Simulating Super 8 film...

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On a music video I am shooting on my HVX200, there are a few sequences I wanted to shoot on Super 8 Kodachrome reversal. However though I have Super 8 gear (even old stock in the refrigerator) due to the very limited time constrains of the shoot and post, I have got to do it all done on the HVX.

What would be the best settings in camera + software/plug-ins in post to best emulate the grainy, rocky/unstable and scratchy look of old stock Super 8 film?

Thanks in advance!! :)
 
For kodachrome reversal super 8... try cine-like matrix, cine-like-V gamma, master ped -15, detail -7, v-detail -7, detail coring -2, chroma level +7, film cam mode, shutter to 220 degrees, and set the frame rate to 18 fps. If you're simulating 24fps Super 8, then you could set the gain to 12dB to get some grain in the shot too.

These settings won't make footage that actually looks like Super8, but it's probably as close as you'll get in-camera and you can tweak the footage in post thereafter. Add a vignette mask with rounded corners around the frame, some frame jitter, and some scratches/dust and it might sell the effect.
 
Justin Marx said:
That looks so good! maybe a little to much on the scratching, and maybe add bit more orange?
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i think you are right. i saw the 8mm footage from the Phantasmagoria short and they all have a huge dominant.
But i will try the Green recipe to obtain a good s8 base in production.
Ah, also, the very first thing is to frame 4:3!
 
The people who shot Brothers of the Head simulated their archival footage by putting their standard footage on a plasma screen TV and then re-filming it (I assume they added scratches and such in post).

I'm sure if you shot in a lower resolution and then upscaled that'd help too.
 
I don't know what kind of S8 Material you were watching, but a bleached look is not the typical characteristic for S8 film. Magic Bullet is not the right tool for emulating specific film stock.

After using Barrys settings for the shoot, try the cinelook S8 Preset in post:
http://www.digieffects.com/products.shtml

after that try adding the film damage filter:
http://www.digieffects.com/help/FilmDamage.html

You will still need to add vignetting, best is to film a S8 projection with no film running through (just the light on) and use that for a matte.
 
Barry_Green said:
A bleached-out look might be appropriate for trying to simulate Ektachrome 160, but certainly not for Kodachrome.
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....because we know that Kodachrome makes us think all the world's a sunny day....oh yeah.
 
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