First footage back..

[Jordan]

Got some 7240 footage back i shot a couple years ago. Was kind of unimpressed by the results of quality. The film sat around for two years before it was processed in a ziploc bag, and it was transfered by someone who i thought had a semi-pro telecine, but his job left black on both sides and i stripe at the bottom (is it normal to go to 3/4 broadcast then to minidv?)....so these things might have stacked up to poor image quality...(perhaps also that 7240 isnt the greatest stock in the world?)

Anyways, if anyones interested take a look! (Don't worry, the spraypainting was perfectly legal!)
http://www.brocktonpoint.com/movies/tyler.mov

[Ralph S]

Looks good. I like it!

[vidwerk]

You might want to try digitizing the footage into a NLE application at the highest possible resolution, apply a PIP to get the image to fill the frame of video and then print to miniDV or what ever format you wish.

Simon.

[Lex colby]

Hi Vidverk or anyone reading,

this off topic:

Im new here & new to film & super 8.
The moving jpeg of (traffic speeded up) you have as your icon is the exact effect I am tryng to get for a music video project.
I was wondering if you or anyone on this friendly board would be able explain how the effect with traffic is done like that ?
I guess off hand it looks just like its sped up but - I know there's more to it with the way it trails like that - is this something done with a particular frame speed or function - maybe time lapse ? .. I am yet to learn in film school next year ?

Sorry if its a lame Q - I am just falling in love with real film & super 8 right now & I want to soak this knowledge up like a sponge!

Cheers for any feedback :oops:

[super8man]

I thought it was simply an animated GIF kept withing the file size and parameters of a signature picture?? Pretty simple - doesn;t have to be super 8 but it helps for the forum!!!!

Cheers,
m

[christoph]

Got some 7240 footage back i shot a couple years ago. Was kind of unimpressed by the results of quality. The film sat around for two years before it was processed in a ziploc bag, [snip]....so these things might have stacked up to poor image quality...(perhaps also that 7240 isnt the greatest stock in the world?)

well 7240 certainly isnt the greatest stock in the world, but having *any* film lying around exposed but unprocessed for 2 years (even airtight) is pretty much a guarantee for faded colors, low contrast and added grain... same thing can be achieved by laying it into the summer sun for a few hours if you dont want to wait 2 years ;)

if you absolutely must wait with processing more than a few weeks, put the film into the freezer (not fridge).

++ christoph ++

ps. you shouldnt process them in a ziplic bag either :)

[Patrick]

To me, Vidwerk's av looks like a combination of time lapse and time exposure. With time lapse as you know, a frame of film is exposed by the camera at fixed intervals. Time exposure is usually more commonly done with still cameras where one frame is exposed for a duration of time with the shutter held open - seconds etc. This long exposure of each frame with also help with the low light levels associated with night shooting. Unfortunately, very few super 8 cameras appear to have the time exposure function except for some of the Nizos and also a Bauer model or two I believe. Heaps of super 8 cameras can do time lapse though.

[Patrick]

Incidentally, I have done lots of time exposure work with my still photography and lots of time lapse with my movie cameras but I have never done time exposures with a movie camera. If I am correct, both the Bolex H8 and H16 have a time exposure function. Should be worth checking out.