, or with HDcam :o (don't hit me !!...I'm probably also one of the youngest here. (I'm 15)