crosscountry super 8

[mr.jordan]

Ive finally made the move out of Atlanta and Im travelling acreoss the country ending in sanfran. Ive found myself staying with my brother in Albuquerque, but intend to leave soon, and i have a box of plus-x and K40, 500t and 200t. Ive never done this before and i welcome any advice, on where i should definetly stop and shoot from the road here onto california.

[CHAS]

Ive finally made the move out of Atlanta and Im travelling acreoss the country ending in sanfran. Ive found myself staying with my brother in Albuquerque, but intend to leave soon, and i have a box of plus-x and K40, 500t and 200t. Ive never done this before and i welcome any advice, on where i should definetly stop and shoot from the road here onto california.

Are you going to be on Route 66 any part of the way???

[super8man]

Forget the "stop to shoot" idea - shoot while ON THE ROAD! Film the driver. Film the window framing the passing fence posts! Anything. Remember, it is MOVIE film, as in MOVING. Save teh scenics for the still camera - you can add them in as jpgs later in post production.

Capture the cop chasing you with the sirens on from the rear view mirror. Film yourself looking out the review mirror. you get the idea.

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!

[super8man]

Oh, one more thing, put some flowers in your hair so we can know that you are the super 8 user from this website!

have fun.

[monobath]

So you're going to California, eh?

It's good that you're driving. You don't want to take your chances on a big jet plane. Never let 'em tell you that they're all the same.

[CHAS]

Forget the "stop to shoot" idea - shoot while ON THE ROAD! Film the driver. Film the window framing the passing fence posts! Anything. Remember, it is MOVIE film, as in MOVING. Save teh scenics for the still camera - you can add them in as jpgs later in post production.

Capture the cop chasing you with the sirens on from the rear view mirror. Film yourself looking out the review mirror. you get the idea.

ENJOY!!!!!!!!!!!!

Gotta respectfully disagree with you here -- filming the driver while driving will get you some of the most boring shots committed to celluloid -- unless the drive is summoning up the spirit of John Belushi -- I know, I tried it! And filming the landscape while driving, well make sure you are going slow enough so it's not a big blur...

[Actor]

Not sure of your route but there are only three ways to reach S.F. from the east.

• Around the southern end of the Sierras through Las Vegas and Bakersfield. Vegas is an obvious photo opportunity.
• Through the Tioga Pass and Yosemite National Park.
• Through the Truckee Pass (of Donner Party fame) west of Reno.

Most of the things I know about on these routea are kind of static and perhaps not really worthy of a moving image. However, here's a list.

• The narrow gauge railroad at Durango, Colorado. This was used for the train robbing sequences in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kit. It's a little out of the way if you are taking the southern route, however, it does move.
• The Meteor Crator at Winslow, Arizona. It's static but IMHO something that everyone should see at least once. Of course, that's because I'm a science guy.
• It's probably not active this time of year but at Wupatki National Monument north of Flagstaff, Arizona there is a blowhole, a hole in the ground that blows cold air during the hot summer. What happens is that the ground in the area is porous volcanic rock. During the winter the ground soaks up cold air like a sponce. In summer the ground starts to absorb heat. The cold air expands and comes rushing out of this hole in the ground. It's fantastic! In the midst of blistering heat there's frigid air blowing out of a hole in the ground. I did not know about this phenomenon when we visited in 1997. I figured "archeological ruin. Does not move. Leave movie cam in car. Take still cam." Then we discover this thing. It's just to far to go back to the car and get the movie cam, so I have a still of my wife with her hair blowing upward. But like I said, it's probably not active this time of year.
• Definitely do not miss the Grand Canyon. Alter your route if you have to but see it.
• Already mentioned Vegas. Fremont street at night is worth a shoot but will probably require the 500T.
• Seriously consider taking the Tioga Pass through Yosemite National Park. Mostly static things like El Capitan and Half Dome, but plenty of waterfalls. Yosemite Falls is worth a cartridge of K-40
• Once you get there S.F. is worthy of many, many carts of super8. Definitely take the tour boat under the Golden Gate Bridge.

[mr.jordan]

the "flowers in my hair" was a nice touch super8man!

and thank you actor for the great tavel advice, id like to see the grand canyon again. but ive never seen southern utah and i hear its amazing, so i think ive decided on the latter route instead. i am a bit of a science buff too, so id like to check out the meteor site.

Once i get to sanfran, id like to check out the super8 meetings that the people form super8militia organize. has anyone been to one of these meetings? or is there anyone that would like to meet up in the sanfran or tahoe area? ill be travelling back and forth for a while, until im situated somewhere inbetween. itd be great to meet some fellow super8ers' on the forum.

thank you for the advice, more is welcome!

jordan