E64 Results

Post by **audadvnc** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:41 pm

T-Scan wrote:
As Super-8 production moves back to the USA
I should move back east and get a job at the Super 8 factory! I'd be like Willie Wonka!

No, you would be more like a painter on the Ford assembly line. Factory life is not all that exciting.

John - we're rooting for 7201 in Super 8. Are the sales in the other S8 formats sufficient to warrant this stock, or would this be a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul?

Post by **John_Pytlak** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 7:55 pm

audadvnc wrote:
John - we're rooting for 7201 in Super 8. Are the sales in the other S8 formats sufficient to warrant this stock, or would this be a case of robbing Peter to pay Paul?

That question is a key one in the business case decision. Offering an additional film in Super-8 must either grow the market substantially, or be a needed and valuable addition for professional filmmakers and film schools.

Post by **T-Scan** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:19 pm

or be a needed and valuable addition for professional filmmakers and film schools.

A film like 50D in S8 would make me more confidant pitching the format for pro use. the cost of 16mm can scare easily.

Post by **audadvnc** » Mon Jan 16, 2006 8:29 pm

But at the end of the project, the cost difference between Super 8 and 16mm may not be as large as originally thought, especially considering the extra fussing you have to go through to use S8. For instance, telecine is charged by the minute, and 16mm gives you many more choices of post houses to work with.

Post by **T-Scan** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 5:29 am

Even if I use Flying Spot, and would use nothing less for pro work, my last figures show S8 to be at least 40% cheaper than 16mm per running time. Thats assuming your getting the same rate on telecine. Most high end places that you would want to use for pro 16mm work (that don't even handle S8 can run up to $700 per hour.

Post by **tlatosmd** » Tue Jan 17, 2006 12:44 pm

audadvnc wrote:But at the end of the project, the cost difference between Super 8 and 16mm may not be as large as originally thought, especially considering the extra fussing you have to go through to use S8. For instance, telecine is charged by the minute

Yes. About 50 cents to a Euro for broadcast quality SD. And that's not for telecining minutes, it's for footage minutes.