TAPE TO FILM (super8)

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dasonras

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Okay, your gonna think i am crazy to ask this but...

I am going to shoot on DVX100a, however, i want that extrememely grainy and blotchy look of super 8mm film.

I was originally going to shoot straight onto super8, however that was when we were dealing with a no-dialogue film.

We now plan to shoot a "talkie" and it is becoming too expensive to shoot super 8 when you take into account the number of takes we will have to shoot.

So, I want to shoot on 24p video, edit NLE, and then transfer to super 8 film. However, then I also want to transfer back to video because the end product will be DVD.

The transfer to 8mm is purely for gaining the grain and blotchy colors. However it will be less expensive because i will be buying film for an "already edited film."

How would i go about this? Is there a way i could do it on my own? Point and shoot style? What about flicker and frame rates?
 
That can all be added easily in post. What do you edit on? The Quicktime player has some Super-8 caliber "film effects" already in it, for example.
 
I've used many plug-ins. I have even used magic bullet. I am not satisfied with the results. They all look fake and digitized. I've worked with the super 8 medium for years and i know what i am looking for in terms of "film damage" effects.
 
Well... I know of places that will transfer FROM super8 to video, but not too sure about places that transfer from video to Super8. Sam Longoria used to offer that as a service, I think. Don't know if he still does.
 
Tape to Film method using this

Tape to Film method using this

Thanks for that resource! Will play useful for another a project i am working on, but for this one, i am looking to go from TAPE to FILM. Not FILM to FILM.

However, can i use this design and modify it to work VIDEO to FILM by capturing frame by frame?

I do own a super 8 camera that captures single frame.
 
If you want the look of 8mm with DVX footage you can do it with FCP and some stock 8mm footage. If you have any stock 8mm footage on your computer look for shots at the end of the 8mm roll. Look for shots where you can see artifacts and such, where the screen is all white. Drag your DVX footage into the timeline and your 8mm footage above it. Set the composite mode to overlay and mess with the brightness and contrast of the 8mm footage. It should give you pretty convincing 8mm footage. You could also use magic bullet to degrade the quality of the footage even more. Hopefully this helps.
 
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