Developed - A Super-8mm Film Production

Its good to know there is another place besides Pro8mm in Burbank. Are you transferring your film to HD or SD resolution?
 
Haha yeah, I heard to many horror stories from them.

I'm getting the footage transfered to SD because I don't have a way to get HD footage into my computer and I don't want to pay for the harddrive option.

What is really cool about Spectra is that when you buy stock from Pro8mm, Spectra will process it for free when you get a transfer from them.
 
Well guys, I haven't heard from you in a few days and other work is starting to pile up. I will send you the pictures I took and let you go from there... ya dig? Gotts to run.

kyle
 
Hey Kyle,

I sent you a reply a few days ago, sorry I've been out of touch recently.

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Small Update:

Some production stills from our "slow" progress.

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This one is from us shooting the opening title in my living room. We choose to shoot the title out of foam core on a black background instead of doing it in FCP because this way we get all the characteristics of the Super-8 applied for the title.

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The opening breakfast scene. I used a 650 in the corner to the right as my only light source besides the open blinds behind our talent.

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In this scene our talent is making bacon on the stove. I pointed the 650 to the wall and bounced it back onto the frying pan.

More to come soon... I hope haha. :)
 
Hey mattspat,

Yes sir, it's a Canon 1014xls, a super-8mm film camera. Produced 1978-1983 and still running strong. It will probally out live my DVX100b. Haha.
 
Just saw this thread. Awesome, man. Are you going to be converting to B/W in post? I'll have to check your vimeo footage.

Good luck on the project. Very cool move doing the titles "live" as they say. I did the same thing for a short I did for the "Attack of the 50 Foot Reels" festival last November and it definitely makes a difference between tacking on computer generated titles.

Cheers!
 
cinealma; I'm very jealous of you for entering the Attack of the 60 Foot Reels. I really want to enter it next time it comes around. We are shooting TriX so no converting to black and white in post. Do you have your 50 foot film somewhere online? I really want to check out a fellow super-8 filmmakers work.
 
The Student said:
cinealma; I'm very jealous of you for entering the Attack of the 60 Foot Reels. I really want to enter it next time it comes around. We are shooting TriX so no converting to black and white in post. Do you have your 50 foot film somewhere online? I really want to check out a fellow super-8 filmmakers work.
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The contrast of the Tri-X will look nice with the Canon lens. Very cool.

Hey, I'll shoot you a PM about the Super-8 stuff so I don't hijack your LossFest thread here.


Cheers!
 
hey guys! i, too, have been out of touch for a little while.

i shot some photos for your poster, but just last night i actually took one that i think might do this piece a bit more justice.

i'll try and mock up a couple different ones over the weekend. word?
 
The Student, you never PMd me back :(
you responded to my post about an OC crew a while back ago but i was without a computer for a month so it took me a while to respond. anyways came out good, wish I could have helped out.
 
This film had a nice flow and feeling to it. Herman's music really helped it move along. I like this film a lot, but I might be biased towards the B/W Super 8. =)

A couple of technical things:

I see you did the telecine at Spectra. Was it just a simple film chain type of transfer or did you do a frame-by-frame scan? The reason I ask is that I see a lot of "flickering" in the image.

There was a bit of jitter here and there. Wondering if that was because you were on the long end while hand-holding the camera, or registration problems, or ???

A little underexposed on the faces here and there. One thing I found helps me TREMENDOUSLY with Super-8 camera is the use of a gray card. You'll nail the exposure just about every time. (Now, focus is another thing! :))

Anyway, great job. I really like your work.


Cheers! :beer:
 
I'm not sure if I understood the ending. I liked the story and the concept however, but it looks like you had a bad compression though. The actors did a fine job, except for the girl's moment of surprise when looking at the pictures. Other than that, nice work.
 
Because you were shooting Super-8 with no sound, the visual storytelling was crucial, and I think you did a fabulous job with it. The soundtrack really reinforced the story, and I thought the shots were well composed. Some of my favorite shots/ lighting occured on the train platform, as the darker locations provided a bit of flickering. Overall, this film kept me hooked til the end even if the pacing was a little slow at times. Nice job!
 
Thanks for entering this! It's enjoyable to see some 8mm.

That said, I would have liked seeing it in color. Isn't 8mm color cheap enough? The flicker was pretty distracting, and I've seen 8mm without the flicker...

The plot was a bit slow, and the final jump to them holding hands on the beach seemed cliche and way too rushed (would have been funny if it was only in his artistic idealistic head and not real life).

But good building narrative, even if it was slow. And your lead actress is pretty hot, so that's easily worth an extra star from me :-)
 
I got a kick out of someone shooting Super-8 for this festival. I've shot tons of Super-8 in the past and I'm in the process of transferring it to digital and saving it onto a hard drive. Whoever did the transfer should give you a refund, or whoever gave you the poorly manufactured stock should give you a refund, or whoever gave you the poorly registered Super-8 camera should be reported to the BBB. That flickering is annoying. If you want it done right go here, or buy one of their projectors and do it yourself. You'll save a ton of money. These things transfer better than a rank cintel.

You definitely had a vision, but I don't think it came to full fruition in this film. Please, don't let this turn you off. Keep at it.
 
Why do I feel like one of the few that thought the flicker, and the grain was all intentional. It felt like an early Daron Aaronofsky film cept without sound. If that's how you intended it well I dug it. If that isn't how you intended it... well I still liked it.
 
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